Explore the fascinating world of modern monarchies in this video. Today, 44 of the 195 sovereign nations still have a monarch ...

The death of Queen Elizabeth II after 70 years on the throne has, of course, been met with widespread sadness and mourning. For most people in Britain, she is the only monarch they have known. Yet, ...

David Dimbleby stars in new BBC series, What's the Monarchy for?, in which he questions the role and power of the sovereign. The former Question Time host has spent much of his career commentating on ...

It was a changing of the guard unprecedented in British history. No monarch had sat on the throne longer than Queen Elizabeth II, and no heir had spent more time in waiting than King Charles III. The ...

America’s recent flirtation with kingship is unsettling, but history has shown us that monarchy is much more than power grabs and gilded rooms. By Dan Jones Dan Jones is a British historian. This ...

Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip after her coronation in 1953 (Wikimedia Commons). After Queen Elizabeth II took the throne following the death of her father King George VI in 1952, the coins of ...