He was a king who viewed the empire through the prism of his stamp collection. Of the 56 countries that made up the British Empire 100 years ago, its sovereign King George V visited just one of them.

The British Empire began in the late 1500s under Queen ... and its former colonies were given to other European countries through the Treaty of Versailles. In the mid-1900s, Britain’s situation ...

From Sir Alex Ferguson to Sir Kenny Dalglish, GOAL brings you everything you need to know about footballers who have been knighted ...