King George VI died in his sleep. It was a defining moment in the British monarchy. Princess Elizabeth, then 25, was in Kenya ...

FDR proposes Supreme Court additions in 1937, Elizabeth takes throne after King George dies in 1952, truckers’ strike affects Sussex County in 1974 ...

LONDON, Feb. 6, 1952 (UP)-King George VI died peacefully in his sleep early today and 25-year-old Princess Elizabeth became reigning sovereign of the British Commonwealth and empire. No ...

Banbridge has a choice of engagements at the Cheltenham Festival but jockey J J Slevin believes the Joseph O’Brien star will line up in the Gold Cup ...

A celebration glass for the coronation of King George VI. George VI (Albert Frederick Arthur George; 14 December 1895 6 February 1952) was King of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions and ...

His widow, Queen Mary, broke a long-standing tradition by attending the coronation of her son George VI in Westminster Abbey in May 1937 and lived to see her elder granddaughter proclaimed as Queen ...