George VI

George V and Queen Mary watching the Delhi Durbar from the Red Fort, accompanied by Indian princes acting as pages, 1911.

The Last Emperor of India

The voice of the British monarch carried considerable weight in imperial India. Its slow silencing mirrored the retreat of Britain from the subcontinent.

Painted out of History

The abdication crisis of 1937 forced a royalist magazine to present a different face to the world, as Luci Gosling reports.

The coffin of King George VI lies on a gun carriage drawn by naval officers, and accompanied by men of the Household Cavalry on Feb 15, 1952

The Funeral of King George VI

Richard Cavendish describes the King's funeral on 15 February 1952.