I remember very vividly a rather gloomy February day in 1952. I lived then in the British Midlands and was a pupil at the local grammar school—having the year before, to my parents’ very great relief, ...

King George VI died suddenly in his sleep on 6 February 1952 after 16 years on the throne following his brother’s abdication in December 1936. An official statement published later claimed the cause ...

In PEOPLE's exclusive excerpt from royal biographer Sally Bedell Smith's new book, George VI and Elizabeth: The Marriage That Saved the Monarchy, the last crowning of a king is revisited Simon Perry ...

On Saturday, May 6, 2023, King Charles III will have his coronation. Though he became king immediately upon the death of his mother, Queen Elizabeth II, Charles and his wife, Queen Consort Camilla, ...