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Tom Marquand extricated himself from a difficult position to win the King George V Stakes on Merchant for William Haggas. Drawn in stall 20, Marquand had chosen to drop in behind horses while Ryan ...
Back in 1986, it was claimed that King George V had been euthanised by his doctor, Lord Dawson, who died in 1945. A 'mixture of morphine and cocaine was administered' in the form of an injection ...
Shortly before he died, King George V wrote to Stanley Baldwin, the prime minister, in despair about his eldest son, Edward, Prince of Wales. 'After I am dead, the boy will ruin himself within 12 ...
Though the concept remains the same, the current monarch's speeches are very different to the very first read by George V in 1932. Sat in a small room in Sandringham that provided better sound ...
But it was King George V's pet parrot Charlotte that made the biggest impression on the Royal Family. As a child, Princess Elizabeth would feed her sugar lumps and spent time playing with the bird ...
TRAVELLERS remain camped on a popular park after more than 24 hours. Council workers, working alongside police, were set to visit the camp on King George V playing fields in Brickfields. The camp, ...
A grade II-listed landmark building in Cardiff, which originally built as a family home for the founder of Howells department store, has been brought to market.
Last month, the missing head of a statue of King George V made an unexpected appearance onstage at a concert of the touring Northern Irish rap band, Kneecap. The head had not been seen publicly ...
At its show in Australia this weekend, the raucously political rap trio Kneecap brought what appeared to be the missing head of a King George V statue onstage. By Ali Watkins The irreverent ...