Despite her mother’s fate, Elizabeth looked up to her father. When she became queen, she would often proudly make reference to her likeness to Henry. She had his red hair and strong personality.

I n the Queen Mother’s household, the man with the most difficult job was undoubtedly her treasurer, Major Sir Ralph Anstruther. Sir Ralph, who held the post from 1961 to 1998, is remembered as ...

She was named Elizabeth after her mother; Alexandra after her paternal great-grandmother, and Mary after her paternal grandmother, but her close family called her “Lilibet”. Queen Elizabeth ...

Hicks says that she wrote the book with her mother to illustrate the “remarkable” woman, whose life, like Elizabeth’s, spans almost a century. (Queen Elizabeth died at 96 years old on Sept.

The love for this Dubonnet and gin cocktail seems to run in the family: The queen mother, Elizabeth I, was also a fan. Like mother, like daughter! The British press reported that Elizabeth I was ...