Tag Archives: Prince Charles

Recap: The Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Concert

By | Posted on June 4th, 2012
Queen Elizabeth, second from the left, joined on stage by Sir Tom Jones, Annie Lennox, Sir Paul McCartney and Sir Elton John. (AP Photo/Joel Ryan)

On Monday night (June 4), London’s Buckingham Palace morphed into a pop venue as some of the most famous names in music performed for the Diamond Jubilee, marking 60 years of Queen Elizabeth II’s reign.

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Elizabeth II: Screening the Queen

By | Posted on June 3rd, 2012

Queen Elizabeth II has reigned longer – 60 years compared with 44 – than namesake Elizabeth I, but the current monarch trails her predecessor when it comes to the number of times she has been depicted in movies.

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Royal Roundup: Bright Outlook for Prince Charles

By | Posted on May 29th, 2012
Prince Charles delivering the weather on Scottish television earlier this month.

After wrapping up last week’s whirlwind Jubilee visit to Canada, Prince Charles arrived back home for next weekend’s festivities to some very good news: a majority of people in the UK now support him as England’s next monarch.

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The Brit List: Summer of London – The Royal Summer

By | 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.

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

By | 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 ...

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Royal Roundup: Queen Camilla?

By | Posted on April 9th, 2012

Queen Elizabeth has given the Duchess of Cornwall a new title to mark the seventh anniversary of her marriage to Prince Charles.

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Dickens Birthday Roundup: Mutual Fans Have Hard Times Keeping Up With the Day’s Great Expectations

By | Posted on February 8th, 2012
Members of the Pickwick Bicycle Club outside the Charles Dickens Birthplace Museum in Portsmouth on the author’s 200th birthday. (Chris Ison, Press Association/AP Images)

 

“The whole country seems to have gone mad with Dickens,” says A.N.

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Gallery: Greatest Royal Moments of 2011

By | Posted on December 31st, 2011
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Royal Roundup: Family Members Visit Prince Philip, Celebrate Christmas

By | Posted on December 25th, 2011

Prince Philip is “in good spirits” and remains under observation, says a Buckingham Palace spokesperson.

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Royal Roundup: Kate May Move In With Her In-Laws

By | Posted on December 12th, 2011

 

It’s been a spectacular year for the British monarchy from a public standpoint, but it also appears, as far as outsiders can tell, that it’s been an incredibly successful year for the personal lives of royals as well.

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