The so-called Fairy-Tale Wedding/Wedding of the Century/Wedding That Will End All Weddings doesn’t happen for another two days, but the British are already starting to celebrate. As Prince William and Kate Middleton gathered with their families at Westminster Abbey to rehearse their nuptials, fans, security, media and organizers hit the streets, sprucing things up, keeping [...]
That’s the most startling revelation in William and Kate: A Royal Love Story, Christopher Andersen‘s new book about Prince William and his fiancée, Catherine “Kate” Middleton. It suggests Queen Elizabeth II might give up her throne early, thus moving up Will and Kate’s turn as King William V and Queen Catherine. The book, about what [...]
Student protesters made physical contact with the wife of Prince Charles during an attack on the couple’s car that has sparked a review of royal security, a British government minister said Sunday. Home Secretary Theresa May told Sky News that “there was contact made,” although she would not confirm reports Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, had [...]
Posted by uspostEuropeSaturday, December 11th, 2010
The street cleaners swept up the ashes of burned placards and washed away the graffiti marring the stately buildings of Westminster. But a day after Britain’s most violent protests in 20 years, one image lingered, iconic and inerasable: The heir to the British throne and his wife under attack by furious students shouting “off with [...]
Britain’s coalition government survived the most serious challenge yet to its austerity plans on Thursday when Parliament narrowly approved a sharp increase in college fees. But violent student protests in central London, including an attack on a car carrying Prince Charles and his wife, Camilla, to the theater, provided a stark measure of growing public [...]
