A look back at the life of Britain’s longest-reigning monarch, who led her country and the royal family through moments of enormous upheaval.
Tag: Elizabeth II, Queen of Great Britain
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Queen Elizabeth’s Death Comes at Moment of Uncertainty for Britain
There is no analogous British figure who will be mourned as deeply, or whose death will provoke a greater reckoning with the identity and future of the country.
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Queen Elizabeth II: The One Constant in an Inconstant World
From fading empire to the Cold War to 1970s turmoil to Brexit to Covid, “she was always there.” What will Britain, and the world, do without her?
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Across the Pond, Queen Is Mourned by Those Who Were Never Her Subjects
Americans paid their respects to the only British monarch most can recall, the head of a royal family that continues to be a source of fascination.