The Queen has become the second-longest serving sovereign monarch in history. As of Monday, she has been on the throne for 70 years and 127 days, second only to Louis XIV of France who became king ...

A royal tribute. It was considered a high honor whenever the late Queen Elizabeth II would allow family members to borrow her ...

Queen Elizabeth II, born Elizabeth Alexandra Mary, was the sovereign monarch of the United Kingdom and 14 other commonwealth countries, including Northern Ireland. She was the longest-reigning ...

Queen Elizabeth II was just 25 when she acceded to the throne ... the ceremonial responsibilities of the sovereign and a large annual programme of visits in the UK, as well as many foreign ...

Anthony Blunt confessed in 1964 to being a Soviet agent, but Elizabeth II was not informed. Irish state papers reveal a private conversation between the late Queen and an ex-Irish ambassador.