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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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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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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