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Putting King Charles III on British currency bucks a global trend to honor diverse national heroes on coins and bills

by Harcourt Fuller, Georgia State University For more than 60 years, the image of Queen Elizabeth II graced the currencies of the United Kingdom as...

The queen’s death certificate says she died of ‘old age’. But what does that really mean?

Emilio Morenatti/AP/AAP by Marc Trabsky, La Trobe University Queen Elizabeth’s newly released death certificate contains just two curious words under her cause of death – old...

In 1953, ‘Queen-crazy’ American women looked to Elizabeth II as a source of inspiration – that sentiment never faded

Queen Elizabeth II during a 1991 visit to Washington. John Shelley Collection/Avalon/Getty Images by Arianne Chernock, Boston University In the spring of 1953, women from across...

Charles III faces challenges at home, abroad – and even in defining what it means to be king

by Tobias Harper, Arizona State University Charles III became the King of the United Kingdom on Sept. 8, 2022, having spent almost all of his...

Queen Elizabeth II: a moderniser who steered the British monarchy into the 21st century

Elizabeth II: Britain’s longest-reigning monarch. Sipa US/Alamy Stock Photo by Sean Lang, Anglia Ruskin University When the late historian Sir Ben Pimlott embarked on his 1996 biography,...

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