On September 9, Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II becomes the country’s longest-reigning monarch, surpassing her great-great-grandmother Queen Victoria’s record of 63 years and seven months.
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The Muppets’ Kermit and Miss Piggy announce split
(EVO) – Shocking and sad news out of Hollywood as yet another power couple bites the dust.
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Minute of silence across UK for Tunisia dead
British Prime Minister David Cameron and Queen Elizabeth join a national minute of silence across the UK to honour 30 Britons and 8 others killed in Tunisia beach massacre a week ago.
British royals attend Trooping the Colour for Queen’s birthday
Britain’s royal family attends the annual Trooping the Colour parade which marks the Queen’s official birthday.
Little boy shakes Queen Elizabeth’s hand at Epsom races
The son of an assistant of the Crown prince of Dubai shakes hands with Britain’s Queen Elizabeth at a horse racing event in Surrey.
New royal baby named as Charlotte Elizabeth Diana
Britain’s Duke and Duchess of Cambridge have revealed the name of their baby girl as Charlotte Elizabeth Diana
New British royal baby faces tricky life as the “spare”
What is it like to be the sibling of the heir to the British throne? The British royal family have a tradition of the younger brother or sister of the heir at times courting controversy by seemingly behaving badly. The family will have a new “spare” soon with Prince William’s wife Kate expected to give birth to her second child at the end of this month.
Benedict Cumberbatch reads poem at ancestor England’s Richard III’s ceremonial reburial
Oscar-nominated actor Benedict Cumberbatch, an ancestor of England’s King Richard III, reads a tribute poem at the ceremonial reburial of the “villainous” warrior king whose bones were discovered buried under a car park more than 500 years after he died.