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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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| 1936 |
| | | Wallis Simpson wins a decree nisi against her second husband and is therefore free to marry Edward VIII | |
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| 1936 |
| | | Edward VIII informs Baldwin, the UK prime minister, that he intends to marry the American divorcée Wallis Simpson | |
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| 1936 |
| | | Edward VIII, forced to choose between the British throne and Wallis Simpson, opts for the path of love and abdicates | |
|  | Edward VIII's letter of abdication in 1936
National Archives, Kew
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| 1936 |
| | | Edward VIII is succeeded on the British throne by his brother, as George VI | |
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| 1952 |
| | | George VI dies and is succeeded by his elder daughter as Elizabeth II | |
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| 1953 |
| | | English composer William Walton writes Orb and Sceptre for the coronation of Elizabeth II | |
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| 1953 |
| | | The new queen of the United Kingdom, Elizabeth II, is crowned like all her predecessors since 1066 in Westminster Abbey | |
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| 1956 |
| | | The British queen, Elizabeth II, moves the traditional royal Christmas address from radio to TV | |
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