Queen Elizabeth II – The 00s to the present day (Part five)
The Queen began the year 2000 with her 13th visit to Australia, but the health of both her mother and her sister remained on her […]
Queen Elizabeth II
Queen Elizabeth II – The 60s and 70s (Part three)
Read part one here. Read part two here. After a six-year hiatus, Elizabeth wanted more children. She fell pregnant again in 1959 and gave birth […]
The Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II
On 2 June 1953, a new Queen was crowned at Westminster Abbey. For weeks, Elizabeth had studied every part of the three-hour service. She met […]
Queen Elizabeth II – Mother and Queen (Part two)
Read part one here. On 9 July 1947, the engagement between Princess Elizabeth and Philip Mountbatten was announced. Shortly before the wedding, Elizabeth’s father bestowed […]
Queen Elizabeth II – The Early Years (Part one)
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 […]
Queen Elizabeth II surpasses Eleanor of Aquitaine as longest reigning female ruler
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 […]
