As Queen Elizabeth II lies in state, people across the West have been remembering what happened in the days and weeks following King George VI's death in 1952. Stan Jones, 88, remembered working ...

a bishop stepped on the King's train and another put his thumb over the words of the oath when the King was about to read it. George VI died on 6th February 1952. His coffin lay in Westminster Hall ...

The one constant of James' childhood was his tutor, the esteemed scholar George Buchanan ... His legacy as a king is somewhat more mixed. After taking the throne of England James boasted that ...

HARRY SKELTON will carry the hopes of Britain in a seismic clash against the Irish in this year's King George VI Chase at Kempton. Brother Dan's Grey Dawning headlines the home challenge - while ...

James's tutor, the historian and poet George Buchanan ... In March 1603, Elizabeth died and James became king of England and Ireland in a remarkably smooth transition of power.