Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip after her coronation in 1953 (Wikimedia Commons). After Queen Elizabeth II took the throne following the death of her father King George VI in 1952, the coins of ...

ideastream: Luke Reader, a teaching fellow in the Department of History, described the role of the British monarchy from its controversial past to its relevancy today, following the passing of Queen ...

Monarchy is a Channel 4 British TV series, 2004-2006, by British academic David Starkey, charting the political and ideological history of the English monarchy from the Saxon period to modern times.

In the violent and dramatic history of the English monarchy, the story of Lady Jane Grey stands out as one of the most tragic. She was a teenage Queen of England who ruled for only nine days before ...