After more than seven decades in service of the United Kingdom and the Commonwealth, Queen Elizabeth has died at the age of 96. She ascended the throne after the death of George VI on February 6 ...

Elizabeth was only two and a half years old when her mother was executed. Following the death of her mother, Henry declared Elizabeth to be illegitimate. Around a year after Anne’s execution ...

Yet, as a Black British American of Afro-Caribbean descent, I'm still saddened by Queen Elizabeth's death. I can experience those two feelings at once. The Queen has been a constant in my life ...

The news of Queen Elizabeth's death comes with another history-making moment: She is succeeded immediately by her eldest son, Prince Charles, 73, who will now be the monarch. Charles' firstborn ...

Credit: Anwar Hussein / WireImage Her father's death on Feb. 6, 1952, thrust 25-year-old Elizabeth into the role of queen at a young age. As her coronation took place on June 2, 1953 at ...