Queen Elizabeth I was actually the last monarch to hold the title of the Queen of England. When she passed away in 1603, King James I took over the crown and was coronated the King of the United ...

The first of them, the German-born George I, never even learned to speak fluent English. In contrast, England has had just six sovereign queens – two Marys, two Elizabeths, Anne and Victoria.

Most of us are aware that Queen Elizabeth II is England’s longest-reigning monarch, ... Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, in 1840 and was the first monarch to live in Buckingham Palace.