Daily Express (Free subscription) | 22 hours ago
A poll commissioned by English Heritage named George IV, a notorious womaniser who spent his money lavishly while his subjects struggled through an economic crisis, as the worst monarch in British history. Some 40 per cent of the public chose George from a shortlist compiled by a panel of historians who also named Mary Queen of Scots and Edward II as contenders for the unwanted crown. That got me thinking...
The Onion (Free subscription) | yesterday
Queen Elizabeth II Announces She's Pregnant AgainJuly 23, 2008 | Article Tools To: From: Related Articles August 10, 2005 June 29, 2005 Related MediaOnion News Network: December 19, 2007 Onion News Network: May 21, 2008 LONDON—Citizens from Northumberland to Hampshire are buzzing with excitement as Queen Elizabeth II, 82, formally announced that she is expecting the arrival of another...
Inbox Robot: Swiss Reinsurance News (Free subscription) | yesterday
Python star John Cleese says having a lemur named after him was a greater honour than receiving a knighthood from Queen Elizabeth II. The 68- ...
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Monty Python star John Cleese says having a lemur named after him was a greater honour than receiving a knighthood from Queen Elizabeth II. The ...
Inbox Robot: Swiss Reinsurance News (Free subscription) | 07/22/2008
MONTY Python star John Cleese says having a lemur named after him was a greater honour than receiving a knighthood from Queen Elizabeth II. The ...
Inbox Robot: Swiss Reinsurance News (Free subscription) | 07/22/2008
Monty Python star John Cleese says having a lemur named after him was a greater honour than receiving a knighthood from Queen Elizabeth II. The ...
CNN (Free subscription) | 11 hours ago
... the award since operations in Afghanistan and Iraq began. He will receive the cross from the Queen Elizabeth II at Buckingham Palace in the autumn. Reservists are civilians who train with the army and are called up during a war. After their deployment they return to their nonmilitary careers. Copyright 2008 The . All rights reserved.This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten,...
WCBSTV.com: Your Source For New Yor (Free subscription) | yesterday
... to World War I.In 1945, French Marshal Henri Petain, who had headed the Vichy government during World War II, went on trial, charged with treason. (He was condemned to death, but his sentence was commuted; Petain died in prison on this date in 1951.)In 1948, American pioneer filmmaker D.W. Griffith died in Los Angeles at age 73.In 1952, Egyptian military officers led by Gamal Abdel Nasser...
Chicago news (Free subscription) | yesterday
... to World War I.In 1945, French Marshal Henri Petain, who had headed the Vichy government during World War II, went on trial, charged with treason. (He was condemned to death, but his sentence was commuted; Petain died in prison on this date in 1951.)In 1948, American pioneer filmmaker D.W. Griffith died in Los Angeles at age 73.In 1952, Egyptian military officers led by Gamal Abdel Nasser...
Adrants (Free subscription) | yesterday
As a follow up to its original rugby film, Land Rover is out with another which debuted mid-July and has, again, tapped British royalty to appear in the video. In the new video, the goofy rugby lover puts his smarmy moves on Zara Phillips, the eldest granddaughter of Queen Elizabeth II. Phillips, an equestrienne Eventing World Champion is seen taking her horse out of its trailer while the goofy...
Christian Today (Free subscription) | 07/22/2008
Queen Elizabeth II and the Right Reverend Victoria Matthews, bishop of Edmonton (L), depart St. Mary & St. George Church following Sunday morning services in Jasper, Alberta May 22, 2005.(REUTERS/Andy Clark) The Anglican Church's most senior woman bishop said she believed that one day the church would be led by a woman Archbishop of Canterbury."The signposts are pointing in one direction," said...
Afriquenligne (Free subscription) | 07/21/2008
Accra, Ghana - Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh, arrived here Saturday for a four-day visit to Ghana during which he will preside over the 30th triennial conference of the Royal Commonwealth Ex-Services League (RCEL).Prince Philip, husband of Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom, is the Grand President of the RCEL.A statement by the League said the conference, which would be held in...
Detroit Free Press (Free subscription) | 07/20/2008
EAST LANSING -- Michigan State University is considering stripping Robert Mugabe of the honorary law degree it gave Zimbabwe’s president 18 years ago, citing human rights violations and economic mismanagement under his rule.The University of Edinburgh in Scotland last year withdrew a degree awarded to Mugabe, and the University of Massachusetts did so last month.On June 25, Britain’s Queen Elizabeth...
The Telegraph India (Free subscription) | 07/20/2008
... 451IOC president: Avery Brundage (US)Games declared open by: Prince Philip, representing Queen Elizabeth IILast relay bearer of the Olympic flame: Ron Clarke (athletics, Australia)Flame lit by: Ron Clarke (athletics, Australia)Olympic oath read by: John Landy (athletics, Australia)Journalists: 960STOCKHOLM Equestrian sportsDates: 10 - 17 JuneCandidate cities: Paris, Rio de Janeiro, Berlin,...
Financial Time (Free subscription) | 07/19/2008
For British Airways this year, this remuneration (£1.989m) together with the performance share plan benefits (£380,000) enjoyed in the year by the two surviving executive directors leads to a target cost of £23,000. Having accounted for the published rate for the Churchill Suite at the Queen Elizabeth II conference centre where the meeting was held, that leaves £13,000 to care for shareholders,...
