Topic: United Kingdom

British royals unveil diamond jubilee tour

Britain's royal family will tour the globe next year to celebrate Queen Elizabeth II's diamond jubilee marking 60 years on the throne, Buckingham Palace announced on Wednesday.Prince William and his wife Catherine will travel to the Asia-Pacific region, while heir to the ...

Princess Anne in visit to Sierra Leone

Sierra Leone's President Ernest Koroma on Monday welcomed Princess Anne of the United Kingdom, who is on a three-day visit to the west African nation with her husband.At a ceremony at State House, Koroma recalled "the close link between Britain and Sierra ...

Man charged with exposing himself as Queen tours

A young Australian man has been charged with exposing himself and being a public nuisance as Britain's Queen Elizabeth II passed by, police said Monday.Tens of thousands of people turned out to see the visiting monarch as she toured the Queensland capital, ...

UK store plans cut-price Pippa Middleton dress

A copy of Pippa Middleton's bridesmaid dress at her sister Kate's wedding to Prince William is to go on sale in Britain, at about a 100th of the cost of the original, a store said Thursday.Middleton, 27, almost stole the show on ...

UK queen's granddaughter Zara weds in Scotland

EDINBURGH (Reuters) - Queen Elizabeth's granddaughter Zara Phillips married fellow athlete Mike Tindall on Saturday in a private ceremony in the Scottish capital Edinburgh.Prince William and wife Kate, who tied the knot in April in a public display of royal pomp and ...
Britain's Queen Elizabeth II has reportedly described as "creepy" a new exhibition featuring the wedding dress worn by the former Kate Middleton when she married Prince William in April.The Alexander McQueen dress is being exhibited on a headless mannequin in the ballroom ...

Prince Andrew step down as trade envoy

Prince Andrew is to step down as Britain's roving trade ambassador, Buckingham Palace said, four months after his links to a sex offender prompted calls for him to quit.The 51-year-old Duke of York is to leave his unpaid job as the government's ...

UK police arrest man in phone hacking probe

LONDON (Reuters) - British police said on Thursday they had arrested another suspect as part of their investigation into phone hacking at the News of the World newspaper, part of Rupert Murdoch's News Corp.The 60-year-old man was held at an address in ...
Britain's Princess Beatrice, whose eccentric hat made headlines at the royal wedding, celebrated her graduation Friday by spending the day at the Wimbledon tennis championships.Beatrice, fifth in line to the throne, earned a 2:1, the second-highest grade, in her history and history ...

Police arrest woman in News of the World phone hack probe

LONDON (Reuters) - London police said on Thursday they had arrested a woman as part of their investigation into a phone-hacking scandal at a top-selling newspaper belonging to Rupert Murdoch's New Corp group.The 39-year-old woman was arrested shortly before 7 a.m. (2 ...
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