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.

Queen Elizabeth II wasn't told details of her long-time art adviser's double life as a Soviet spy because palace officials didn't want to add to her worries, newly declassified documents reveal.

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 ...

future Queen Elizabeth II; Princess Margaret, front right; and King George VI, right, pose on the Buckingham Palace balcony, May 12, 1937, following his coronation. 3 In her first radio broadcast ...

(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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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

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 ...

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 ...