In an undated clip shared online, the Duchess of Cambridge, 40, could be seen watching on as her children climbed into a horse-drawn carriage in the quadrangle at Windsor.

She was just 5th in the line of succession, but a series of historical vagaries put the princess on the world’s most powerful throne.

The prince was a central figure in British public life for almost three-quarters of a century.

Queen Isabella II of Spain - unknown artist

The Duchess of Cambridge stepped out today in a custom lace Alexander McQueen dress reminiscent of an outfit worn by the monarch to a garden party in Sydney on her 1954 Australia tour.

Infanta Isabella of Castile, Duchess of York was the daughter of King Peter of Castile and María de Padilla. She was a younger sister of Constance, Duchess of Lancaster. On March 1, 1372, Isabella married Edmund of Langley, 1st Duke of York, he was the fourth son of Edward III of England and Philippa of Hainault, at...

Isabel gained weight and lost the ability to successfully wear elaborate dresses, but this portrait shows that she has an attractive figure. This...

The reign of Queen Elizabeth II has been 60 years long and dignified throughout ~ and her wardrobe, a lesson in refinement... I have a particular interest in the robe, dress-coat and cape and Queen Elizabeth II is a doyenne of this dress code. This is The Queen serene in a silk dress coat during…