"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through the links below." The story of King George V and his parrot goes as follows: When the future King was serving in the ...

Forget the dusty history books labeling King George V (1910-1936) as a snooze-fest monarch stuck in a whirlwind of change. I recently read Jane Ridley’s “George V: Never a Dull Moment” which flips ...

After King George's death it was decided that his biography should be written in two installments. A private life was prepared by John Gore ("King George V. A Personal Memoir," London, Murray, 1941).

Here’s What You Need To Remember: The Royal Navy’s first post–London Treaty battleships were the five ships of the King George V class, which served with honor in every theater of World War II. The ...

Named in honor of the deceased ruler of the United Kingdom, HMS King George V was laid down on New Year’s Day 1937, launched on February 21, 1939, and commissioned on October 1, 1940, thus becoming ...

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 ...