Tag Archives: Queen Elizabeth II

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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Follow @BBCRoyalInsider for Diamond Jubilee Coverage

By | Posted on June 2nd, 2012

Fabulous hats, street parties, horses, William and Kate — it’s all part of a four-day knees-up fit for a Queen. Follow BBC Royal Insider on Twitter for coverage, including live tweets of the Thames Diamond Jubilee Pageant on ...

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‘Torchwood’s John Barrowman Praises Queen, Teases Role in Diamond Jubilee

By | Posted on June 1st, 2012

Doctor Who and Torchwood fans may want to keep their eyes peeled during BBC America’s live coverage of The Queen’s Diamond Jubilee: Thames Pageant at 8:30/7:30c on Sunday, June 3. John Barrowman (Captain Jack) will be ...

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

By | 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 ...

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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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WATCH: Hugh Grant: ‘I’ve Always Thought the Queen Was Fabulous’

By | Posted on April 23rd, 2012

In the film The Pirates! Band of Misfits out on Friday (April 27), Queen Victoria is given a real drubbing but Hugh Grant, who lends his voice to the animation, is a big fan of Britain’s current Queen.

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Royal Roundup: The Queen’s Not the Only Roving Royal

By | Posted on October 25th, 2011

The Queen continues her 10-day Australian trip, but other members of the royal family are on the move as well.

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Royal Roundup: Row Over the Bow, or, Case of the Missing Curtsy

By | Posted on October 20th, 2011

Who would have thought that the omission of a curtsy to the Queen would have caused an uproar in a country as informal and easygoing as Australia?

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Royal Roundup: Queen’s Trip Likely to Weaken Australian Republicans

By | Posted on October 12th, 2011

The Queen’s trip Down Under next week is likely to rekindle the debate over whether Australia ought to throw off the reigns of monarchy and declare itself a republic.

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Royal Roundup: Australia Trip to Put the ‘Queen Back in Queensland’

By | Posted on September 27th, 2011

When the Queen travels to Australia next month on an official ten-day state visit, she will officially open the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in Perth.

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