Getty Images Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II (left) sits beside her husband Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, as she delivers the queen’s speech during the State Opening of Parliament in London ...
Queen Elizabeth II recorded her speech in the Long Library at Sandringham. With a bit of sleight of hand, the microphone on her desk was hidden behind a sprig of mistletoe. The wider Commonwealth ...
Elizabeth I gave her name to a golden age of poets, statesmen and adventurers. Known as the Virgin Queen, or Gloriana, her union with her people became a substitute ... which helped her steer a ...
Elizabeth had received the news of Mary’s death at Hatfield House, where she had been living for several years. Many of the men and women who formed her household there were rewarded with appointments ...
On her 21st Birthday in 1947, the then-Princess Elizabeth gave a speech in a special broadcast where she dedicated her life to the service of the Commonwealth. At the time, Elizabeth was with her ...
The late Queen Elizabeth II, born Elizabeth Alexandra Mary in 1926, ruled for longer than any other monarch in British history. During her 70-year reign, the late Queen was much loved and ...