Schemer. Seducer. Tyrant? Queen Elizabeth I is one of the most famous—and notorious—monarchs of England, but few people know ...

Some see Elizabeth’s 45 year reign as a golden age of English history. She was a shrewd ... Elizabeth’s first priority on becoming Queen was to return England to the Protestant faith.

But like many Brits of my generation (I was born the year before the coronation) my life has been bookended by the reign of Queen Elizabeth ... in Britain’s long history, she is admired and ...

I. Elizabeth I saw Mary, Queen of Scots as a threat and was keen to keep her under observation in England. Sir John Neale describes the agony of Elizabeth I as she is forced to decide the fate of ...

In the late, chill spring of 1886, with morning frost still on the ground at eleven, the Queen left Windsor by private train early on May 4 to open the Colonial and Indian Exhibition in South ...

and do better in pub quizzes.’ He is not the only comedy figure to have written about Britain’s monarchs as David Mitchell had a hit with Unruly: The Ridiculous History of England's Kings and Queens ...

The King and Queen are in Durham, England, for the annual distribution ... and his wife stepped in to do so, making history as the first consort to lead the ancient tradition.

Queen Elizabeth II, born Elizabeth Alexandra ... She was the longest-reigning monarch in British history and the second longest-reigning monarch in the history of the world, behind French King ...

She assumed the title of Queen in 1952 after her father's death and reigned for more than 70 years until her death on Sept. 8, 2022, making her the longest-reigning monarch in British history.