Queen Elizabeth II was the longest-reigning monarch in British history, the only monarch most Britons have ever known. She ruled during a transformative period of human history and became queen of an ...

From Queen Elizabeth II’s record-breaking 70-year reign to Queen Elizabeth I’s transformative Elizabethan era, this article explores the six longest-ruling queens in world history. It examines how ...

On this day in history, June 2, 1953, Queen Elizabeth II was formally crowned monarch of the United Kingdom in a lavish ceremony full of royal traditions. More than 1,000 guests, dignitaries and ...

On Thursday, the monarch died in Scotland at age 96. Queen Elizabeth's place of death has a storied history. The monarch died on Thursday at Balmoral Castle, the British royal family's estate in ...

The history-making monarch first laid a wreath at the Cenotaph war memorial in 1945, and she missed the moving ceremony only a handful of times during her reign Stephanie Petit is a Royals Editor, ...

Queen Elizabeth II was formally crowned during a coronation ceremony at London’s Westminster Abbey on June 2, 1953.Elizabeth, only 27 years old at the time, was accompanied by her husband, Prince ...

Professor of Modern British History at Durham University Philip Williamson explains how traditions have changed when it comes to royal funerals and how today's at Westminster Abbey will be unique.

I'm Maëlle Beauget-Uhl. I write for Collider. Becoming Elizabeth is Starz's newest epic period drama based on the life of one of England’s most well-known queen, Elizabeth I. While there have been ...

Philip Williamson has received funding from the Leverhulme Trust. Great royal events in the United Kingdom are often a mix of old and new, and the commemoration and funeral of Queen Elizabeth II will ...