For the best part of 30 years,there were few commoners as close to her majesty as Australian-born Sir William Heseltine.
The late Queen Elizabeth II is probably the most written about monarch of all time – and you would be right to assume there will be more books to come.
Queen Elizabeth won hearts in Australia. Now is a time to reflect on her era,not for wrangling over the Constitution.
For monarchists and republicans,the Queen was a symbol of stability in this increasingly unstable world.
The night before Prince Philip’s funeral in April last year,Governor-General David Hurley sat nervously beside the phone.
The footage,from hundreds of reels,shows the Queen as a young woman at the heart of a happy family before the weight of public responsibility took hold.
Australia Post says it is also making plans for when the monarch’s reign ends.
The Queen is clearly happy that her son and heir is with the woman who is the love of his life. Camilla can be the rock that Philip was for the Queen for so many years.
A turbulent 12 months has united three royal households in adversity,but the divide between Prince Harry and the rest of his family is wider than ever.
Philip,the late Duke of Edinburgh,was married to the 95-year-old British monarch for more than seven decades.
Over the past seven decades,the Queen has met every US president,bar one.