Entries from BatesLine tagged with 'Queen Elizabeth'

<em>Vivat Regina!</em>

Today, Queen Elizabeth II becomes the longest reigning British monarch, surpassing her great-great-grandmother, Queen Victoria. Elizabeth acceded to the throne on the death of her father, George VI in 1952. She has been described as an "accidental queen," advancing to heir presumptive when her uncle Edward VIII abdicated the throne...

The Queen's cousin offers a personal glimpse

This last Thursday would have been the 111th birthday of Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother. The Queen Mum died on Easter Saturday 2002, having lived through the entire 20th century and a year of the 21st. Margaret Rhodes, daughter of the Queen Mother's older sister, has written a new book,...

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