Topic: Queen Elizabeth Ii

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 ...
Prince William and Kate Middleton have invited 1,900 guests to their wedding in April, palace officials said Sunday, filling Westminster Abbey with an array of royals, world leaders, family and friends.Gilded invitations issued in the name of Queen Elizabeth II began dropping ...

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 ...
Floodwaters engorged Australia's largest river on Wednesday, threatening more homes, as Prime Minister Julia Gillard called on Queen Elizabeth II to establish a new medal for disaster heroes.The wall of water engulfing southeastern Victoria state swelled the Murray, a mighty river running ...

Royals 'to get new secrecy rights'

The royal family will benefit from changes to freedom of information laws meaning their letters will no longer be disclosed even if they are in the public interest, the justice ministry said.The ministry said it planned to introduce "enhanced protection" for communications ...
Queen Elizabeth II praises role of sports in annual Christmas message to the nationBritain's Queen Elizabeth II praises Britons who get active in parks, pools and playing fields in her annual Christmas message to the nation.In her festive broadcast, the 84-year-old monarch ...

Prince William to wed in April at historic Abbey

Prince William and Kate Middleton are to marry on April 29 next year at Westminster Abbey, the historic London church where his mother Diana's funeral was held in 1997, royal officials announced Tuesday.The couple want to turn their wedding day into an ...
Westminster Abbey, English royalty's church of choice for weddings, coronations, and funeralsWestminster Abbey has been at the religious heart of the English — and later British — monarchy for some 1,000 years, regularly hosting coronations and funerals. Unusually, the church is a ...

Prince William Knighted

On June 16 , 2008 , Prince William of Wales was made a Royal Knight of the Garter during a ceremony at Windsor Castle . Prince William Becomes 1,000th Knight (June 17, 2008)

Elizabeth

Elizabeth, nee Elizabeth Angela Marguerite Bowes-Lyon, also called (1923-36) duchess of York, (1936-52) Queen Elizabeth, and the Queen Mother (b. On April 26, 1923, Elizabeth was married to Albert, duke of York, second son of King George V. On December 11, 1936, ...