ELIZABETH ECONOMY is Hargrove Senior Fellow at Stanford University’s Hoover Institution. From 2021 to 2023, she served as a senior adviser on China policy at the U.S. Department of Commerce. Before ...

She spoke multiple languages, defeated Spain’s powerful navy, and never accepted a marriage proposal. Discover more fascinating facts about Queen Elizabeth I and her reign.

As the UK’s longest reigning monarch, Queen Elizabeth II saw Britain change dramatically over the years. Yet she remained a constant presence in the lives of the people of the UK and Commonwealth.