A four-day holiday bonanza and street parties have been announced to mark the Diamond Jubilee in 2012 of Queen Elizabeth II – the longest-reigning British monarch since Victoria.
To mark the monarch’s 60 years on the throne, the government announced a four-day holiday June 2-5, 2012, coinciding with London hosting the Olympic Games.
‘The Diamond Jubilee of [...]
Zambia will use the Queen’s baton relay for the 2010 Commonwealth Games in India to fight drug abuse among children. There is palpable interest in the southern African country as it awaits the aluminium-built baton for its two-day sojourn in the country.
The baton will be arriving in this country from Malawi Jan 23 and will [...]
Zambia has decided to use the Queen’s baton relay for the 2010 Commonwealth Games in India to fight drug abuse among children.
There is palpable interest in this southern African country as it awaits the aluminium baton for its two-day sojourn in the country.
The baton will be arriving here from Malawi Jan 23 and will leave [...]
London, Dec 31 (DPA) Patrick Stewart, the British actor best known for playing Captain Jean-Luc Picard in ‘Star Trek: The Next Generation’, has received a knighthood by Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II for services to drama, reports said Thursday.
‘This is an honour that embraces those actors, directors and creative teams who have in these recent years [...]
MAMMA MIA! director PHYLLIDA LLOYD has been awarded a Commander of the British Empire (CBE) award in the Queen Elizabeth II’s New Year’s Honours list. Meanwhile, composer CRAIG ARMSTRONG – who created the scores for MOULIN ROUGE! and LOVE ACTUALLY – was handed an Order of the British Empire (OBE).
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Filmmaker PETER JACKSON has been knighted in his native New Zealand’s New Year’s Honours list.
The Lord of the Rings director will become Sir Peter Jackson in 2010 after his latest honour was sanctioned by Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II, who is New Zealand’s head of state.
Jackson is largely credited for single-handedly turning New Zealand [...]
New Delhi, Dec 23 (IANS) The government Wednesday assured the Organising Committee (OC) of the 2010 Commonwealth Games of smooth passage for the Queen’s Baton Relay that is currently in Africa.
Foreign Secretary Nirupama Rao made the assurance during a visit to the Games headquarters here during which she met OC chairman Suresh Kalmadi, an OC [...]
British actor PATRICK STEWART is to become a ‘Sir’ – he will receive a knighthood in QUEEN ELIZABETH II’s New Year’s Honours list.
The 69-year-old star will be honoured by the British monarch for his 50-year acting career, which spans the stage and screen and includes roles in sci-fi TV show Star Trek: The Next [...]
London, Dec 18 (IANS) The British monarch has been photographed taking the train.
Wearing a multicoloured Hermes headscarf and a large grey woollen coat, Queen Elizabeth II was photographed taking the train to Norfolk Thursday for her Christmas break.
The 10.45 from King’s Cross station in London dropped her off at King’s Lynn station for a quiet [...]
“It was amazing. She told me that she had my record and listened to my record and was happy to put a face to the voice. I can just imagine her walking into Tesco (U.K. supermarket) and saying, ‘Can I have one of Michael Buble’s albums.’” Canadian crooner MICHAEL BUBLE is surprised British monarch QUEEN [...]
Avid animal rights advocate PINK is still angry with PRINCE WILLIAM for failing to reply to her letter questioning his love of hunting – branding the future British monarch a “redneck”.
The So What! hitmaker famously penned a cutting note to the prince after he invited her to play at his 21st birthday celebrations in [...]
London, Dec 13 (IANS) Britain’s royal family Sunday denied reports that Queen Elizabeth II plans to fork out a ’substantial part’ of her public duties to her elder grandson in order to prepare him for the throne ahead of his father.
Buckingham Palace described as a ‘total and utter fabrication’ a Mail on Sunday report that [...]
London, December 13 (ANI): Queen Elizabeth II will hand over significant public duties to her grandson Prince William as part of preparations for the day when he becomes king, according to reports.
The British monarch was said to be grooming the second in line to the throne as a “shadow king”, fuelling speculation that the crown [...]
LADY GAGA was disappointed when organisers of the Royal Variety Performance told her to “tone down” her act in front of QUEEN ELIZABETH II – because she had planned to resurrect her staged suicide from a recent awards show appearance.
The outrageous star stunned fans with a controversial performance at the MTV Video Music Awards in [...]
LADY GAGA shocked fans at the U.K.’s Royal Variety Performance on Monday (07Dec09) with a routine suspended high above the stage – despite organisers demanding she “tone down” her act for QUEEN ELIZABETH II.
The controversial Poker Face hitmaker was invited to play the annual event, attended by the British monarch, but was told to refrain [...]
London, Dec 7 (IANS) Royal watchers in Britain are predicting a Christmas engagement for Prince William and his girlfriend Kate Middleton, a newspaper reported Monday.
The Daily Telegraph said a warning by Buckingham Palace that it could take legal action against paparazzi photographers was being seen as part of preparations ahead of an announcement by the [...]
Kathmandu, Dec 2 (IANS) Sixteen people were arrested in Kathmandu Tuesday for trying to block the way to the Indian embassy in protest against a treaty signed in the 19th century.
Phanindra Nepal, a professor in Nepali, led the protests against the controversial Sugauli Treaty signed between the British East India Co and Nepal in 1816 [...]
London, Nov 30 (ANI): Indian film industry, the Bollywood, is teaming up with Hollywood on a major two-part epic on the scale of Lord Attenborough’s Gandhi telling the life story of Indira Gandhi.
Boasting a budget of 40 million pounds, the biopic of the former prime [...]
Port of Spain, Nov.28 (ANI): A white floor length embroidered dress, a necklace of giant pigeon red rubies and diamonds and a magnificent tiara….the Queen (Elizabeth II) was dressed to impress at the state banquet given by Trinidadian President George Maxwell Richards on the first day of the two day Commonwealth Heads of Government MeetingsCHOGM).
The [...]
Port-of-Spain, Nov 28 (IANS) The Commonwealth has an opportunity to lead once more, this time in the fight against climate change, Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II said as she opened the summit of the 53-nation group, ahead of the UN Copenhagen summit on climate change.
The Commonwealth can be proud of the fact that in each of [...]
Port of Spain, Nov.27 (ANI): Now, who told French Presdent Nicholas Sarkozy to come here without his glamorous wife, Carla Bruni. In fact, most heads of government have arrived in this balmy Caribbean town without their spouses.
Fifty-three heads of state and no glamour. [...]
London, Nov 24 (IANS) One of Britain’s most senior former civil servants Tuesday opened an inquiry into the circumstances surrounding Britain’s 2003 invasion of Iraq, vowing to ‘get to the heart of what happened’ before and during the war.
Sir John Chilcot is chairman of the much-awaited inquiry, whose inquisitors include Indian-origin member of the House [...]
Port-of-Spain, Nov 21 (IANS) Buss-up-shut, a type of paratha, along with other local curries washed down with coconut water will be on the menu of Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh when he arrives in this Trinidad and Tobago capital for the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) Nov 27-29.
Orvin Sanes, director of food and beverage [...]
Port-of-Spain, Nov 20 (IANS) French President Nicholas Sarkozy and UN chief Ban Ki-moon will be attending the Commonwealth of Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) in the Trinidad and Tobago capital Nov 27-29 as special guests, Prime Minister Patrick Manning said. Danish Prime Minister Lars Lokke Rasmussen will also attend.
‘Commonwealth leaders will hold discussions, among other [...]
London, Nov.8 (ANI): A new Channel 4 series, set in 1986, has dramatised the tense relationship that existed between Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II and former Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher.
In one act, Thatcher tells the Queen that she is buying a retirement home in the comfortable London suburb of Dulwich. The monarch sarcastically replies: “That’s near [...]
London, Nov 5 (IANS) A presenter on a popular BBC television show has drawn complaints after describing Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II and her husband Prince Philip as ‘that Greek twit and his Kraut wife’.
TV actress Miranda Hart made the comment on the news comedy show, Have I Got News For You, while discussing recent comments [...]
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 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 (IANS) President Pratibha Patil joined Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II Thursday to launch 2010 Commonwealth Games baton relay – described as the longest and most inclusive in history – at a gala Indian ceremony in Buckingham Palace.
The 51-year-old tradition – a curtain-raiser to the Commonwealth Games that are held every four years – [...]
London, Oct 29 (IANS) The Queen’s Baton Relay, one of the great traditions of the Commonwealth Games, will travel 170,000 km and pass through 70 Commonwealth nations before reaching India for the Games starting Oct 3 next year.
It will take the Queen’s Baton 240 days to complete the epic journey to all of the other [...]
