Isabel ii

She was just 5th in the line of succession, but a series of historical vagaries put the princess on the world’s most powerful throne.

Infanta Isabella of Castile, Duchess of York was the daughter of King Peter of Castile and María de Padilla. She was a younger sister of Constance, Duchess of Lancaster. On March 1, 1372, Isabella married Edmund of Langley, 1st Duke of York, he was the fourth son of Edward III of England and Philippa of Hainault, at...

If you believe that people were less eccentric in the past than they are today, think of their fashions and traditions. Maybe you’ll change your opinion. Bright Side has gathered a few things that our ancestors thought normal. We found out we’re not so odd after all.

Among the images are Edward VII in 1902, the Queen and Prince Philip with baby Anne in 1950, and Queen Victoria in 1887 - all colourised by Nicola Branson, 47, from Northamptonshire.

Your guide to every jaw-dropping jewel the royal family's ever worn.

Queen Elizabeth II, the longest-reigning monarch in British history, was 96 years old when she died in September 2022.

Nobody's wardrobe works harder than the Queen's. Every outfit worn in public is carefully calibrated to inspire or remind, to signal gratitude or respect, to convey a sense of power or familiarity.

“Despite Philip’s British background and his fine war record, George VI was deeply worried about how British opinion…would take to a Greek Prince as the husband of the heiress presumptive,” Time reported. “There was also something about his daughter’s brash young man with his loud, boisterous laugh and his blunt, seagoing manners that irritated the gentle King.”

Jeff Stultiens — Portrait of Her Majesty the Queen Elizabeth II for Oriel College, Oxford, 2003 (564×897)

Isabel II (10 October 1830, Madrid – 10 April 1904, Paris), queen regnant of Spain from 1833 until 1868. She came to the throne as an infant, bearing the impressive-by-any-standard name: Doña Isabel II por la Gracia de Dios, Reina de Castilla, de León, de Aragón, de las Dos Sicilias, de Jerusalén, de Navarra, de Granada, de Toledo, de Valencia, de Galicia, de Mallorca, de Sevilla, de Cerdeña, de Córdoba, de Córcega, de Murcia, de Menorca, de Jaén, de los Algarbes, de Algeciras, de Gibraltar…

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There's a reason why she was never seen pregnant at the time

Elizabeth II (Elizabeth Alexandra Mary; 21 April 1926 – 8 September 2022) was Queen of the United Kingdom and other Commonwealth realms from 6 February 1952 ...

Countess of Flanders' Pearl Tiara first owned by Grand Duchess Stephanie of Baden

HM Queen Elizabeth II, 1950s.

Queen Elizabeth II -- obviously colored, the original is in black and white.

Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Phillip 1987 40th Wedding Anniversary

Retrato de la reina Isabel II de España - Category:Portrait paintings of Isabella II of Spain - Wikimedia Commons