You're now past the Bishop Rock lighthouse an in the English Channel. Incidentally, a modern transatlantic crossing is now two days slower than it used to be, as the weekly service operated by the first Queen Mary and her consort Queen Elizabeth from 1946 to 1967 took just 5 nights....
On 2 June 1953, Queen Elizabeth II was crowned Queen of the United Kingdom and Commonwealth. In her reign, she saw nationalized industries, economic downturns, and Britain join the European Economic Community, in 1973. One of her primary roles was to symbolize the unity and continuity within...
One of her first actions as queen was the establishment of an English Protestant church, of which she became the supreme governor. This era, later named the Elizabethan Religious Settlement, would evolve into the Church of England. It was expected that Elizabeth would marry and produce an heir...
I've had a few people ask why I, as an owner of an Anne Boleyn website, have been involved in a tribute to Queen Elizabeth II on the day she became Britain's
Cruise ship kennels were the Cunard’s signature feature on the line’s former flagship RMS Queen Elizabeth 2. On the ocean liner RMS Queen Mary, they were first introduced at the Duke of Windsor’s suggestion. On QM2, the kennel area was expanded, an owners lounge and a new pet ...
Also, her widowed sister-in-law Elizabeth, mother of the queen's old favourite, Prince Rupert, had already been living in The Hague for some years. The Hague was a major centre for banking and finance; the queen intended to raise funds in aid of her husband there. First English Civil...
The Disney Wiki has a collection of images and media related to The Evil Queen.TriviaThe sequence in which the Vultures watch the Witch fall to her death, then fly down to her body, impressed Sylvia Moberly-Holland enough to inspire her to apply as an Inspirational Sketch Artist at the ...
Queen Elizabeth II's family members are no strangers to scandal and controversy on a royal scale – something Princess Michael of Kent knows ...
England, 1464. After nine years of the War of the Roses between the Houses of York and Lancaster, the Yorkist Edward IV has defeated the Lancastrian Henry VI to claim the throne of England. Lady Elizabeth Woodville has lost her lands due to her husband being a Lancastrian and aims to hav...
New Yorkers are joining the rest of the world in mourning the loss of Queen Elizabeth. We look back at the three times she traveled to New York.