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 ...

Queen Elizabeth II was just 25 when she acceded to the throne ... the ceremonial responsibilities of the sovereign and a large annual programme of visits in the UK, as well as many foreign ...

Queen Elizabeth II has achieved an incredible feat as she ... As she was in Kenya at the time, Her Majesty became the first sovereign in over 200 years to accede the throne while abroad.

NAIROBI, Kenya, Feb. 6, 1952 (UP) -- Britain's sovereign queen began her reign today in tears and sorrow. The former Princess Elizabeth broke down and wept when a radiotelephone call from London ...

The pageant master for Queen Elizabeth's jubilees hopes to unite the nation with music and pipers. Anthony Blunt confessed in 1964 to being a Soviet agent, but Elizabeth II was not informed.