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Queen Elizabeth II hospitalized for symptoms of gastroenteritis
Update: Queen Elizabeth II was released Monday morning, according to CNN. Queen Elizabeth II was spending Monday in hospital suffering from the symptoms of gastroenteritis, having been admitted for the first time in 10 years. The British monarch was not expected to leave the private King Edward VII’s Hospital in…
Queen praises Olympians in 3D Christmas message
Queen Elizabeth II will pay tribute to the London 2012 athletes in her annual Christmas message to the Commonwealth, saying they had inspired the world and drawn people in to the excitement and drama. The 86-year-old monarch will praise the achievement and courage on show at the Olympic and Paralympic…
Queen Elizabeth II attends first ever cabinet meeting to mark diamond jubilee
Queen Elizabeth II attended a cabinet meeting on Tuesday to mark her diamond jubilee, in the first such visit by a monarch in more than a century. Prime Minister David Cameron greeted the 86-year-old sovereign on the steps of 10 Downing Street as she arrived for the gathering of senior…
Queen Elizabeth’s wardrobe secrets revealed in new book
A gust of wind in her skirts worked for Marilyn Monroe, but aides to Queen Elizabeth II take care to avoid any such incident for the monarch by sewing weights into her dresses, one of her aides revealed Monday. “The queen undertakes a wide range of engagements, many of which…
Global warming activists arrested at Buckingham Palace
Four climate change activists were arrested in London on Saturday after they scaled the gates of Queen Elizabeth II’s Buckingham Palace residence and chained themselves to the railings. The campaigners from the Climate Siren group wore t-shirts bearing the words “climate emergency. 10% annual emission cuts,” and shouted slogans through megaphones. The group said they wanted the queen to…
Queen Elizabeth II attends jubilee church service
Queen Elizabeth II attended Tuesday a thanksgiving service at St Paul’s Cathedral in London at the climax of her diamond jubilee celebrations, but without her husband who remains in hospital. Royals, churchmen, politicians and the cream of British society were packed into the pews beneath the iconic dome of the 17th-century cathedral in…
Queen Elizabeth marks diamond jubilee on popular wave
Millions of people will celebrate Queen Elizabeth II’s diamond jubilee in Britain as the monarch marks 60 years on the throne in the knowledge that the royal family has never been more popular. The celebrations reach a climax over four days from June 2 to June 5 with a 1,000-boat…
Tensions over regal jubilee lunch of Queen Elizabeth II
A glittering lunch for the world’s sovereigns to be held on Friday to celebrate the diamond jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II has been marked by a withdrawal and protests over the guest list. Spain’s Queen Sophia has pulled out of the event at Windsor Castle, west of London, amid tensions…
Spanish queen cancels jubilee trip to London
Spain’s Queen Sofia has cancelled a trip to London on Friday to attend Queen Elizabeth II’s Diamond Jubilee celebration lunch due to tensions with Britain over the disputed territory of Gibraltar. “The government considers it is hardly adequate that in the current circumstances, Queen Sofia take part in Queen Elizabeth’s…
Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II marks 60 years on throne
Queen Elizabeth II renewed her vow to serve on Monday as she made a deliberately low-key start to five months of diamond jubilee celebrations marking her 60 years on the throne. Six decades since the sudden death of her father King George VI on February 1952 made the young princess…
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