r this bank holiday central weekend? On Saturday 2 June, The Queen will attend the Epsom Derby. On Sunday 3 June the Big Jubilee Lunch and the Thames Diamond Jubilee Pageant will take place. On Monday 4 June a concert will be held at Buckingham Palace and a network of beacons will be lit throughout the UK and the Commonwealth. On Tuesday 5 June a Service of Thanksgiving will be held at St. Paul’s…
…0BST – The Queen embarks the Royal barge, the Spirit of Chartwell, near Albert Bridge 16:15BST – The Royal Barge comes alongside HMS President (Royal Naval Reserve Unit), near Tower Bridge Monday 4 June, 2012 BBC Concert at Buckingham Palace: There will be a televised Diamond Jubilee Concert at Buckingham Palace with tickets being available to UK residents by public ballot. The musica…
…mplete with fireworks and pyrotechnics. After the show, the Queen pressed a diamond-shaped crystal into a pod, igniting a beacon in The Mall to mark her 60 years on the throne. It was one of more than 4,000 lit across the UK and the Commonwealth. …
…roof. The audience will comprise of people who got tickets in a public ballot and those from charities with royal links. At the end of the show, Queen Elizabeth II will light one of the last of around 4,500 beacons across the globe – in celebration of her 60-year reign. In the afternoon, prior to the Jubilee concert, 10,000 ballot winners and VIPs will have a picnic in the gardens of Bucking…
Early life Her Majesty the Queen was born on 21 April 1926 in London, the first child of Prince Albert, The Duke of York, and his wife, formerly Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon. Third in line to the throne, it seemed unlikely that Princess Elizabeth would be Queen. However, shortly after the death of George V, the new King – her uncle Edward VIII – dramatically abdicated so he could marry…
ter when the last boat passes Tower Bridge. The Thames barrier is being lowered to slow the river’s flow. Some 20,000 people are expected to be in the boats of the flotilla, which will travel at 4 knots (4.6 miles) an hour. Despite cool, drizzly weather, hundreds of thousands of people are expected to line the riverbanks between Hammersmith and Tower Bridge in London, feting the British mona…
The Queen’s Jubilee celebrations are to conclude with a glittering procession and service of thanksgiving at St Paul’s Cathedral. The Queen's Jubilee celebrations are to conclude with a glittering procession and service of thanksgiving at St Paul’s Cathedral 10:30 St Paul’s service begins 11:30 The Queen is driven to Mansion House reception 12:45 Livery hosts Diamond Jubil…
other members of the Royal Family. The Queen was not present for the first 90 minutes of the concert, taking her seat in the Royal Box at 21:00 BST. The evening will end with the Queen lighting one of 4,500 beacons across the world marking her 60-year reign. The concert is being broadcast live on BBC One and BBC Radio 2 in the UK and to millions around the world. It is a joint venture between the…
…, a group of UK-based Swazis protested outside the Savoy hotel, in London, where King Mswati – who is widely accused of profligate spending – is thought to be staying, with a delegation of 30 officials. “The money he is using to feed these people could go a long way back home,” said Flora Dlamini from the Swaziland Vigil group. King Mswati is rated by Forbes magazine as the…
…the Queen, Prince Philip stood for most of the 80-minute journey down the Thames and did appear to be in discomfort. The Duke of Edinburgh has previously suffered from a bladder infection in February 2002. Today staff at ambulance control in Berkshire received a call from Windsor Castle shortly after 2:00 p.m. reporting that Prince Phillip was feeling unwell. Prince Philip was reported to have be…
…liet and apologized to ticket holders. Mauro Peconi said the union would attempt to renegotiate with representatives from La Scala before the second performance, which is due to take place on December 28. La Scala has been forced to cancel several performances in recent years owing to walk-outs by performers, in a country prone to wildcat strikes. In September 2011, an Austrian production of Beeth…
…ng between the Queen and Northern Ireland’s deputy first minister took place at a charity event in Belfast on Wednesday morning. In the afternoon she attended a Diamond Jubilee party attended by 20,000 in Stormont. The Queen and Martin McGuinness shook hands at a private meeting and later shook hands in public. The private meeting, in a room at the theatre, involved a group of seven people,…
ingdom. The Queen reflected on celebrations for The Queen Mother’s 80th birthday and used her message to address the themes of service in all its forms. The Queen’s 1982 message marked the 30th anniversary of the first Christmas message. She delivered this message in the library of Windsor Castle for the very first time. The year was marked by British troops fighting in the Falklands W…
Tim McGraw, Carrie Underwood and Luke Bryan are lending their time and talents to the Muscular Dystrophy Association at the 2012 Labor Day Telethon. The country music superstars will all participate in the annual MDA Labor Day Telethon, called MDA Show of Strength, on September 2. Other artists participating in the three-hour telecast include Gavin DeGraw, Alanis Morissette, Paula Abdul, Hot Chel…
…een, who celebrated her 65th or Sapphire wedding anniversary this week, has sat on the thrones of seven countries for 60 years since her ascension following her father, King George VI’s death in 1952. In partnership with the Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC), CPL Aromas, the British-based international fragrance house that created the scent to an RSC brief, took inspiration from the scents an…
Prince Philip has been taken to hospital as a “precautionary measure” after a recurrence of a bladder infection, Buckingham Palace has said. The Duke of Edinburgh, who is 91, was driven by ambulance to Aberdeen Royal Infirmary while staying at Balmoral with the Queen, a spokesperson said. The duke originally suffered the infection shortly before the Diamond Jubilee concert on 4 June….
…ts”. Clarence House said Prince William and Prince Harry paid a “short private visit” to see their grandfather on Friday. They made no comment to reporters outside as they left after 20 minutes. Prince William visited the duke while on leave from his RAF search and rescue duties. On Thursday, it was announced that he had qualified as a Royal Air Force search and rescue captain, a…
…have a shot at leaving Los Angeles with a Moonman in hand. They’ll be joining chart-topper Taylor Swift, VMA vets Green Day and P!nk, songstress Alicia Keys and the Brit boys of One Direction as 2012 VMA performers. MTV Video Music Awards are back and will take over the Staples Center in sunny Los Angeles for the live show on September 6th This year’s performers aren’t the only…
se Long Island City neighborhood has increasingly been welcoming Manhattan transplants, came sixth with an index of 151.4. The wealthy Connecticut suburb of Stamford was seventh, with a cost of living 46.7% higher than the national average, and Washington DC was close behind in eighth with an index of 145.5. Framingham-Natick, Massachusetts came in ninth, with an index of 143.0, and Orange County,…
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Rapper 50 Cent has been hospitalized after being involved in a serious car accident in New York City in the early hours of this morning. 50 Cent, 36, was taken to Queens hospital with possible injuries to his neck and back after a collision between his SUV – which was being driven by someone else – and a Mack truck on the Long Island Expressway. According to fan site ThisIs50.com, the…
ple are turning to one of the greatest symbols of the Victorian era. Corsets are making a comeback. Rigby & Peller, the Queen’s brassiere-maker, says sales of traditional corsets in May were 45% up on 2011. Ebay has reported a 185% rise in the number of corsets being sold over the last three months, with 1,900 listed over the period. It says most corsets are bought in the UK (40%), the U…
Rihanna was reportedly rushed to hospital with dehydration after partying at the Met Gala in New York on Monday night. Rihanna, 24, tweeted a picture of herself attached to an IV drip in a hospital. The singer was suffering from “exhaustion and dehydration”, according to MediaTakeOut. However, after a brief stay in the undisclosed medical center, Rihanna was discharged and allowed to fly back to…
…nt of his infection continues with antibiotics. “He is likely to remain in hospital over the next few days. He is in good spirits.” The Queen arrived at the hospital, in central London, at 17:10 BST and left at 17:55. The Duke of York left the hospital at about 18:40 BST. Prince Andrew told reporters that his father was “mending very well”. Meanwhile, the Prince of Wales, w…
…of Cornwall was presented with a rare hybrid orchid named in her honor, the Dendrobium Camilla. At Boera village, hundreds of residents turned out to greet Prince Charles and the duchess. Jenny Lohia, 24, topless and dressed traditionally in a leaf skirt and body paintings, gave Camilla a peck on the cheek as she placed a necklace of shells around her neck as a welcoming present. They royal couple…
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