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The state funeral of Elizabeth II is held in London, United Kingdom.
2022-09-19

Queen Elizabeth II holds a virtual audience for the first time since testing positive for COVID-19.
2022-03-1

Queen Elizabeth II tests positive for COVID-19 with "mild cold-like symptoms".
2022-02-20

Former Prime Minister Sir John Major announces he will join a case brought by anti-Brexit campaigner Gina Miller seeking judicial review of Parliament's suspension in the High Court under English law. The case challenges the lawfulness of current UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson's advice to Queen Elizabeth II in asking her to suspend the UK Parliament. The case is due for a preliminary hearing next Thursday with a full hearing the following day if the High Court approves one.
2019-08-30

Queen Elizabeth II (U.K.) arrives in Malta for the Commonwealth summit what begins tomorrow. The then-future Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh lived on the island from 1949-51. The Commonwealth is a group of 53 nations; most member states were once part of the British Empire, and 16 retain the Queen as head of state.
2015-11-26

Britain's Queen Elizabeth II and former IRA commander and Sinn Féin deputy First Minister of Northern Ireland Martin McGuinness shake hands at a historic meeting in Belfast.
2012-06-27

U.S. President Barack Obama meets Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh and senior royals at the start of a three-day state visit to the United Kingdom.
2011-05-24

Queen Elizabeth II becomes the second-longest-reigning British monarch.
2011-05-12

Queen Elizabeth II starts a Facebook page but one is not permitted to "poke" or "befriend" her.
2010-11-7

Prince William of Wales arrives in New Zealand for a three-day tour, including the opening of its new Supreme Court building, his first official overseas trip representing Elizabeth II.
2010-01-17