Mar 31st, 2008 · Actress Helen Mirren has played countless royals -- Cleopatra, Queen Charlotte, Queen Elizabeth I and II. It's no coincidence. Aristocracy is in the blood. Even the working class women in her family were "queenly," she says.
May 13th, 2007 · A sound montage of some of the voices in this past week's news, including: President George W. Bush; Queen Elizabeth II; British Prime Minister Tony Blair; Roberto Tejada, a resident of Catalina Island; US Attorney Christopher J. Christie; J. P. Weiss, F.B.I. special agent; Representative John Conyers, Jr. (D - MI); Attorney General Alberto Gonzales; Colonel John Nicholson; and Catholic theologian Leonardo Boff.
May 7th, 2007 · Queen Elizabeth II's six-day visit to the U.S., her first official trip to the country since 1991, has spawned a cottage industry of royal etiquette advice.
May 5th, 2007 · Queen Elizabeth II is recognized for her collection of hats. And her appearance at the Kentucky Derby will once again put her choice of headgear on public display.
Feb 23rd, 2007 · There is a moment in the Oscar-nominated film The Queen that is known to some simply as "The Stag Scene." In the sequence, Helen Mirren, as Elizabeth II, sits on a hill in the lush Balmoral countryside, brought to tears. Then she sees the stag.