George V: The Tyrant King, which airs tomorrow on Channel 5, explores the life of the monarch grandson of Queen Victoria, who was killed by his doctor in 1936, aged 70.

George V and his wife with their eldest son, Edward VIII, who would later become King before abdicating George was crowned King on June 22, 1911, following the death of his father in 1910.

King George V was the first monarch of the House of Windsor, the Royal Family as we know it today. Reigning from 1910 to 1936, he ruled over what was at that point the bloodiest war in history ...

King George V died after he was given a lethal dose of morphine and cocaine in the final few hours of the night of January 20, 1936. The 70-year-old was treated solely by his doctor, Bertrand ...

King George V’s intervention in the Home Rule crisis, calling the Buckingham Palace conference in July 1914 to bring together John Redmond, leader of the Irish Parliamentary Party, and Edward ...

However, there are grounds to believe that it was George V himself who blocked the plan. ‘England does not extend its hospitality’ The fate of the dethroned tsar and his family was a peculiar ...

King George V has had a pretty poor press. The best that can be said for him, it seems, was that he enjoyed collecting stamps. He is remembered to have spent most of his time out shooting ...

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In reality King George V’s decision against giving a lifeline to the Romanovs was made over several weeks in 1917. His initial resolve to rescue his Nicholas II was ultimately undermined by his ...

Rebecca, aged four, inherited this from her grandfather. He was born on the 6th May 1935, the same day as the Silver Jubilee of King George V. Every child born on this day was given a special ...