Queen Elizabeth II - John Malam

This year Queen Elizabeth II enjoys 60 glorious years as monarch with a Diamond Jubilee celebration to be held on 5th June 2012.

Queen Elizabeth II, Her Story recounts the life of our Queen from her birth to present day. It is the story of a princess who became Queen and head of the Royal House of Windsor.

* Birth of a Princess
* The Little Princesses
* Life in the Palace
* Princess at War
* Elizabeth becomes Queen
* The Royla Family
* Royal Duties
* The Royal family Tree

Early photographs capture the Queen's early years and a Royal family tree place the events of her life in context.

John Malam studied Ancient History and Archaeology at the University of Birmingham, after which he worked as an archaeologist at the Ironbridge Gorge Museum in Shropshire. He is now an author specialising in information books for children and is a National Literacy Trust Reading Champion. He lives in Cheshire with his wife, a teacher, and has two grown-up children.