Queen Elizabeth II was formally crowned during a coronation ceremony at London’s Westminster Abbey on June 2, 1953.Elizabeth, only 27 years old at the time, was accompanied by her husband, Prince ...

On this day in history, June 2, 1953, Queen Elizabeth II was formally crowned monarch of the United Kingdom in a lavish ceremony full of royal traditions. More than 1,000 guests, dignitaries and ...

As Elizabeth's Mayor Christian J. Bollwage has declared, "We've been celebrating in Elizabeth for 350 years ... and we're just getting started." The city will mark its 351 st birthday in October, and ...

The history-making monarch first laid a wreath at the Cenotaph war memorial in 1945, and she missed the moving ceremony only a handful of times during her reign Stephanie Petit is a Royals Editor, ...

The longest-serving British monarch has again made history. On Monday, Queen Elizabeth II reached her 65th anniversary as a sovereign, the only British royal to celebrate a Sapphire Jubilee. The ...