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Royal baby: 'Thrilled' Queen visits great-grandson for first time

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London: A "thrilled" Queen Elizabeth II on Wednesday made a half-hour "private visit" to see her two-day-old great-grandson, the son of Prince William and Kate Middleton.
The Queen made the short jou

Kate’s baby: The bet’s on a royal beti

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London: As a vigil began outside St. Mary’s Hospital in Paddi­n­gton, central London, Brit­ons are indulging in last-minute betting as they wait for the birth of the first child of Prince William and

Queen secretly loves blunders

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London: Queen Elizabeth II dutifully sits through endless hours of displays of military pomp rehearsed to the second — and secretly loves it when everything goes wrong, Britain’s pageant master said

When 'Maharaja of Travancore' met Queen Elizabeth II

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A witness to India's transformation from imperial rule to a democratic polity, 90-year-old 'Maharaja of Travancore' Uthradom Tirunal Marthanda Varma has both pleasant and unpleasant memories but he st

Queen’s jubilee medal for city doc

The city added another feather in its cap when Dr Sudarshan Devansen, a family physician, educator, public health activist and member of the Order of Canada, who has his roots in Bengaluru, was awarde

Storm over NRI at Queen's river pageant

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The presence of an Indian origin man on the royal barge with Queen Elizabeth during Sunday's pageant on River Thames has raised a storm after it was revealed that he had been previously convicted and

Students at top Oxford college vote against hanging Queen’s portrait

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Students at a top Oxford University college have refused to hang the picture of Queen Elizabeth II, as she celebrates 60 years on the throne, because doing so would promote elitism.

Undergraduates at

Cheering crowds greet Queen Elizabeth at start of jubilee

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A rapturous flag-waving crowd of more than 100,000 cheered Queen Elizabeth II at Epsom racecourse in Britain on Saturday as she arrived to kick off four days of celebrations for her diamond jubilee.

A to Z of Queen Elizabeth II's diamond jubilee

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Queen Elizabeth II's diamond jubilee celebrations in Britain, from A to Z:

A FOR ANNIVERSARY: Britons will enjoy a four-day public holiday long weekend from June 2-5 to mark the 60th anniversary of t

Big Ben tower be renamed after the Queen: British MPs

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The tower holding the iconic Big Ben, the great bell of the clock looming over the Palace of Westminster in London, should be renamed as Elizabeth Tower in honour of the Queen, a group of British MPs

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