VE Day: The Quiet After the Peace
When VE Day finally came in May 1945 it was met with relief, exhaustion, and cynicism. Was the Second World War in Europe really over?
George VI
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 Funeral of King George VI
Richard Cavendish describes the King's funeral on 15 February 1952.