The National Archives holds the majority of coronation rolls, although there are no rolls in existence for Edward III, Henry VI, Edward IV, Richard III, Henry VII, Henry VIII, Edward VI ...

King George VI was an unlikely monarch – acceding to the throne in 1936 after the abdication of his older brother King Edward VIII ... prepares for his May 6 coronation, a new book, George ...

Prince Edward is giving the coronation quiche its royal debut. On Tuesday, Edward — who was recently made the Duke of Edinburgh by his brother King Charles, taking over their father Prince ...

A ceramic mug marking the coronation of King George VI which sat and gathered dust in ... from a previous version intended to mark King Edward VIII taking the throne before his abdication, the ...

Elizabeth became queen after both her brother (Edward VI) and her sister (Mary I ... Her first step towards achieving this was through her coronation, which took place in London on 15 January ...

On the abdication of his brother Edward VIII in December 1936 he was proclaimed King and took one of his middle names, George, on succeeding to the throne. The coronation of George VI and Queen ...

Queen Mary died in March 1953, a few months before the coronation. He married Princess Mary of Teck in 1893 in the Chapel Royal, St James's Palace. Their children were Edward VIII, George VI ...