Topic: Oceania
WELLINGTON (Reuters) - The wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton is being credited with rekindling the loyalty of New Zealand, the likely future king's most distant realm.A survey released Wednesday showed approval of the British royal family had risen to 74 ...
Australians may pride themselves on their fiercely independent spirit, but the nation indulged royally in wedding fever as Britain's -- and their -- future king tied the knot on Friday.Even heavy rain reminiscent of the motherland failed to keep diehard fans from ...
As European nobility gather in Westminster Abbey for Friday's royal wedding, one British lord is content to watch the nuptials on television in the small New Zealand farming town he calls home.The 64th Lord of Little Neston, known as Kevin Couling to ...
Australia's national broadcaster has been forced to axe a satirical live commentary of Prince William and Kate Middleton's wedding after the Royal Family made clear they were not amused.The Australian Broadcasting Corporation planned to air The Chaser's Royal Wedding Commentary on Friday, ...
Their views could not be further at odds, but the upcoming royal wedding has Australia's royalists and republicans in rare and unlikely agreement -- the monarchy is digging in Down under.A former British penal colony famed for its boisterous irreverence, it is ...
Support for Australia becoming a republic has fallen to a 17-year low, according to a poll published on Monday, just days ahead of Britain's royal wedding.The Newspoll survey found that almost as many Australians wanted to retain ties to Britain's royal family ...
What do you give the couple who have everything? The answer, in the case of Prince William and Kate Middleton, is a donation to charity.Not for them the entire roomful of antique furniture including a four-poster bed in maple which Canada gave ...
What do you give the couple who have everything? The answer, in the case of Prince William and Kate Middleton, is a donation to charity.Not for them the entire roomful of antique furniture including a four-poster bed in maple which Canada gave ...
New Zealand on Monday supported changing royal succession rules to allow Prince William and Kate Middleton's first born to become monarch regardless of its gender.Prime Minister John Key said New Zealand backed a proposal to scrap the principle of male primogeniture, which ...
Australian thieves have made off with a life-size cutout of Prince William and his bride in a midnight heist from a luxury hotel offering special wedding stays, a spokeswoman said Friday.The cardboard couple had become something of a drawcard since being erected ...
