Queen Elizabeth II was kept in the dark for a long time about a major scandal during her reign. Newly released MI5 files reveal that, for nearly 10 years, the late monarch didn’t know that royal ...

In 1945, 19-year-old Princess Elizabeth joined the Auxiliary Territorial Service, the women's branch of the British Army.

Renowned architect Lord Foster has won the bid to design the national memorial to Queen Elizabeth II, with a new bridge inspired by the late Queen’s wedding tiara. Lord Foster, who once criticised the ...

The final design plans for a national memorial to Queen Elizabeth II in London's St James's Park have been determined by the UK government. A team led by architect Norman Foster of Foster + Partners, ...

(See rare photos of Queen Elizabeth II from National Geographic's archives.) Queen Elizabeth II wears St. Edward's Crown at her coronation ceremony at Westminster Abbey on June 2, 1953.

A British architecture firm has been selected to design the queen's memorial in London, which will include a translucent ...

Queen Elizabeth II wasn't told details of her long-time art adviser's double life as a Soviet spy because palace officials didn't want to add to her worries, newly declassified documents reveal ...

Starting later this year, visitors to the National Archives Museum in Washington ... a patent for the light bulb and a set of horseshoes that Elizabeth II gave to President George H. W. Bush in 1992.

Queen Elizabeth II O nly 25 years old when King George VI died, Queen Elizabeth began her reign in 1952. She ruled longer than any other British Monarch. Smithsonian collections reflect her influence ...

Queen Elizabeth II was not officially informed for nearly a decade that Anthony Blunt was a Soviet spy, newly declassified documents reveal.