The royal with the dragon tattoo! Diaries detailing how the Queen's grandfather King George V had inkings during a visit to Japan are part of a new Buckingham Palace exhibition Japan: Courts and ...

Although it was never pictured, it is known that Prince George received a tattoo of a red & blue dragon while serving in Japan with the Navy in 1881. He later had a tiger inked onto his other arm.

Diaries detailing how the future King George V had a dragon and a tiger tattooed on his arms during a visit to Japan are to form part of a new exhibition at Buckingham Palace.

Before this, the prince had been living the life of a Naval Officer, which is why he had a tattoo of a red and blue dragon while serving in Japan with the Navy in 1881.