Michael Deacon watches an icy confrontation between Yvette Cooper and Theresa May at Home Office questions.

To mark the 60th anniversary of Queen Elizabeth II's ascension to the throne in 1952, here is the leader that appeared sixty years ago on our front cover. It was written under the editorship of Wilson Harris, who had been in the position nearly 20 years. Queen and Nation, 15 February 1952 The slow days are dragging their sad length along to the climax, when the mortal remains of King George V...

Ed Miliband MP, Leader of the Opposition and Leader of the Labour Party, said:

The Queen’s Diamond Jubilee throws the spotlight on royalty that is not very regal, and critics who are not really republican.

BBc Parliament on what influence the Queen has over PMs

Prime Minister David Cameron praises the "magnificent service" given by the Queen, as she celebrates 60 years on the throne.

On February 6, 1952, Princess Elizabeth learned she was Queen, years earlier than expected. On Monday, she reaches the 60th anniversary of her accession

House of Lords reform is one of those subjects that make most people’s eyes glaze over. But it is going to dominate the next parliamentary session. The Queen’s Speech will include a bill for elections in 2015 for 20 per cent of the seats in the Lords using a ‘Proportional Representation’ voting system. This bill will take an age to get through the Commons, where it has to s...

There was chaos at Buckingham Palace this morning after the Queen was informed that all her bank accounts at Coutts & Co, a wholly owned subsidary of the Royal Bank of Scotland, have been frozen in retaliation for the divestiture of Fred Goodwin. In a tersely worded letter posted on the railings at Buckingham Palace, the bank informed Her Majesty that due to a complete breakdown of trust i...

A scenic port town on the east coast of Ireland, Drogheda is the last place you would expect to find a vestige of the Ottoman Empire. Yet an understated plaque hanging on the frontage of the town’s bustling Westcourt Hotel tells a very different story. Unveiled in 1995 by Drogheda Mayor Alderman Godfrey and the then Turkish Ambassador to the Republic of Ireland, Taner Baytok, the plaque, whi...