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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

If you’re looking for a revelation about the queen’s deepest thoughts, emotions or confessions, you won’t find it here. True ...

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, ...

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 ...

Queen Elizabeth II, who succeeded her father, King George VI, at the time of his death in February 1952, passed away on Thursday at Balmoral Castle in Scotland. Her health had been in obvious decline ...

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.