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VIDEO: Queen given ‘time warp’ performance

Monday, February 6th, 2012

The Queen has visited a school in Norfolk as she marks the 60th anniversary of her accession to the throne.

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Queen commemorates 60-year reign

Monday, February 6th, 2012

The Queen visits a school in Norfolk and there are gun salutes around the UK as she marks the 60th anniversary of her accession to the throne.

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The moment a princess became a queen

Monday, February 6th, 2012

Princess Elizabeth was enjoying a brief break from her royal duties in Kenya when she learnt that her father, George VI, had suddenly died, and she was now Queen Elizabeth II.

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Queen digs deep for Jubilee woods

Friday, February 3rd, 2012

The Queen launches a project to plant six million trees native to Britain, creating new woods across the country to mark her Diamond Jubilee.

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Queen needs Philip – Prince Harry

Tuesday, January 31st, 2012

Prince Harry says he does not believe the Queen can carry out her public duties without the Duke of Edinburgh, her husband of 64 years.

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Jubilee yacht proposal rejected

Monday, January 16th, 2012

A suggestion by Education Secretary Michael Gove that the Queen should be given a new royal yacht to mark her Diamond Jubilee is rejected by Downing Street.

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Gove suggests new yacht for Queen

Monday, January 16th, 2012

Education Secretary Michael Gove suggests the Queen should be given a new royal yacht to mark her Diamond Jubilee.

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Body on Queen’s estate identified

Sunday, January 8th, 2012

Detectives investigating the murder of a young woman found on the Queen’s Sandringham Estate name the victim as a 17-year-old girl.

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Jamaica ‘to break links with UK’

Friday, January 6th, 2012

Jamaican Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller says the time has come to abandon Queen Elizabeth as head of state and become a republic.

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Royal estate body was young woman

Wednesday, January 4th, 2012

Detectives say human remains found on the Queen’s Sandringham Estate were likely to be from a woman aged between 15 and 23.

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Body found on Queen Elizabeth estate

Tuesday, January 3rd, 2012

Police launched a murder investigation Tuesday after a woman's body was found on Queen Elizabeth II's estate in Sandringham, in the English county of Norfolk.

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British police treating the discovery of a woman’s body on queen’s estate as murder

Tuesday, January 3rd, 2012

LONDON — British police are treating the discovery of a body on the queen’s Sandringham estate as murder. A woman’s body was found on the vast estate in eastern England on New Year’s Day, and Detective Chief Inspector Jes Fry said authorities are examining missing person reports and unsolved cases around the country to see if there are any links. Read full article > >

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Stamps to honour Queen’s Jubilee

Monday, January 2nd, 2012

A series of special stamps will be released throughout the year to mark the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee, Royal Mail announces.

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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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Golfing stars honoured by Queen

Saturday, December 31st, 2011

Golf stars Rory McIlroy and Darren Clarke are among 55 people from Northern Ireland who have been named on the Queen’s New Year’s Honours List.

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