Sources: BBC
The Cabinet Office announces that eight British towns will become cities as part of Queen Elizabeth II's Platinum Jubilee. The new cities are Milton Keynes, Colchester, and Doncaster in England, Dunfermline in Scotland, Wrexham in Wales, and Bangor in Northern Ireland, as well as Stanley, Falkland Islands, and Douglas, Isle of Man, which become the first towns in the British Overseas Territories and the Crown Dependencies, respectively, to receive city status. 2022-05-20
Queen Elizabeth II tests positive for COVID-19 with "mild cold-like symptoms". 2022-02-20
Formula One champion Lewis Hamilton is knighted by Queen Elizabeth II. 2020-12-31
The United Kingdom's House of Lords approves a bill forcing Prime Minister Boris Johnson to ask the European Union for a Brexit deadline extension. The bill will now become law once receiving royal assent from Queen Elizabeth II. 2019-09-6
UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson asks Queen Elizabeth II to suspend Parliament until October 14. Following precedent, the constitutional monarch approves the request. 2019-08-28
Zara Phillips, granddaughter of Queen Elizabeth II, gives birth to a daughter (later named Mia Tindall). 2014-01-17
Queen Elizabeth II returns to Buckingham Palace after spending one night in hospital. 2013-03-4
Elizabeth II attends a lunch at Westminster Hall following the Jubilee thanksgiving service at St Paul's Cathedral. Celebrations ends with a flypast by the Red Arrows. 2012-06-5
Queen Elizabeth II appoints former Prime Minister of Australia John Howard and British painter David Hockney to the Order of Merit. 2012-01-1
Zara Phillips, granddaughter of Queen Elizabeth II, marries England rugby union international Mike Tindall in a ceremony at Canongate Kirk, Edinburgh, Scotland. 2011-07-30