Queen Elizabeth II

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Tiny Island to Mint Star Wars Currency

Luke, Yoda will be on legal tender for first time

(Newser) - Move over, Queen Elizabeth: Luke Skywalker and friends will soon be sharing a spot on the currency of a tiny Pacific island. Yoda, Leia, and Darth Vader also will appear on the flip side of the soon-to-be-minted coins for the island of Niue. It’s the first time Star Wars...

Queen Wants to Get to Know Kate Better

Queen aims to 'get to know her better'

(Newser) - After starring in the biggest wedding in a generation and traveling the world with her new hubby, new royal Kate Middleton has a new challenge in store for her: summer holidays with the in-laws. Only in this case, one in-law includes Queen Elizabeth II, of course. The Queen has invited...

Queen Elizabeth II Passes on Guinness in Ireland

 In Ireland, 
 Queen Passes 
 on Guinness 
SCANDAL dept
May 18, 2011 4:34 PM CDT

In Ireland, Queen Passes on Guinness

Guinness may be good for you , but she'll skip Ireland's famous export

(Newser) - Queen Elizabeth II's journey of reconciliation to Ireland this week has been serious business—given the violent history between the two countries—which is why one might've expected Her Majesty and Prince Phillip to welcome a fresh pint of Guinness with open arms. But even the expert preparation...

Irish Cops Defuse Bomb Before Queen's Visit

Device found on Dublin bus

(Newser) - Irish police found a bomb on a bus near Dublin just hours before Queen Elizabeth II was due to arrive in the city. The army was called in to neutralize the device discovered in County Kildare late last night. Officials say the queen will still travel to the city today,...

Irish Militants Issue London Bomb Threat

Warning comes day before queen's visit to Ireland

(Newser) - Irish militants called in a bomb threat targeting central London today, a day ahead of Queen Elizabeth’s visit to Ireland—the first visit by a British monarch in more than a century, Reuters reports. A source says the threat has some credibility because the caller uttered a codeword known...

Queen's Reign 2nd-Longest in British History

Reign surpasses that of King George III today

(Newser) - Queen Elizabeth II has become the second-longest reigning monarch in the last 1,000 years of British royal history. The queen today passes King George III in terms of total days served. She has been queen for 21,645 days, to the 21,644 days George racked up between 1760...

Gadhafi: I'm Like the Queen of England

He blames the protests on bin Laden, hallucinogens

(Newser) - Moammar Gadhafi was supposed to appear on state TV today, but instead simply spoke to the station by phone, announcing that he was like “the queen of England,” with only “moral authority” in Libya. He doesn’t make laws, he said; Libya’s people hold the power....

Brits Pelt Royals Over Fur Hats
Brits Pelt Royals
Over Fur Hats
Dec 27, 2010 2:23 AM CST

Brits Pelt Royals Over Fur Hats

They're guilty of 'ostentatious cruelty,' say animal lovers

(Newser) - Fur flew yesterday as British animal lovers slammed the queen and Camilla Parker Bowles for their "ostentatious cruelty" in wearing fox fur hats to a Christmas Day church service. "To parade fur in 2010 says something unpleasant about the person wearing it," said the director of Animal...

Up for Auction: Queen Elizabeth's Underwear

A steal at an estimate of $9K

(Newser) - You can buy some weird stuff at auctions, but this is arguably the weirdest: a pair of underwear that allegedly belonged to Queen Elizabeth II. "Baron" Joseph de Bicske Dobronyi, a Miami playboy, somehow came into possession of the decidedly unsexy panties more than 40 years ago after the...

New on Facebook: Queen Elizabeth

She's not going to be your friend, though

(Newser) - For an octogenarian for whom marrying a divorcee was once unthinkable, Queen Elizabeth is getting downright modern: The monarch is joining Facebook, reports the Telegraph. And while you won't be able to do anything as undignified as poking or friending, you can "like" her (and, we suppose, "unlike"...

Queen Sought Poverty Money to Heat Palaces

Palace applied for funds earmarked for low-income families

(Newser) - An elderly British woman struggling with her heating bills who sought help from a government program to aid low-income families was told that, as queen, she wasn't the kind of individual the program was meant to assist. Ministers apologetically rejected Buckingham Palace's request for funds earmarked to help housing associations...

Strapped Queen Surrendered Royal Finances to Gov't

Government gains veto power over how $60M allowance is spent

(Newser) - The British government now has the final say over how Queen Elizabeth II spends her annual $60 million allowance from the government. The monarch signed over official control of her spending in 2006, following cash-flow problems that saw her borrow another $3 million from the government, reports the Independent , which...

Queen Elizabeth Hits New York

She'll stop at Ground Zero, the UN

(Newser) - Queen Elizabeth will take a whirlwind tour of the Big Apple today, stopping by Ground Zero and the United Nations in her first visit to New York in 35 years. She’ll address the UN General Assembly, much as she did the first time she visited the city in 1957—...

Toronto Loses Power During Queen's Visit

Outage may cancel or delay scheduled state dinner

(Newser) - A power outage struck late this afternoon in Toronto, where Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip are visiting at the end of a 9-day swing through Canada. The prince was at a downtown hotel when the lights went out and gamely presented the Duke of Edinburgh Awards for community service to...

David Cameron Will Succeed Gordon Brown
 David Cameron Will 
 Succeed Gordon Brown 
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May 11, 2010 1:34 PM CDT

David Cameron Will Succeed Gordon Brown

Tory-Liberal Dem coalition talks continue

(Newser) - Gordon Brown stepped down as prime minister and resigned as head of the Labour Party today, as it became clear that the Conservatives and Liberal Democrats are on the verge of forming a coalition government. David Cameron, the head of the Tories, is expected to visit Buckingham Palace today to...

Brown Meets With Queen to Dissolve Parliament

Key step starts clock on national election

(Newser) - British Prime Minister Gordon Brown met with Queen Elizabeth this morning to ask her to dissolve parliament to make way for new elections next month. The symbolic action will officially mark the beginning of a general election campaign, leaving Brown to fight for his political life in the Labour Party...

UK Will Go to Polls May 6

PM Gordon Brown's Labour majority under siege

(Newser) - With his Labour Party’s majority under siege, British PM Gordon Brown will call a general election for May 6. Brown must ask Queen Elizabeth to dissolve Parliament, after which he’ll give a speech that paints the vote as “the big choice,” sources tell the BBC , which...

DJ Axed for Dissing Queen's Speech

Guillotine quip gets British jokester the chop

(Newser) - A British radio DJ's bosses weren't amused when he cut short the Queen's traditional speech and joked about the guillotine. The owners of Birmingam station BRMB say presenter Tom Binns—who called the speech boring before putting on Wham's Last Christmas—won't be working for any of the media group's...

Miley Cyrus: I'm Quitting Pop Music

 Miley Cyrus: 
 I'm Quitting 
 Pop Music 
devastating news
Dec 10, 2009 10:49 AM CST

Miley Cyrus: I'm Quitting Pop Music

Singer, tween sensation wants to move on to 'something edgier'

(Newser) - The tattoo was only the beginning: Miley Cyrus is ready to shed her pop ways and do "something edgier." The 17-year-old told a British TV show the pop album she's currently working on is "my last for a little while." Up next? A break, during which...

Windsors Schemed to Deny Elizabeth Throne
 Windsors Schemed 
 to Deny Elizabeth Throne 
family feud
Nov 22, 2009 3:55 PM CST

Windsors Schemed to Deny Elizabeth Throne

Duke plotted to step in as his brother's health failed

(Newser) - Within a decade of abdicating the throne, the former Edward VIII was plotting a return to power that involved an end run around his niece Elizabeth—better known today as Queen Elizabeth II. A letter the Duke of Windsor wrote in 1946, when his brother and successor King George VI...

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