The crown was made in 1911 for Mary of Teck, the wife of King-Emperor George V. She ruled alongside her husband from 1910 until his death in 1936.

Tsar Nicholas II was the cousin of King George V, who was the Queen’s grandfather. George V’s mother was Alexandra Princess of Wales, the sister of Nicholas’ mother, Dagmar of Denmark.

Episode 6 of The Crown shows how King George V, the Queen’s grandfather and the great-grandfather of King Charles III, ultimately decided not to rescue his cousin, Tsar Nicholas II, from the ...

King George V died after he was given a lethal dose of morphine and cocaine in the final few hours of the night of January 20, 1936. The 70-year-old was treated solely by his doctor, Bertrand ...

The Archbishop of Canterbury places the crown on King George V during his coronation ceremony at Westminster Abbey in London, England, June 22, 1911.

IN May of this year the British Empire will celebrate the twenty-fifth anniversary of the accession of King George V. He came to the throne on the death of his father, Edward VII, on May 6, 1910.

Camilla will wear a modified version of Queen Mary’s Crown, which was originally made by Garrard for the 1911 coronation of King George V, the father of Queen Elizabeth II and grandfather of ...