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1 day ago · IN this edition of nostalgia, we are looking back at how we celebrated Queen Elizabeth II's coronation in Cumbria. In 1952, King George VI's health was poor, and illness forced him to abandon a ...
3 days ago · Philip was awarded medals from Britain, France, and Greece for his service during the Second World War, as well as ones commemorating the coronations of George VI and Elizabeth II and the silver, gold and diamond jubilees of Elizabeth.
3 days ago · coronation of Queen Victoria. Coronation of Queen Victoria, 1838. In the early hours of June 20, 1837, Victoria received a call from the archbishop of Canterbury and the lord chamberlain and learned of the death of William IV, third son of George III.
- Victoria was queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (1837–1901) and empress of India (1876–1901). Her reign was one of the longes...
- Victoria’s father died when she was a baby. She was raised by her mother at Kensington Palace and had a lonely childhood until she became queen at...
- Victoria married her first cousin Albert, prince of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, on February 10, 1840.
- Victoria had nine children: Victoria (1840–1901), the princess royal; Albert Edward (1841–1910), who became King Edward VII; Alice (1843–78); Alfre...
4 days ago · An 11-year-old Princess Elizabeth had seen her father, King George VI, take the crown during his coronation in May 1937, so she somewhat knew what to expect. British designer Sir Norman Hartnell created the Queen’s coronation dress.
4 days ago · A speech by Her Majesty The Queen on her first visit to The Royal Lancers (Queen Elizabeths’ Own), having been appointed as Colonel-in-Chief
2 days ago · His presence at Elizabeth’s coronation on June 2, 1953, marked a rare event in English history: the presence of the husband of a queen regnant at a coronation had not occurred since Prince George of Denmark attended the coronation of Queen Anne in 1702. Philip attended an average of 350 official engagements a year on behalf of the royal ...
3 days ago · The King's Speech is a 2010 historical drama film directed by Tom Hooper and written by David Seidler. Colin Firth plays the future King George VI who, to cope with a stammer, sees Lionel Logue, an Australian speech and language therapist played by Geoffrey Rush.
