What is Queen Elizabeth II like in person?

Her majesty Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland seems, like many of us, to adopt a slightly different persona depending on your relationship with her. read more

At least six people are known to have broken this rule, the first being a woman named Alice Frazier, who hugged the Queen in 1991 when Elizabeth visited her residence in a government housing project in Washington, D.C. (accompanied by First Lady Barbara Bush and Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Jack Kemp). read more

Queen Elizabeth II on the steps of the East Terrace at Windsor Castle with corgi Willow, dorgi Vulcan, corgi Holly, and dorgi Candy, in April. Photo: Photograph by Annie Leibovitz. The Queen and her daughter, Anne, the Princess Royal, in the White Drawing Room at Windsor in April. read more