London, December 27 (ANI): Prince William’s girlfriend Kate Middleton reportedly turned down the chance to dine with the British Royals at Buckingham Palace.
Kate was said to have received the formal festive invitation to attend a pre-Christmas lunch but decided against it to avoid too much attention.
“Kate has enormous respect and admiration for the Queen and [...]
Melbourne, Nov 24 (ANI): American singer-actress Mariah Carey once again put her diva behaviour on display by taking her own toilet paper for an interview on a British TV show.
Carey, who is in Britain to promote her new track, appeared on GMTV.
“I’ve heard a lot of rumours about her being a diva over the years [...]
London, November 03 (ANI): Britain’s Prince William is to make his first official overseas visit on behalf of the Queen when he travels to New Zealand early in 2010.
The Buckingham Palace has announced that the second in line to the throne will make the visit for the opening [...]
London, Oct.31 (ANI): Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II would be forced to wear a burkha under sharia law, radical Muslim campaigners said.
The Daily Express quoted Abu Rumaysah, spokesman for pro-sharia campaigners Islam4UK, as saying that she would also be [...]
London, Oct 30 (ANI): Dracula actor Sir Christopher Lee is all set to receive his knighthood from the Prince of Wales at Buckingham Palace.
The star is known for his spine-chilling performances opposite Peter Cushing in the Hammer Horror movies.
Lee is [...]
London, Oct 29 (IANS) President Pratibha Patil left London Thursday after a three-day state visit to Britain, the first by an Indian president in nearly 20 years.
Patil left for Cyprus where she will be on a state visit.
Patil had earlier in the day joined Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II to launch the 2010 Commonwealth Games Baton [...]
London, Oct.29 (ANI): A fanatical UK hate preacher, Anjem Choudary, wants to turn Buckingham Palace into a mosque.
Choudary is calling for Buckingham Palace to be renamed Buckingham Masjid, reports the Daily Express.
The demand comes days before a potentially incendiary rally in central London. Choudary’s hardline Islam4UK group claims to have uncovered historical evidence that challenges [...]
London, Oct 16 (ANI): A self-portrait by Queen Victoria is to go on public display for the first time.
The sketch, which is to be exhibited next year, reveals how one of history’s more misunderstood monarchs really saw herself.
It is from her personal sketchbook and shows the young Queen in her gown before a costume ball [...]
London, October 13 (ANI): Bollywood dancers have been invited by the Queen to perform at the Buckingham Palace.
Nutkhut company dancers will swirl in the Ballroom with Bollywood Steps, involving seven costume changes during the fifteen-minute long routine.
“Bollywood Steps is me growing up in England being a British Asian,” Times Online quoted Simmy Gupta, the choreographer [...]
London, Sept 27 (ANI): A high-profile Russian political family is all set to give stiff competition to the Queen’s Buckingham Palace, as they plan British capital’s second biggest residential building at a cost of about 100 million pounds.
The Witanhurst, a dilapidated mansion in Highgate, north London, was purchased for 50 million pounds by a British [...]
London, Sept 21 (ANI): Kelly Brook took to the saddle to promote bicycles in London recently.
She was joined by 50,000 riders on a route across the city’s historical landmarks, including Buckingham Palace, Trafalgar Square and the Tower of London.
Traffic had been banned for the [...]
London, Sep. 13 (ANI): A letter retrieved from the Royal Archives at Windsor Palace reveals Britain’s late Queen Mother Elizabeth was left trembling with fear after a Nazi bomb landed on Buckingham Palace.he wrote: “My knees trembled a little bit for a minute or two after the explosions.”
Referring to her husband, King George VI, she [...]
London, Sep 7(ANI): Britain’s Queen Elizabeth has reportedly reprimanded Prime Minister Gordon Brown for handling the war in Afghanistan poorly, especially on the issue of equipment shortage for troops.
Leading historian and journalist Andrew Roberts, who has close links with the Royal Family, said he [...]
London, August 10 (ANI): The royal tradition of servants and guests walking backwards when leaving a room after seeing the Queen has reportedly been deserted over health and safety concerns.
The practice was reportedly dropped for most Palace [...]
