Tag Archives: Diamond Jubilee

Summer of London: Idris Elba, Asha Leo Reveal Favorite Things About the Queen

By Kevin Wicks | Posted on May 28th, 2012

With the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee soon to be underway, we’re kicking off The Brit List: Summer of London, highlighting the best of Britain’s capital in the months leading up to the London Summer Games. As royal watchers ...

The Brit List: Summer of London – The Royal Summer

By Paul Hechinger | Posted on May 28th, 2012

The Queen at the Armed Forces Diamond Jubilee Parade and Muster ceremony at Windsor Castle, May 20. (Express Newspapers/AP Images)

For those of us who live and breathe British pop culture, London is already the center of the universe. But this summer, the city will dominate our attentions like never before.

Royal Roundup: Charles and Camilla on Diamond Jubilee Trip to Canada

By Paul Hechinger | Posted on May 23rd, 2012

“Don’t expect dragon boat racing and street hockey this time around,” wrote the CBC News in advance of Prince Charles and Camilla’s Diamond Jubilee trip to Canada this week, predicting that it would be a “more sedate ...

Royal Roundup: Queen Delivers Address to Parliament; Windsor Pageant Kicks Off Jubilee

By Paul Hechinger | Posted on May 11th, 2012

Amid pomp and ceremony, Queen Elizabeth traveled to Westminster on Wednesday to deliver her annual speech to Parliament outlining the government’s plans for the upcoming year.

Royal Roundup: Kids Light Up Buckingham Palace on the Queen’s Birthday

By Paul Hechinger | Posted on April 22nd, 2012

Hundreds of thousands of Britain’s children helped to turn Buckingham Palace into a gigantic screen, onto which the UK’s largest artwork was projected this past weekend.

Royal Roundup: The Queen’s Speech

By Paul Hechinger | Posted on March 20th, 2012

It’s perhaps not a particularly surprising piece of news that the Queen, in a pageant-laden speech to both houses of Parliament, pledged to “rededicate” herself to serving her country and her people. After all, public service is ...

Royal Roundup: Jamaica is the Crowning Success in Prince Harry’s Caribbean Tour

By Paul Hechinger | Posted on March 10th, 2012

Prince Harry’s Diamond Jubilee tour of the Caribbean, writes The Daily Beast, “has undoubtedly been the most successful undertaken by a member of the British Royal family since the Diana era.