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Queen Elizabeth II spent her final years secretly suffering through painful cancer, according to a new biography of the late British monarch. The Queen, who died in September after more than 70 years ...

NPR's Scott Simon talks with Craig Brown about "Q: The Voyage Around the Queen," a biography of Queen Elizabeth II told in vignettes and observations. RICHARD DIMBLEBY: In this garment of white, in ...

Donald Trump was well known for lavishing praise on Queen Elizabeth II, but it appears that the feeling was not mutual. A new biography of the late British monarch, penned by Craig Brown, casts light ...

For Andrew Morton, his current book tour for “The Queen: Her Life” has had a string of coincidences that make it preposterously well-timed. Morton, 69, is a virtual royal biographer, most notably with ...

For any author, pre-publication attention is an infinitely precious commodity. So it must have been with great delight that Craig Brown, the British satirist, learned last month that his book “Q: A ...

Robert Graves, seldom a shrinking violet, on receiving the late Queen’s Medal for Poetry, in person, aged 73, gave her a ...

Queen Elizabeth II wears a diamond diadem decorated with symbolic roses, shamrocks and thistle at the state opening of Parliament in London in 1998. (Tim Graham/Corbis/Getty Images) Review by Clare ...

Queen Elizabeth II died Thursday after a 70 year reign as the monarch of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. She was 96. She succeeded her father, George VI at the age of 25. Her ...

The state funeral of Queen Elizabeth II is taking place in the United Kingdom. It is an emotional day for the British public as they bid a final farewell to their beloved monarch, who died on Sept. 8 ...

RICHARD DIMBLEBY: In this garment of white, in such contrast to the splendors about her, she will move for the first time to King Edward's chair. SCOTT SIMON, HOST: In 1953, Elizabeth Windsor was ...