The Life and Reign of Queen Elizabeth, in The New Yorker
Queen Elizabeth, the longest-reigning monarch in British history, died on Thursday, at the age of ninety-six. During her eventful life, her country’s role in the world transformed, and so did her own place within the United Kingdom. For more than eighty of those years, Elizabeth appeared in the pages of The New Yorker, as a wartime princess, as a young bride, and, later, through her many iterations as a ruler, matriarch, individual, and symbol. We’ve collected some of those pieces below.
A new queen may be mounting England’s ancient throne.
Her calm performance as deputy for her father struck the crowds—and the papers, all of a heap.
The news of Elizabeth II’s accession reaches a population that no longer believes it is all roses being a queen.
It seemed that everyone in the world was here.
The business of being queen.
How far is it worth travelling to have dinner with Her Majesty—and Prince Philip, of course (you can’t forget Prince Philip)?
In time for her Golden Jubilee, two biographies show how the Queen came to rule from the heart.
For the British monarch, the Brexit vote marks an almost Shakespearean turn.
What must he have thought when he reflected upon the accomplishments and the travails of the family and institution of which he was long the patriarch, if not ever the head?
LL COOL J on preparing to embark on his first arena tour in 30 years: “I’m going to dig in the crates”
First-time director Cord Jefferson on “American Fiction” and Oscar buzz
More highlights from the 2024 Sundance Film Festival
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