Some see Elizabeth’s 45 year reign as a golden age of English history. She was a shrewd and intelligent woman who was fluent in six languages. Elizabeth’s first priority on becoming Queen was ...

The House of Tudor ended with Elizabeth I. In addition to being the last monarch to reign unmarried, she was also the last to rule over England before its union with Scotland. Elizabeth died in 1603, ...

But in the third decade of Elizabeth's reign, she began protecting Protestant interests by challenging Philip's global domination. Elizabeth encouraged English sailors, like Francis Drake ...

Elizabeth of Austria, hailed the ‘mother of kings’, is still remembered more for her supposed lack of beauty than for her ...

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 II, who in 2015 entered the record books as the longest ...

This suggests a complex and intriguing character, known for his cross-dressing and tumultuous reign. His evolution from a ...

The tragic Anne of a Thousand Days—a reference to the length of her reign as the Queen of England before she ... Even the ...

Queen Elizabeth II was known for her unflappable demeanor, but on a few rare occasions during her reign she shed in a tear in ...

This portrait of England's "Virgin Queen" (Cate Blanchett) is a lush, romantic political thriller about the tumultuous reign of Elizabeth I, whose love for the dashing and duplicitous Earl of ...

An curved arrow pointing right. Buckingham Palace has announced the death of Queen Elizabeth after 70 years on the throne. As the world mourns her loss, we take a look at her legacy as the longest ...

Queen Elizabeth II, the UK's longest-serving monarch, has died at Balmoral aged 96, after reigning for 70 years. She died peacefully on Thursday afternoon at her Scottish estate, where she had spent ...

Elizabeth I was a Tudor monarch who ruled England from 1558 - 1603. Despite her long reign, Elizabeth was never expected to become queen. She was last in line to the throne of all of Henry VIII ...