CNN — Queen Elizabeth II, who has died age 96 after the longest reign in British history, will be mourned around the globe as one of the last monarchs born to a classic age of European royalty, when ...
Queen Victoria had several wards and godchildren from British colonies, including Africa and India. The godchildren were treated like family, but also subject to strict control, according to ...
From the royal line of succession to the British national anthem, banknotes and post boxes, here's everything that has changed in the U.K. since the death of Queen Elizabeth II ...
Queen Elizabeth was the first female member of the royal family to serve in uniform A young Princess Elizabeth was 13 years old in September 1939 when Adolf Hitler invaded Poland, triggering a ...
British-born New Yorkers flocked to the England-themed grocery Myers of Keswick in the West Village Thursday to mourn Queen Elizabeth and pay tribute to a matriarch who “epitomized stoicism, calmness ...
London was transformed Monday into a pageant of both mourning and celebration. Endless rows of Union Jacks. Acres of red Beefeater uniforms. Forests of raised arms with cellphones snapping and filming ...
It has long been said that “the sun never sets on the British Empire,” referring to the United Kingdom’s colonies around the globe. Will the death of Queen Elizabeth II trigger further shrinking of ...
The Queen was joined by schoolchildren to open a new sculpture garden and play pavilion this week Jonathan Brady-WPA Pool/Getty Queen Camilla made a royal visit to the Dulwich Picture Gallery in ...
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BRADFORD, England — In October 1958, Duke Ellington played a concert in Leeds, an unfashionable industrial city in the north of England. Elizabeth II, just six years into her reign, was to be in ...
The record was previously held by her great-great grandmother, Queen Victoria. — -- Queen Elizabeth II made history today, becoming Britain’s longest-reigning monarch, at 63 years. The Queen, 89, ...