Topic: London (England)

Travel Postcard: 48 hours in London for the royal wedding

LONDON (Reuters Life!) - Got 48 hours to explore the British capital where a prince's love will transform an ordinary girl into a princess on April 29th? Reuters correspondents with local knowledge help visitors explore royal London amid the hoopla of Prince ...

Royal for a day: London's luxury hotels cash in

In a bid to stand out among the host of deals marking the royal wedding, London's luxury hotels are offering guests the chance to live like a royal for a night -- for a princely sum, of course.A red carpet and champagne ...

The security headaches for Britain's royal wedding

LONDON (Reuters) - From Islamist and Irish republican militants to anarchists and crazed stalkers, British police appear to be facing a huge array of possible threats when Prince William marries Kate Middleton next week.Hundreds of thousands of people are expected to throng ...
Britain's Queen Elizabeth II will celebrate her diamond jubilee with a boat trip on London's River Thames in a newly crafted barge, leading a flotilla of 1,000 ships, the event's organisers said Tuesday.The aquatic pageant, the biggest on the river for 350 ...
With one month to go from Tuesday before Prince William and Kate Middleton tie the knot, royal watchers note little excitement in Britain -- but believe wedding fever is just around the corner."Over here at the moment it's probably the least excited ...

Fears raised over "Glastonbury" royal camp

LONDON (Reuters Life!) - Plans to set up a camping site on one of London's biggest commons for visitors to next month's royal wedding have been greeted with horror by local residents, who fear it will resemble the Glastonbury music festival."Camp Royale" ...

Princes and Middleton in N. Zealand quake tribute

Prince William, his fiancee Kate Middleton and his younger brother Prince Harry on Friday signed a book of condolence in London for the victims of New Zealand's earthquake.They paid their respects at the New Zealand High Commission in London to the 113 ...

No royal wedding invite? Get a job at the palace

LONDON (Reuters Life!) - If you were not lucky enough to be one of the 1,900 people invited to Prince William's upcoming wedding, then fear not: you could always get a job making coffee for the guests or washing up afterwards.Queen Elizabeth ...

Europe royalty told: Hold date for William & Kate

LONDON (Reuters Life!) - It may not be an invitation to Britain's royal wedding on April 29, but it is the next best thing.Buckingham Palace, official London residence of Queen Elizabeth, has sent out "notifications" to other royals in Europe asking them ...

Britain offers its subjects a royal knees-up

LONDON (Reuters Life!) - Her Majesty's government has granted its subjects extra time in the pub to toast the marriage of Prince William to his fiancee Kate.Revellers will be allowed to prop up the bar until 1 a.m. for two successive nights ...