Downton Abbey made its first film adaptation a royal affair. The movie’s storyline hinges on King George V (Simon Jones) and Queen Mary (Geraldine James) paying a visit to the Crawley family’s ...

A look at King George and Queen ... His departure left George VI, his brother and father to Elizabeth and Margaret, to take over the throne. While not in Downton Abbey, parts of these real-life ...

On May 12, 1937, five months after Edward VIII's abdication, his brother Albert - the stammering Duke of York - was crowned King ... in 1953, George VI's ceremony inside Westminster Abbey was ...

Queen Elizabeth's funeral will come 70 years after father King George VI's, and her coffin will rest ... will take place Monday at Westminster Abbey in London — and the upcoming service has ...

He was the second son of King George V who was never supposed to be crowned King ... of a king’ in new money New York Julian Fellowes’s American answer to Downton Abbey is returning to HBO, and a ...

Compared with the pared-down coronation expected on May 6, George VI’s in 1937 ... you your undoubted King, George.” After which the shout of “Long live King George”, led by the Westminster schoolboys ...

On the day of the coronation the royal coach set out on a ceremonial parade to Westminster Abbey, passing by the memorial to King George VI's great-grandmother Queen Victoria in front of ...

King George VI was formally crowned on Wednesday, May 12, 1937, at Westminster Abbey in London. The same centuries-old rituals were in place on Saturday for his grandson, Charles III.

Before the coronation ceremony of King Charles III, the last time a king was crowned in England was 86 years ago this month. LONDON, May 12 (Wednesday) (A.P.)—King George VI road forth today to ...