NPR's Scott Simon talks with Craig Brown about "Q: The Voyage Around the Queen," a biography of Queen Elizabeth II told in vignettes and observations. RICHARD DIMBLEBY: In this garment of white, in ...

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Queen Elizabeth II spent her final years secretly suffering through painful cancer, according to a new biography of the late British monarch. The Queen, who died in September after more than 70 years ...

Donald Trump was well known for lavishing praise on Queen Elizabeth II, but it appears that the feeling was not mutual. A new biography of the late British monarch, penned by Craig Brown, casts light ...

The two trailblazing women met weekly for 11 years during the prime minister’s three terms, but the rumored tension may have also been filled with mutual respect.

This month, dive into a history of one of Broadway's best known musicals, devour a biography of a monarch who changed the world forever, discover the inner workings of moviemaking from the Hollywood ...

When King George V died in 1936, the mantle passed to his eldest son, Edward VIII. Presuming that Edward would one day get married and have children, those children would precede Edward’s younger ...

Queen Elizabeth II would go “weeks” without seeing her husband, Prince Philip, a new book titled, “Elizabeth: An Intimate Portrait,” claims. The sparse meetings began when the Duke of Edinburgh ...

For any author, pre-publication attention is an infinitely precious commodity. So it must have been with great delight that Craig Brown, the British satirist, learned last month that his book “Q: A ...

Queen Elizabeth II thought grandson Prince Harry was “perhaps a little over-in-love” with his new bride Meghan Markle, according to an upcoming biography. “This was as far as she came – to my ...