Early in 1776, King George consented to the hiring of thousands of Hessian mercenaries to assist the British troops already in America in crushing the rebellion. The Revolutionary War lasted ...

King George V and Queen Mary’s third son ... At the start of World War II, he returned to active military service in the Royal Navy and later the Royal Air Force. His death in 1942 in a military ...

The outbreak of World War I shattered their world ... The glamorous Edwardian age came to an end in 1914, four years into King George V's reign. The British royal family turned their attention ...

The greatest challenge of George V's reign came with the outbreak of the First World War in 1914. The King and Queen worked tirelessly throughout, and when the war had ended the King supported ...

Although the paragraphs that remain espouse the ideals that spawned the Revolutionary War, much of the document comprised a litany of grievances against King George III. Among George's crimes ...

Prince Albert, Duke of York, was the second son of King George V and Queen Mary and was born on 14th December 1895 on the Sandringham estate. On the abdication of his brother Edward VIII in December ...