Monarchs strive to make their mark on history, but King George V could never have imagined that, almost 90 years after his death, he would go viral on social media.

At its show in Australia this weekend, the raucously political rap trio Kneecap brought what appeared to be the missing head of a King George V statue onstage. By Ali Watkins The irreverent ...

An Irish hip-hop band has declared “every colony can fall” after a fan gifted them the severed head of a King George V statue at their Melbourne gig on Friday. Belfast band Kneecap were ...

Last month, the missing head of a statue of King George V made an unexpected appearance onstage at a concert of the touring Northern Irish rap band, Kneecap. The head had not been seen publicly ...

The mystery of the decapitated head of a King George V statue has resurfaced after it surprisingly appeared during a Kneecap gig in Melbourne, Australia. Kneecap, the outspoken and political hip ...

The solid bronze severed head of Melbourne’s decapitated King George V statue was reported to have briefly reappeared in public, gracing the stage during a performance by Irish rap group Kneecap.

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Eighty-nine years after he died, King George V appears to be having the time of his life. Or, at any rate, his severed bronze head is.

The King George V statue was beheaded and covered in red paint on a bank holiday for King Charles’ birthday in June 2024. It was part of series of incidents involving attacks on colonial ...

The ‘missing head’ from Melbourne’s statue of King George V appears to have turned up on stage during a recent Kneecap concert in the city. The statue was ‘beheaded’ in June 2024 and ...

Australian police are investigating how the missing decapitated head of a historic statue of King George V appeared to make a cameo appearance on stage during a Kneecap gig in Melbourne on Friday ...

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George III, king of Great Britain and its colonies at the time of the American Revolution, has been maligned unfairly. As a scholar of early America, I believe, however, that George III has gotten ...