Tears, spontaneous song as gathered masses mourn at Buckingham Palace
Crowds have gathered long into the night outside Buckingham Palace in London to mourn the death of the Queen. Many have been weeping, others have broken out into mass renditions of God Save the Queen...
View ArticleFlags lowered as Australians remember ‘extraordinary’ monarch
Flags at Parliament House and on other Commonwealth buildings across the country have been lowered to half-mast as Australia begins to mourn the Queen. “Her Majesty celebrated our good times and she...
View ArticleQueen Elizabeth II: From 1926-2022, her incredible life in pictures
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View ArticleBells toll across the globe for Queen Elizabeth
The Queen will be commemorated by pomp and ceremony as Britain begins a period of mourning to mark the death of its former monarch. Gun salutes will ring out in London and bells will toll across the...
View ArticleQueen Elizabeth II: What happens next as the British monarchy enters a new era
King Charles will be formally proclaimed monarch at a historic Accession Council within hours. The eldest son of Queen Elizabeth II, Charles has spent his entire life preparing for this moment in the...
View ArticleQueen Elizabeth II: A moderniser who took Britain’s monarchy into the 21st...
When the late historian Sir Ben Pimlott embarked on his 1996 biography, his colleagues expressed surprise that he should consider Queen Elizabeth II worthy of serious study at all. Yet Pimlott’s...
View ArticleQueen Elizabeth II: A glimpse at an incredible life and reign
Dear readers, The world is mourning Queen Elizabeth II, Britain’s longest-reigning monarch, who died on Thursday, September 8. The Queen’s life ended “peacefully” at Balmoral Castle. She is survived...
View ArticleKing Charles leaves Balmoral to share his grief with a stunned nation
King Charles has returned to London from Balmoral, pausing to share his grief with mourners gathered outside Buckingham Palace and immediately taking up the royal duties of a monarch. The new King...
View ArticleFrom Charles to William and beyond: How the line of succession has changed
With Charles becoming Britain’s King on the death of his mother late on Thursday, the line of succession to the throne has also changed. Prince William, the eldest son of King Charles and the late...
View ArticleThe Queen’s love affair with Australia – 16 visits and the lifelong...
“I did but see her passing by, yet I shall love her till I die” – Sir Robert Menzies Over the record-breaking 70 years of Queen Elizabeth II’s reign, which included 16 trips to Australia, there remain...
View ArticleKing Charles makes solemn pledge, pays tribute to ‘my darling mama’ in his...
King Charles III has described a sense of “loss, without measure” at the passing of “my darling mama” in his first address in which he promised to devote the rest of his life to serving with “loyalty,...
View ArticleHow the next 10 days of mourning the Queen will unfold
Here is the day-by-day account of what is expected to happen next, leading up to the Queen’s funeral in about nine days. D+1 – Saturday, September 10 The King will be formally proclaimed as the new...
View ArticleNetflix puts production of The Crown on temporary hold ‘out of respect’
Netflix has suspended production of The Crown, its acclaimed series about Queen Elizabeth II and her family, with production execs describing the move as “a mark of respect”. The set will also go...
View ArticleHow Australia is honouring the Queen’s life, memory and passing
Together with Governor-General David Hurley and Opposition Leader Peter Dutton, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has marked Queen Elizabeth’s passing with a solemn ceremony at Parliament House. The...
View ArticleOfficial proclamation of Charles’ kingship imminent
King Charles is set to officially be proclaimed Britain’s new monarch in a ceremony followed by gun salutes and the reading of proclamations in London and across the UK. The death of 96-year-old Queen...
View ArticleDoes Charles have the right stuff to be King? Friends don’t have the...
As the United Kingdom’s longest-serving heir apparent, Prince Charles completed an apprenticeship like no other. With the passing of his mother, Queen Elizabeth II on September 8, almost 70 years after...
View ArticleKirstie Clements on the enduring style of Queen Elizabeth II
Not in any way to diminish Queen Elizabeth II’s extraordinary legacy in terms of her public service but she also leaves a legacy of style that we may never see again. I have always been baffled if...
View ArticleEstranged brothers come together in grief as date set for Queen Elizabeth’s...
Princes William and Harry and their wives have come together in public to greet well-wishers as a date was set for the Queen’s funeral and Charles was proclaimed king with pomp and ceremony. The...
View ArticleOne-off public holiday declared to mourn the Queen on Sept 22
September 22 has been designated a nationwide public holiday to mourn Queen Elizabeth and celebrate her remarkable life and reign. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese confirmed on Sunday the one-off...
View ArticleUS track victory confirms Queen’s status as a gifted horse breeder
A horse bred by Queen Elizabeth II has won a race in the US two days after the British monarch died following seven decades on the throne. West Newton, a six-year-old gelding, rallied from sixth place...
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