What's Pope Leo XIV doing on his first full day as pontiff? Pope Leo XIV gave a homily at a Mass a day after he was chosen to lead the Catholic Church. Here's what the new pontiff said, and what ...

Ratu Sir Kamisese Mara ... Fiji, which kept Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II as its monarch after independence, became a republic after a 1987 coup that toppled its first government.

More than 100 world leaders, including President Biden, attended the funeral for Queen Elizabeth II, and Britons lined the streets for a procession that took her to her final resting place at ...

LONDON — The death on Thursday of Queen Elizabeth II prompted an outpouring of condolences from leaders around the world. Presidents, prime ministers and fellow monarchs all paid tribute to the ...

LONDON — Big Ben gonged, one peal from the Great Bell for each of her 96 years on Earth, and the body of Queen Elizabeth II passed for the last time through Westminster Abbey — scene of her ...

(Alastair Grant/AP) While Queen Elizabeth II was a constant presence in British life during her record-long tenure, the monarch fought to keep her family’s private affairs out of the public eye ...

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 ...

"There are some disadvantages to crowns. But otherwise, they're quite important things," Queen Elizabeth said in 2018.

The latest news, stories and features on the late Queen Elizabeth II the longest reigning monarch. She was on the throne from 1952 until her death on 8 September 2022. She was married to Prince ...

The first daughter of the late King George VI and the late Queen Elizabeth, Queen Elizabeth II was born during the reign of King George V, her paternal grandfather. After her father’s death in ...

Queen Elizabeth II, born on April 21, 1926, was the longest-reigning monarch in British history. She ascended to the throne on February 6, 1952, at the age of 25, following the death of her father ...