Back to the Queen Mother: 'The two people who have caused me most trouble in my life are Wallis Simpson and Hitler.' For more than half a century - during which time Elizabeth was variously ...

Contrary to the custom of the era, Elizabeth and Philip's children took their mother's name in order to keep the royal house named after Windsor. The Queen's decision to do so (a decision believed ...

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 ...