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Queen gets Antarctic slab at first cabinet meeting
Dec 18, 2012 09:34 EST
Britain's Queen Elizabeth II attended her first-ever cabinet meeting on Tuesday, where ministers marked her diamond jubilee by naming a chunk of the Antarctic in her honour and giving her 60 placemats.
Queen attends first ever cabinet meeting
Dec 18, 2012 07:46 EST
Britain's Queen Elizabeth II attended her first-ever cabinet meeting on Tuesday to mark her diamond jubilee, the only monarch to do so since 1781.
Loose-talking Santorum donor Friess to make star turn in DC
Feb 10, 2012 02:24 EST
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Foster Friess, the wealthy investor who is fueling Rick Santorum's presidential campaign, is enjoying his new-found fame.
Santorum donor Friess to make star turn in DC
Feb 10, 2012 02:24 EST
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Foster Friess, the wealthy investor who is fueling Rick Santorum's presidential campaign, is enjoying his new-found fame.
Snickering encouraged at NY caricature exhibit
Nov 04, 2011 10:35 EDT
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Snickering is strongly encouraged at a new exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Even Queen faces funding squeeze in austerity Britain
Jun 30, 2011 13:40 EDT
LONDON (Reuters) - Queen Elizabeth became the latest Briton to face a funding squeeze on Thursday when the government proposed changes to how it pays for royal trips and engagements.
Even the Queen faces funding squeeze in austerity Britain
Jun 30, 2011 13:24 EDT
LONDON (Reuters) - Queen Elizabeth became the latest Briton to face a funding squeeze on Thursday when the government proposed changes to how it pays for royal trips and engagements.
Obamas meets UK royals to seal "special" relations
May 24, 2011 13:14 EDT
LONDON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama was treated to royal pomp at Buckingham Palace Tuesday on a two-day state visit aimed at ensuring the United States and Britain keep the "special" in their relationship.
Queen Elizabeth becomes UK's second-longest reigning monarch
May 12, 2011 06:44 EDT
LONDON (Reuters) - Queen Elizabeth surpassed George III on Thursday to become the second-longest reigning British monarch in more than 1,000 years of history.
The Queen becomes second-longest reigning monarch
May 12, 2011 04:04 EDT
The Queen has become the second-longest reigning monarch in 1,000 years of British history.
Patrick Henry's liberty was real liberty
Apr 30, 2011 20:00 EDT
Patrick Henry would not have been proud. He would have been confused.
William and Kate to be Duke and Duchess of Cambridge
Apr 29, 2011 04:32 EDT
Prince William was made the Duke of Cambridge on his wedding day Friday by Queen Elizabeth II, and Kate Middleton will become the Duchess of Cambridge once they are married, Buckingham Palace said.
The Socialite Network: UK's Queen joins Facebook
Nov 07, 2010 18:12 EST
Can you curtsey on the Internet? UK's Queen Elizabeth II launches official Facebook page. Queen Elizabeth II is now on Facebook ? but she's not going to be your friend.
Queen feels force of British budget cuts
Oct 20, 2010 12:50 EDT
The royals have dramatically scaled back their expenditure over the last two decades but felt the bite of finance minister George Osborne's austerity measures nonetheless.
Queen tried to get UK poverty fund to heat palace
Sep 24, 2010 20:39 EDT
Queen sought funds aimed at Britain's poorest to pay for heating at Buckingham Palace. Even a monarch needs a little help from time to time ? especially when the cost of heating those drafty old palaces spirals past $1.5 million a year.
Queen 'cedes control of finances' to govt
Sep 23, 2010 08:48 EDT
Queen Elizabeth II has been forced to give up the ultimate control of her finances to the government under a deal agreed in 2006 and kept secret until now, reports said Thursday.
Australian Aboriginal warrior buried after 170 years
Jul 10, 2010 08:43 EDT
The remains of a tribal warrior who famously led resistance to the British settlement of Australia were Saturday laid to rest in a traditional ceremony after his skull was recovered from Britain.
Alan Bennett falls victim to ice-cream scam
Jun 15, 2010 07:34 EDT
Playwright Alan Bennett was the victim of a known scam which left him smeared with ice-cream while pickpockets stole his wallet containing £1,500.
$3.8M Chinese clock tops Sotheby's auction
Jun 09, 2010 19:02 EDT
$15M so far at Sotheby's auction for socialite, vintner's US estate; clock goes for $3.8M. An ornate Qing Dynasty Chinese table clock sold for nearly $3.8 million at auction at the country estate of socialite and vintner Patricia Kluge, and bidders worldwide also paid top prices for paintings, furniture and other pieces in the collection.
Va. socialite and winemaker selling country estate
Jun 05, 2010 13:15 EDT
Va. socialite, winemaker selling $9M country estate collection of antiques she no longer needs. Socialite and vintner Patricia Kluge says she no longer needs her inscribed Picasso platter, centuries-old Qing Dynasty clock, 19th-century Grecian harp and nearly all the other treasures in her English-style country mansion.
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