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| 1901 |
| | | Queen Victoria dies at Osborne House, on the Isle of Wight, after 63 years on the throne | |
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| 1901 |
| | | Edward VII is already 59 when he succeeds his mother, Victoria, as Britain's monarch | |
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| 1902 |
| | | 'Land of Hope and Glory' features in its lasting form as the finale of Elgar's Coronation Ode for Edward VII | |
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| 1903 |
| | | Edward VII, the first British monarch to travel to India, holds a great coronation durbar in Delhi | |
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| 1907 |
| | | The Transvaal government presents to Edward VII the Cullinan diamond, now part of the British crown jewels | |
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| 1910 May 6 |
| | | Edward VII dies in London, after just nine years on the throne | |
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| 1910 May 6 |
| | | George V succeeds his father, Edward VII, on the British throne | |
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| 1911 |
| | | The British monarch George V holds a great durbar in Delhi to celebrate his coronation as emperor of India | |
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| 1932 |
| | | George V reads on radio a Christmas address (written by Rudyard Kipling), beginning an annual royal tradition | |
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| 1936 |
| | | George V dies and is succeeded on the British throne by his eldest son Edward VIII | |
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