Silly Hats To Be Made From Fake Fur

The silly hats worn by Buckingham palace guards are set to be made from fake fur instead of bear skin as they are at the moment. This is a major victory for animal rights groups that have been campaigning for...

New RI ambassador presents credentials to Queen Elizabeth II

"London (ANTARA News) - By using a horse-driven carriage, Indonesian new ambassador to the United Kingdom Yuri Octavian Thamrin went to Backingham Palace in London to present his credentials to the Queen Elizebeth II on Thursday. While it was drizzling inLondon, from the...

What property slump? Russia's richest woman buys London mansion for £50m onl...

" With most homeowners worried about the plunging price of their property, there's always the exception that proves the rule. After being sold last year for £32million, the biggest private house in London bar...

London needs more green

One day my two friends and I wanted to go have a picnic in Regent's Park. It was a beautiful spring day, we were finished our exams, and we wanted to have a bottle of wine, some store-made sandwiches, and...

Duke of Edinburgh spends second night in Hospital

The 86 year old Prince is being treated for a chest infection at London's King Edward's Hospital. The Prince has canceled engagements including attending a memorial service for Everest conqueror Sir Edmund Hillary. ...

Prince Phillip enters hospital

The Queen's husband, the Duke of Edinburgh, was admitted to hospital yesterday with a chest infection, as reported by Buckingham Palace."Prince Philip was taken to the King Edward VII's Hospital in London for...

Queen Elizabeth launches Royal Channel on YouTube

The British Royal family is keeping up with the internets. Yes, their newly established Royal Channel on YouTube will help to deliver both the Queen's annual holiday message as well as other "unique royal video...

Queen launches her own YouTube channel

"The Queen has set up her own special "Royal Channel" on the video website YouTube. Her Christmas Day message will be posted on the popular site for the first time this year. The new channel features archive and...

Queen Elizabeth takes the cake as oldest British monarch ever

Queen Elizabeth is very old. In fact the oldest British monarch ever. Today at 5pm local time she surpassed Queen Victoria who held the record with 81 years 243 days. "Queen Elizabeth has become the oldest British...

Palace Guard's rude gesture makes YouTube

A hand signal or an obscene gesture?"The Foot Guard, clad in the famous bearskin and scarlet tunic, was caught making the obscene hand movement by an American tourist.She posted the clip on the YouTube website with...

Starbucks makes joke out of Forbidden City

"Rui Chenggang, an English news anchor with CCTV-9 concluded that the Starbucks in the Forbidden City has become a joke among western tycoons after interviews with over 300 of them, including Bill Gates. "Do you have plans to open stores in Taj Mahal, Versailles or Buckingham...

Bradford Washburn, father of modern Museum of Science, dies at 96

"I heard the sad news of Bradford Washburn's passing this morning via a friend, and posted it on The MountainWorld Blog as well as NowPublic, but wanted to add this important remembrance from the Boston Globe. An amazing man he...

Queen Elizabeth hunts for royal IT chief

Buckingham Palace is hunting for a technology director to look after Queen Elizabeth II's computer systems across the Royal Household. The post comes with a salary of 70,000 to 80,000 pounds (about $132,000 to $ 151,000) per year. The new director of IT and telecommunications...

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