The Latest Breaking News from Prince Philip

Britain's Queen Elizabeth, who died on Thursday aged 96, never gave an interview during her 70-year reign, but her regular public speeches sometimes gave an insight into her private thoughts.

The late monarch passed away peacefully at Balmoral

A look back at the life of Britain’s longest-reigning monarch

Monarch led UK royal family through often-difficult times and greeted generations of kings, presidents and despots.

One of the monarch’s first ever royal engagements took place in Lanarkshire

It follows 70 years of service to the UK and she has passed in the year of her Platinum Jubilee

The crowning achievement of Britain's Queen Elizabeth, who died on Thursday after 70 years on the throne, was to maintain the popularity of the monarchy across decades of seismic political, social and cultural change that threatened to make it an anachronism.

Plans for what happens after the Queen's death have been in place for many years - this is what we know about them

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 judgement proved sound and, if few academics have followed his lead, the political role of the monarchy has received…