Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom is perhaps the most famous woman alive and yet we actually know very little about her. We will probably have to wait until her death to be provided with an official biography and until then we are left grasping at what we can see in the press. Elizabeth [read more]
The future Queen Elizabeth II was born at 2.40 am on 21 April 1926 as the daughter of Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon and the future King George VI, then the Duke and Duchess of York, by caesarean. At the time, her uncle, the Prince of Wales and later King Edward VIII, was still young and still expected [read more]
The longest reigning female ruler was the formidable Eleanor of Aquitaine who ruled over the Duchy of Aquitaine in her own right. She lived to be 82 years old, which in medieval times was ancient. Eleanor reigned for 66 years and 358 days. Eleanor was first married to Louis VII of France, but the marriage was not [read more]
When the future Queen Elizabeth II was born on 21 April 1926 to the then Duke and Duchess of York, no one expected that this little girl would one day become Queen. At the time, her uncle, the Prince of Wales and later King Edward VIII, was still young and still expected to marry and produce [read more]
When a young Princess Elizabeth met and fell in love with the dashing Naval Lieutenant Prince Philip of Greece and Denmark, it wasn’t without complications. The romance between the sailor prince and the young princess brought a splash of color to a nation still in the grip of post-war austerity. When they married in Westminster [read more]
HBO is set to show ITV’s documentary Queen of the World, a new documentary about Queen Elizabeth II. It will premiere in the US on 1 October 2018 at 8 PM on HBO. It will premiere in the UK on 25 September at 9.15 PM on ITV. The documentary offers a unique insight into the [read more]
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