After King George's death it was decided that his biography should be written in two installments. A private life was prepared by John Gore ("King George V. A Personal Memoir," London, Murray, 1941).

The Archbishop of Canterbury places the crown on King George V during his coronation ceremony at Westminster Abbey in London, England, June 22, 1911. At left is the dean of Westminster, and at ...

KING GEORGE THE FIFTH. HIS LIFE AND REIGN (570 pp.)—Harold Nicolson—Doubleday ($7.50). When the little prince was born, in 1865, his grandmama Victoria wanted his first name to be ...

Tsar Nicholas II was the cousin of King George V, who was the Queen’s grandfather. George V’s mother was Alexandra Princess of Wales, the sister of Nicholas’ mother, Dagmar of Denmark.