The one constant of James' childhood was his tutor, the esteemed scholar George ... as a king is somewhat more mixed. After taking the throne of England James boasted that he ruled Scotland ...

a bishop stepped on the King's train and another put his thumb over the words of the oath when the King was about to read it. George VI died on 6th February 1952. His coffin lay in Westminster Hall ...

James's tutor, the historian and poet George Buchanan ... and James became king of England and Ireland in a remarkably smooth transition of power. After 1603 he only visited Scotland once ...

Scotland's History Articles ... the esteemed scholar George Buchanan. Buchanan's aim was to turn James into a god-fearing, Protestant King who accepted the limitations of monarchy.