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15 Amazing Facts About Queen Elizabeth I
When it wasn’t spreading propaganda, Elizabeth’s administration was actually doing some good. The queen oversaw the nation’s first attempts at poverty relief: a gradual accumulation of ...
The Independent3y
How the Queen learned her father had died – and that she had acceded to the throne
The death of her father meant the then-Princess Elizabeth became the Queen when she was 25 years old. As she was in Kenya at the time, Her Majesty became the first sovereign in over 200 years to ...
BBC14y
Elizabeth I
She was a shrewd and intelligent woman who was fluent in six languages. Elizabeth’s first priority on becoming Queen was to return England to the Protestant faith. Yet she declared that she did ...
Country Life2y
20 facts about the Queen you probably didn't know
We look back in the Country Life archive to see some of the best frontispiece pictures featuring Queen Elizabeth II. Bringing the quintessential English rural idle to life via interiors, food and ...
HELLO! Magazine3d
The Queen, Elizabeth II
The late Queen Elizabeth II, born Elizabeth Alexandra Mary in 1926, ruled for longer than any other monarch in British history. During her 70-year reign, the late Queen was much loved and ...