Prince Charles and his wife Camilla will start a 12 day tour of Canada today. This will be Camilla's first visit this country. Their itinerary has them visiting 12 cities and communities in Newfoundland, Ontario,...
(I refuse to use title case to refer to that lot.) So, in a year when the UK is experiencing a recession the like of which has not been seen for 30 years, and public spending is being cut every which way it possibly can, one family can do as it likes with tax-payers' money....
In 1996, an Australian charity worker pulled off an amazing coup. She approached the late Diana, Princess of Wales and invited her to be the honored guest at the inaugural charity dinner for a murdered heart...
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The British royal family has joined Twitter. (@royalfamily was already taken) Only a matter of time, really. The account's content is basically a series of press releases; I don't see much actual dialogue happening....
The man who killed 5 spectators when he drove his car through them and crashed in to a monument has died in hospital. Dutch media has reported his name as Karst Tates aged 38, he had recently lost his job and house...
"Gordon Brown and Buckingham Palace have discussed plans to change the rules of succession to the throne, including giving royal women equal rights. Downing Street said the scrapping of the ban on heirs to the throne marrying Roman Catholics was also discussed. Mr Brown told...
The Duchess of York - or Fergie as she likes to be known - claims that her famous binge eating that saw her increasing to such a size that she became known as the 'Princess of Pork' in some tabloids, was due to...
A three meter high bronze statue of the late Queen Mother was unveiled in London today, and three generations of Royal Family were there for the presentation. The bronze statue fashioned by sculptor Philip...
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Queen Elizabeth II relaunched the royal website today after a major makeover. No champagne bottles were smashed against the servers, though. The updated site has a clean, no-nonsense look; it has Flash, but tasteful Flash. They wisely stayed away from trendy elements, so they...
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Having an Emperor or king or queen as head of statehas some advantages, to handle ceremonial dutieswhile a prime minister hasgovernmental duties. " Japan's imperial family is confronting a sharp crisis of...
The Prince Harry racism row is generating plenty of headlines in the UK today, with many pointing out that any other officer using such terms would be asked to resign. The British army has launched an...
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Prince Edward (the Earl of Wessex) has been photographed appearing to beat his gun dog with a stick. A spokesperson for the Royal Family said that they were "great dog lovers . . . they don’t want to hurt...
As she waited to be executed Marie Antoinette wrote her last letter and now it's on sale to the highest bidder along with the silk purse that it's held in. At 48 she was no longer the beautiful young woman that we...
Government and official interference ensures that Cornwall, the fifth and apparently repressed and oft hidden Celtic nation at the toe of Great Britain is subject to strict media and press control but occasionally a story does slip out to the centralist, mainly...
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