Her Majesty The Queen

60 years ago today, Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II was crowned in a magnificent public pageant in front of the eyes of the nation at Westminster Abbey. Here is our picture slideshow of the day. [wzslider...

The first Saturday in June each year sees the running of the Derby, the fourth of the five Classic races of the British flat racing season. The race, regarded as the most prestigious in the British...

In honor of her Diamond Jubilee, Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II will have a large portion of the British Antarctic region renamed in her honor. Queen Elizabeth Land, as the area will be known, is situated south...

60 years ago tomorrow, Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II was crowned at Westminster Abbey in front of over 7,000 people inside the Abbey and for the first time, millions on television. Here is a list of...

It is remembered as one of the most sordid events in the history of the British Monarchy, the day Edward VIII renounced his duty to marry his divorced lover Wallis Simpson. When Edward abdicated in 1936,...

So, the news is out: Her Majesty is not going to Sri Lanka for the 2013 Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting.  Some observers have expressed surprise at this decision; others suspicion that it may be motivated...

On 2nd June 1953, the morning of Her Majesty’s coronation, news reached England’s newspapers of the first successful climb to the top of Mount Everest by Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay. The ascent happened on 29th...

To commemorate Her Majesty, The Queen’s upcoming 60th coronation anniversary on June the 2nd, the church where she was crowned, Westminster Abbey, has had two new stained glass windows commissioned and installed. The official Facebook page for...

Two portraits of Her Majesty The Queen (one of her early in her reign, and one from recently) have gone on display at Gatwick Airport after they were commissioned by BBC South-East. The portraits are made...

Her Majesty The Queen and His Royal Highness The Duke of Edinburgh will be joined at Westminster Abbey next Tuesday (4th June) by the majority of the Royal Family for a service marking the 60th anniversary...