But like many Brits of my generation (I was born the year before the coronation) my life has been bookended by the reign of Queen Elizabeth II ... of country are the old-fashioned virtues that ...

Queen Elizabeth's Life in Photos: See the Most Iconic Moments from ... I can give my heart and my devotion to these old islands and to all the peoples of our brotherhood of nations." ...

Only 25 years old when King George VI died, Queen Elizabeth began her reign in 1952. She ruled longer than any other British Monarch. Smithsonian collections reflect her influence on global history ...