Queen Elizabeth II

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

The Conversation - October 16, 2022

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...

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

The Conversation - October 7, 2022

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...

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

The Conversation - September 15, 2022

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...

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

Courier Newsroom - September 12, 2022

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...

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

The Conversation - September 9, 2022

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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