There have been only eight reigning queens in the history of the British monarchy Stephanie Kaloi is a contributing writer at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2022. She has also written ...

The first monarch to rule over what would later become Great Britain was King Alfred the Great, who was crowned as the King of England in 871 A.D. There wouldn't be a British monarch per se until 1707 ...

This essay is part of "(There is Nothing New) Under the Sun" A monthly column of random, historical vignettes demonstrating that the more things change, the more they stay the same. Anne of Cleves ...

From Princess Anne's royal sense of duty to the ways in which she breaks with tradition, Queen Elizabeth's only daughter is a princess like no other The royal family has a long tradition of enjoying ...

Queen Anne is the 249th ship to fly the Cunard flag and the line's first new build in 14 years. The ship offers guests a quintessentially British experience with its elegant interiors, formal dress ...

Two very different books examine the reigns and legacies of Victoria and Elizabeth II. By Geoffrey Wheatcroft Geoffrey Wheatcroft is the author, most recently, of “Bloody Panico!: Or, Whatever ...