Genuinely unassuming, King George, ever since plans to celebrate the Silver Jubilee of his accession were announced (TIME, Dec. 3), has been warmly surprised and pleased to find that public demand for ...

‘Knowing the difficulties of a limited monarch, I thank Heaven I am spared being an absolute one.’ — King George to Walter Hines Page ‘I am not much on kings, but if you must have a king, give me ...

A look at King George and Queen Mary, and how their visit with the Crawleys was inspired by a real-life event. Downton Abbey, Julian Fellowes’ beloved British upstairs-downstairs drama, continues with ...

Sawera Dedar has been, time and time again, accused of being a self-professed nerd. At one point in life, she stopped taking it as a jab, and that’s when she realized the remarkable potential of her ...

Shortly before he died, King George V wrote to Stanley Baldwin, the prime minister, in despair about his eldest son, Edward, Prince of Wales. 'After I am dead, the boy will ruin himself within 12 ...