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Children create menu for Queen

Thursday, May 24th, 2012

Beefeater’s Delight, Golden Carriages and Luv’lee Jub-lee Bub’lee will be served to The Queen at a Diamond Jubilee reception at Buckingham Palace in June.

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Apple’s Jonathan Ive is knighted

Wednesday, May 23rd, 2012

Jonathan Ive – the British designer behind Apple’s iMac, iPod, iPhone and iPad – is knighted at Buckingham Palace.

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Self-portrait images cover palace

Thursday, April 19th, 2012

Huge projected images of the Queen – made up of thousands of children’s self-portraits cover Buckingham Palace.

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VIDEO: Picnic at the Palace for Jubilee

Wednesday, April 18th, 2012

The celebrity chef Heston Blumenthal has been showing off some of the culinary delights in his picnic, designed for those attending a Jubilee concert at Buckingham Palace.

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Emma Thompson to play the Queen

Thursday, February 23rd, 2012

Oscar-winning actress Emma Thompson is to portray the Queen in a TV drama based on Michael Fagan’s intrusion at Buckingham Palace 30 years ago.

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Hockney new Order of Merit member

Sunday, January 1st, 2012

British artist David Hockney has been appointed a member of the Order of Merit by the Queen, Buckingham Palace announces.

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Britain’s Prince Philip to spend 4th night in hospital after heart procedure

Monday, December 26th, 2011

LONDON — Britain’s Prince Philip will spend a fourth night in hospital Monday, as he recovers from treatment for a blocked coronary artery. Queen Elizabeth II’s 90-year-old husband is making “good progress,” but will remain under observation at Papworth, a specialist heart hospital in Cambridge, a Buckingham Palace spokesman said Monday. Read full article > >

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Britain’s Prince Philip taken to hospital

Saturday, December 24th, 2011

Britain's Prince Philip was taken to a hospital on Friday for “precautionary tests” after complaining of chest pains, a Buckingham Palace spokeswoman said.

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Sir Bruce Forsyth collects honour

Wednesday, October 12th, 2011

Strictly Come Dancing presenter Sir Bruce Forsyth receives his knighthood from the Queen at a Buckingham Palace ceremony.

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Queen’s Jubilee Plans Announced

Friday, June 3rd, 2011

Queen Elizabeth II sure knows how to party: To mark the English monarch’s 60th year on the throne in 2012, Buckingham Palace announced today plans for a four-day celebration. The lavish ceremonies will include a flotilla of 1,000 boats along the…

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VIDEO: VIP guests at state banquet for Obama

Tuesday, May 24th, 2011

President Obama and his wife, Michelle, are the guests of honour at a state banquet at Buckingham Palace, with some 170 VIP guests in attendance.

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London bomb threat thought to be linked to dissident Irish Republicans

Monday, May 16th, 2011

LONDON — British police said Monday that they received a bomb threat to central London, a day before Queen Elizabeth II’s historic visit to Ireland and a week before President Obama’s state visit to Britain.    The threat is thought to be linked to dissident Irish Republicans who oppose the peace process in Northern Ireland. Several streets around Buckingham Palace in central London were cordoned off Monday morning. Images on television showed a police officer strapped in a harness emerging from a manhole, reportedly checking sewers after the manhole was discovered ajar.  Read full article > >

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Balcony kisses seal royal wedding

Friday, April 29th, 2011

Prince William and his newly titled bride the Duchess of Cambridge kiss on the balcony of Buckingham Palace, as more than a million people descend on central London for the occasion.

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VIDEO: Highlights of the royal wedding

Friday, April 29th, 2011

Prince William and his newly titled bride, the Duchess of Cambridge, kiss on the balcony of Buckingham Palace, watched by thousands of cheering well-wishers.

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Royal wedding details announced

Friday, April 15th, 2011

Details of the royal wedding have been released by Buckingham Palace.

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