She said what many people want "for Christmas is a simple hug or a squeeze of the hand" - but "even on the darkest nights there is hope in the new ... year's Christmas speech broadcast by the Queen.

She became Europe's current longest-serving monarch following the death of Queen Elizabeth II in September ... that is what she said in her New Year speech, that she thought the time was right ...

The Queen has outlined the government's priorities for the year ahead, as she officially ... The lack of a new bill in the speech has been criticised by opposition politicians and care groups.

During her remarkable 70-year reign, Queen Elizabeth II dedicated her life to public service, and that included strengthening ...

Queen Elizabeth's personal diaries are likely to ... I would expect, in the next year or two, the King to appoint an official biographer because each monarch appoints an official biographer ...