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The Guardian (Free subscription) | 11/08/2009
Monarch lays wreath at Cenotaph in London as MoD announces death of UK soldier in Afghanistan The Queen today led Britain in the country's remembrance of its war dead at the annual wreath-laying ceremony at the Cenotaph in London. After a two-minute silence in Whitehall at 11am, the monarch led politicians and military and religious figures in laying a wreath at the base of the war memorial. Prince...
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Full Comment (Free subscription) | 11/07/2009
Gillese Duceppe declared the other day that the continued existence of the monarchy is among the many aspects of Canada that fail to meet his approval. “The monarchy is a system that is depasse and archaic,” the Bloc Quebecois leader said in Montreal. “I call it a genetic lottery. People who say they have blue blood should see their doctor as soon as they can.” Ho ho. Separatist...
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People Daily (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
&$ &$Britain's Prince Charles (L) waves beside Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty at Pearson International Airport in Toronto November 4, 2009.(Xinhua/Reuters Photo)&$ &$ &$ 【1】 【2】 【3】
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Full Comment (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
Prince Charles and the Duchess of Cornwall are now visiting Canada, a visit arranged after it became embarrassing to note that he had not been invited to our country in eight years. The visit brings to mind the great love for this country exhibited by his grandmother. During the 1980s, the late Queen Mother was regularly in Canada, making several visits, capped off by her 1989 trip, celebrating the...
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People Daily (Free subscription) | 11/03/2009
Britain's Prince Charles and his wife Camilla arrived Monday in the eastern Canadian city of St. John's for an 11-day royal tour of Canada. The couple were greeted at a ceremony by Prime Minister Stephen Harper, Gov. General Michaelle Jean, Newfoundland's Premier Danny Williams and provincial Lt.-Gov. John Crosbie. The visit includes stops in four provinces, namely Newfoundland and Labrador, Ontario,...
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The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 11/02/2009
London - Britain's Prince Charles and the Duchess of Cornwall embarked on an 11-day tour of Canada Monday, taking in 12 cities in a coast-to-coast trip, the prince's office said. While Charles, 60, has visited Canada 15 times, the trip is a first for...
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Monsters and Critics (Free subscription) | 11/02/2009
London - Britain's Prince Charles and the Duchess of Cornwall embarked on an 11-day tour of Canada Monday, taking
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Toronto Sun - News (Free subscription) | 11/01/2009
The last time Prince Charles landed in Canada in 2001, he stepped on a mat of disinfectant to prevent the spread of a Britain-based outbreak of livestock hoof and mouth disease.
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Buckdog (Free subscription) | 10/06/2009
(The future Canadian Monarch - King Charles III - ..... no thanks ....) "MONTREAL– A group of radical Quebec sovereigntists with a history of raising a ruckus has found a new target: Prince Charles. Le Réseau de Résistance du Québécois pounced after learning that the prince's planned Canadian tour next month would include a stop in Quebec. Group leader Patrick...
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The Guardian (Free subscription) | 10/05/2009
International police, politicians and conservationists warn that the UN's programme to cut carbon emissions by paying poor countries to preserve their forests is 'open to wide abuse' A revolutionary UN scheme to cut carbon emissions by paying poorer countries to preserve their forests is a recipe for corruption and will be hijacked by organised crime without safeguards, a Guardian investigation has...
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the Real Estalker (Free subscription) | 07/28/2009
SELLER: Alexander McQueen LOCATION: Cadogan Terrace, East London, UK PRICE: £1,700,000 SIZE: 2,957 square feet, 2-3 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms DESCRIPTION: The house is laid out over 4 floors offering unique features throughout which also extends to the private garden. Extremely spacious accommodation comprising fully fitted kitchen/dining room, lounge and study area, 2/3 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms (including...
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A Western Heart (Free subscription) | 07/26/2009
News.com.au - HARRY Patch, the last soldier to fight in the trenches of Europe during World War I, has died at the age of 111. Claude Choules, 108, who lives in Perth, Australia, and served with the Royal Navy, now becomes the last surviving veteran of the 1914-18 conflict from the British side. Patch, who fought at the notorious Battle of Passchendaele in 1917, was also Britain's oldest man following...