The crown, set with 2,200 diamonds, was worn by Queen Mary when she took part in the coronation alongside her husband, King George V, in 1911. It will mark the first time in recent history that an ...
Eighty-years-ago today, the then-11-year-old Princess Elizabeth watched the build-up and excitement of the Coronation of her parents King George VI ... “Grannie” (Queen Mary) didn’t remember ...
King George V, second son of King Edward VII and Queen ... for many years and is now kept in the Abbey Library. His widow, Queen Mary, broke a long-standing tradition by attending the coronation of ...
A ceramic mug marking the coronation of King ... artist Eric Ravilious for Wedgwood to commemorate the coronation of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth in 1937. It had sat undisturbed in the ...