Charting significant moments in the lives of Elizabeth II and her first born child, Prince Charles who was just 3 years old when his mother became Queen of England.
The Commonwealth stems back to the long reigning days of the British empire.
"She never looked at anyone else". A love match from the beginning, the marriage of Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip lasted 73 years throughout which they were a constant support to each other.
The Queen Mother was one of the royal family's most famous members and helped stabilise the monarchy's popularity. She had seen off the Luftwaffe and Adolf Hitler. She represented not only a country and an empire, but a century of human history.
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