The Elizabethan era in the 16th century was one of adventure, intrigue, personalities, plots and power struggles. At the centre was Queen Elizabeth I, ‘The Virgin Queen’ and the latter part of ...

Elizabeth faced challenges throughout her long reign. Many were from Catholic plotters wanting Mary, Queen of Scots to replace Elizabeth. She secured England’s security by thwarting plots such ...

When George VI died in 1952 and his daughter Elizabeth became queen, the heady talk was of a “new Elizabethan age”. Overnight, the former queen became the Queen Mother. She was still youngish ...

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 ...

No one can really know what will happen when this Elizabethan era draws ... there was an era-specific picture of Queen Elizabeth on nearly every bus that drove by, and she fit right in.

Before Elizabeth I ascended to the British throne, theatre was broadly seen as sinful and crude. The Renaissance, accompanied ...

British mourners Monday saw Queen Elizabeth II's casket parade through ... the end of a 70-year reign that also represented an era, which has given way to a new phase in Western civilization.