#Elizabeth II

Author: Ceylan Yeginsu / Source: New York Times Simon Dawson/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images The world’s longest reigning monarch has already emailed and tweeted, and on Thursday she passed a new milestone by publishing her first post on Instagram. Wearing a bright tangerine coat with a

Author: Maria Popova / Source: Brain Pickings In 1856, Elizabeth Barrett Browning (March 6, 1806–June 29, 1861) staggered the world with a sensation best described today as viral: Aurora Leigh — her epic novel in blank verse about a young woman caught in the tension between the life of love and

Author: Megan Specia / Source: New York Times Neil Hall/EPA, via Shutterstock Prince Philip is putting down the car keys at age 97. Philip, the husband of Queen Elizabeth II, gave up his driver’s license, according to a statement released on behalf of the royal family on Saturday, a month after

Author: Miss Cellania / Source: Neatorama What’s left of the British Empire is no longer a monarchy, technically. The government is run as a democracy, although the British have retained the royal family anyway, and the Queen has many duties. They are mostly ceremonial, but she (or any other

Author: Palko Karasz / Source: New York Times Sam Russell/Press Association, via Associated Press LONDON — Prince Philip, the husband of Queen Elizabeth II of Britain, escaped unhurt from a car accident near the royal family’s retreat in Sandringham, north of London, on Thursday. The prince,