Queen’s diamond jubilee BBC strike threat averted

The threat of the BBC’s Queen’s diamond jubilee coverage next month being hit by strike action has been averted, after management and unions reached an agreement over the annual pay deal.

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Queen told William to rip up wedding guest list



Queen told William to rip up wedding guest list (via AFP)

Queen Elizabeth II told her grandson Prince William to rip up the guest list he was given for his wedding and do it again himself to include his friends, he said in an interview. The Duke of Cambridge also said he got got just half an hour’s sleep before last year’s wedding to Catherine Middleton,…

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Support for British monarchy at ‘highest for decades’



Support for monarchy at ‘highest for decades’ (via AFP)

Support for the monarchy in Britain is at its highest level for decades thanks to Queen Elizabeth II’s diamond jubilee and last year’s royal wedding, according to a new poll published on Saturday. Some 80 percent of Britons want to remain subjects of the queen, while just 13 percent are in favour of…

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Military parade for queen’s diamond jubilee



Military parade for queen’s diamond jubilee (via AFP)

Thousands of troops paraded past Windsor Castle on Saturday in celebration of the diamond jubilee of Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II, as a poll showed support for the monarchy at its highest for decades. The queen and her husband Prince Philip watched as 2,500 troops from the Royal Navy, the Army and…

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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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