Official portraits of the late Queen Elizabeth II have been hanging in public buildings for 70 years, but what should happen to them now that King Charles III has taken the throne? That question ...

The exhibition will present some of Cecil Beaton’s most memorable photographs, taken over 60 years, including original coronation portraits of Queen Elizabeth II – arguably the most ...

Only 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 on global history ...

King George VI died in his sleep. It was a defining moment in the British monarchy. Princess Elizabeth, then 25, was in Kenya ...

Queen Elizabeth II was just 25 when she acceded to the throne ... the story of the Queen’s happy childhood and her life as a young woman. He traces her life from her birth in 1926 until the ...

Resources: a portrait of Queen Elizabeth II taken from our film. Elizabeth became Queen in 1952, aged 25, after the death of her father, King George VI. During the last 70 years the Queen has ...

Queen Elizabeth II, born Elizabeth Alexandra Mary ... Princess Royal. As a young woman, Elizabeth served in the British Auxiliary Territorial Service. She was seen as a British icon and was ...