Princess Royal arrives in Britain with Olympic flame



Flame arrives in Britain for 2012 torch relay (via AFP)

The Olympic flame arrived in Britain from Greece on Friday to start a 70-day relay which will culminate in the opening ceremony of the London Games. Princess Anne, the daughter of Queen Elizabeth II, accompanied by football star David Beckham, carried the flame down the steps of a special British Airways…

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Human rights groups criticise Queen’s historic lunch of monarchs

It was meant to be a monarchical milestone, an unprecedented meeting of the world’s crowned heads gathered at Windsor Castle in celebration of the Queen’s diamond jubilee.

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Diamond Jubilee pageant security beefed up

At least 5,500 police and 7,000 stewards will line the river as London comes to a standstill on Sunday 3 June for the historic 1,000-vessel flotilla.

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Spanish queen’s jubilee snub over Prince Edward’s Gibraltar visit

Spain’s Queen Sofia has snubbed Britain’s royal family by abandoning a planned trip to celebrate the Queen’s jubilee with them in protest at an upcoming visit to Gibraltar by Prince Edward.

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Foreign royals attend Queen Elizabeth’s Diamond Jubilee lunch



Bahrain king attends Diamond Jubilee lunch (via AFP)

The king of Bahrain, whose regime has been accused of rights abuses, was among nearly 50 foreign royals at a lunch Friday to mark the diamond jubilee of Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II. The official list of royals attending the lunch at Windsor Castle, including King Hamad, whose Gulf island country is…

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