Tag Archives: The Queen

Royal Roundup: Prince Philip, in Hospital, Misses Concluding Jubilee Events

By Paul Hechinger | Posted on June 5th, 2012

After a spectacular weekend of celebrations, including the magnificent Jubilee Pageant on the Thames, concern for Prince Philip’s health cast the only damper on the Jubilee festivities.

Elizabeth II: Screening the Queen

By Leah Rozen | 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.

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: Queen Camilla?

By Paul Hechinger | 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.

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.

Royal Roundup: HBO Docudrama Claims Sarah Palin Made a Royal Blunder

By Paul Hechinger | Posted on February 21st, 2012

The number one most viewed article on the Telegraph’s website today is a story about Sarah Palin?

Royal Roundup: The Queen Presides Over the Dickens of a Celebration

By Paul Hechinger | Posted on February 14th, 2012

Queen Elizabeth takes after Queen Victoria in at least one way – Britain’s current ruling monarch, like her great-great-grandmother, is also an admirer of Charles Dickens.