Topic: United Kingdom
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 ...
WINDSOR, England (Reuters Life!) - Beer-lovers looking to celebrate Britain's royal wedding with a pint or two will be able to indulge in a brew created for the occasion in the shadow of one of the royal family's most famous residences.The newly ...
LONDON (Reuters Life!) - Britain's Royal Mail announced on Tuesday it planned to issue two official stamps to commemorate the wedding of Prince William to Kate Middleton.The stamps will feature photographs taken by Mario Testino to mark the couple's engagement and will ...
With a month to go before Prince William and Kate Middleton marry, excitement about Britain's biggest royal wedding for 30 years is building as details emerge, although the dress remains a state secret.The second-in-line to the throne marries his university sweetheart on ...
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 ...
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" ...
LONDON (Reuters) - When she was a little girl, Elsa Hardcastle loved to dress up as a princess and read stories about young women swept off their feet by a prince charming.Now, the 10-year-old would rather watch a blockbuster episode of reality ...
Queen Elizabeth II will visit Ireland this year, her office announced Friday, in a first state visit by a British monarch since the republic gained independence in 1922.In a hugely symbolic move for the normalisation of British-Irish relations following the peace established ...
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 ...
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 ...