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Kate Middleton Surpasses Lady Di as the Most-Mentioned Royal in the Media

There are still eight days before Kate Middleton officially joins the royal family, but the princess bride is already becoming more popular than her famous crowned kin -- even the late Princess Diana. The Global Language Monitor, a Texas company that tracks word usage trends around the world, has just released a study...

Prince Harry Emerges as Cool, Fun Face of Monarchy

LONDON -- He's been filmed trekking through the Arctic, gives a smoldering look from the cover of a men's magazine and is being targeted by legions of young women who only a few years ago would have been lusting after his older brother. With all the attention being paid to Prince Harry, you might forget that Prince...

London Boot Camp Held for Pint-Size 'Princesses'

LONDON -- A scene straight from "My Fair Lady" played out at a posh London hotel Saturday as a dozen girls in frilly dresses attended a "princess boot camp" ahead of this month's royal wedding. The pint-size wannabe princesses learned how to walk straight, eat with decorum and curtsy. Never mind that it's doubtful any of...

In Britain, Many Are Tiring of Royal Wedding Mania

LONDON - There's still a month to go until the royal wedding and yet some Britons are already asking: Is it over yet? While millions around the world are following every detail of the wedding planning - the guest list, the cake, the carriage, the dress - others are desperately trying to tune it out. In the British press,...

Kate Middleton Riding to Royal Wedding in Rolls Rocked at Protest

Britain's future princess Kate Middleton will ride to her nuptials at Westminster Abbey on April 29 in an already infamous set of wheels: the Rolls-Royce Phantom VI that Prince Charles and Camilla were in when they were attacked by student protesters in December. "Rolls Royce 1," which suffered a cracked window and the...

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06/01/12 Queen Elizabeth II's influential reign Source: 1010 Wins (CBS News) This year marks the 60th anniversary of the queen's ascension to the British throne.
06/01/12 Diamond Jubilee: Britain marks Queen's reign Source: Aurora Sentinel - Aurora CO The normal ebb and flow of British life gives way in the next four days to a series of street parties, flotillas, outdoor concerts and finally the appearance of an elderly great-grandmother on her balcony to wave to her subjects.
06/01/12 Queens Diamond Jubilee BBC America DVD clip Source: ETonline The Queen's Jubilee (a celebration of Queen Elizabeth II being on the throne for 60 years) is currently underway in England and BBC America has produced an exhaustive feature that not only details the inner-workings of British Parliament, but also lets Prince William and Prince Harry show a little love to their grandmother.
06/01/12 Little Britain takes over in parties fit for a Queen Source: The Sydney Morning Herald - Sydney NSW - Australia THE only constants in her life, Ruth Phillips says, are her mother and the Queen.
06/01/12 Pomp up the volume - it's party time Source: The Sydney Morning Herald - Sydney NSW - Australia An uncertain nation is embracing the jubilee, writes Karen Kissane.

Background on Queen Elizabeth II

Elizabeth II (Elizabeth Alexandra Mary; born 21 April 1926) is the constitutional monarch of 16 sovereign states known as the Commonwealth realms, and head of the 54-member Commonwealth of Nations.

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