This year has been a big one for Queen Elizabeth II, as the British monarch has been celebrating 60 years on the throne with her Diamond Jubilee. The royal anniversary honors a woman who has been through a lot during her 86-year lifetime, including 12 US presidents and 12 UK prime ministers. After all, the record-breaking queen is the longest-reigning living monarch in the world. If you want to Read more

Kate Middleton is a modern royal, most recently making an appearance last night at a black tie gala with a sky-high and surprisingly sexy slit in her dress. But today in full regalia, Queen Elizabeth II took royal watchers back in time during the state opening of parliament. Each year the queen marks the start of a new parliamentary session in the UK dressed in a regal fur coat and an imposing Read more

On Feb. 6, Queen Elizabeth II marked 60 years on the throne. To commemorate the Diamond Jubilee, the royal family is traveling around the world on her behalf; Prince Harry recently enjoyed a successful royal tour in Central America and the Caribbean. The queen herself will be staying closer to home for the celebrations. Today the queen put on her best royal red to check out Gloriana, the new Read more

Today is Queen Elizabeth's 86th birthday! But try not to get confused if you hear it's her "actual" birthday as opposed to her "official" birthday. Thanks to Edward VII, who didn't want to celebrate his real birthday when the weather was poor, all kings and queens "officially" celebrate their birthdays in June. But today is the real deal, so let's take a look back at the queen from her days as Read more

This weekend was chock-full of church services, pilgrimages, bunny ears, parades, egg hunts, and more as people around the globe celebrated Easter and Passover. The Obamas spent some quality family time together at an Easter Sunday service and goofing off during the annual White House Easter Egg Roll today, while Queen Elizabeth II shared the day's events with Princess Eugenie and one of the Read more

Queen Elizabeth is marking her Diamond Jubilee, but she already celebrated her diamond wedding anniversary back in 2007. Before Princess Elizabeth became Queen Elizabeth in 1952, she married the handsome foreign prince from Greece who happened to also be her third cousin, now Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh. According to Sally Bedell Smith's new biography, Elizabeth the Queen, Philip came from a Read more

Her royal highness is apparently a James Bond fan, as Queen Elizabeth II personally requested that current MI6 agent Daniel Craig open up the 2012 London Olympics with a short film that may even include a cameo from the queen. The collaboration is fitting, as the James Bond franchise celebrates its 50th anniversary the same year as the queen celebrates her 60th year on the throne with Diamond Read more

Sixty years ago today, Queen Elizabeth II started her reign. Each year, the queen quietly marks Accession Day, since it is the anniversary of the death of her father, King George VI, but today, the queen also made note of the celebrations that will come later this year: "I hope also that this Jubilee year will be a time to give thanks for the great advances that have been made since 1952 and to Read more

The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge stepped out at the Cenotaph in Whitehall on Remembrance Sunday today to commemorate those who have died in war serving the country. It's Catherine's first Remembrance Day as a member of the royal family and she was in classic black, which went for all the women at the event. Still, Kate mixed up her look by sporting two poppies on her Diane von Furstenberg coat Read more

Queen Elizabeth arrived in Australia yesterday, and it must have been a little awkward when she greeted the country's prime minister, Julia Gillard. The Aussie leader, who was born in Britain, is a self-confessed Republican, meaning she supports a republic for Australia, rather than a constitutional monarchy with the British monarch as its head of state, as is the case now. Since the meeting at Read more