In 1553, Elizabeth's older half-sister Mary became queen. Mary was determined to re-establish Catholicism in England and viewed the Protestant Elizabeth as a direct threat. Elizabeth was briefly ...

Save guides, add subjects and pick up where you left off with your BBC account. Almost 500 years ago, a princess called Elizabeth became Queen of England. People were worried. It was unusual to be ...

Why did she stay? Royal experts explain why Queen Elizabeth never gave up the throne. Why didn’t Queen Elizabeth ever step ...

Queen Elizabeth is being remembered by a leader in the Church of England. Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby appeared on BBC Radio 4's Today show Friday, one day Buckingham Palace announced ...

Princess Elizabeth Stuart was buried in the south aisle of Henry VII's chapel at Westminster Abbey. She was the only surviving daughter of James VI of Scotland and I of England and his wife ... She ...

Elizabeth Tudor was crowned Queen of England on January 15 ... the ceremony involved being anointed with holy oil, putting God’s own mark on the ruler: it conferred the ultimate authority ...

This research project focuses on portraits of Queen Elizabeth I of England, specifically, portraits commissioned after she inherited the throne in 1558 at the age of twenty-five. Elizabeth I is one of ...