British Monarchy

18 Sep 2011

What's the story behind it? It goes something like this: owner Sunil Mehta, who lives in the 'pink city' of Jaipur, in India's Rajasthan state, wanted to buy some fertile land outside the city...

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A right royal birthday bash

21 Apr 2006

God save the Queen as she turns the ripe old age of 80 today. We remember because Paul Surtees, president of the Royal Over-Seas League has been reminding us constantly.

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Queen's still feeling the heat at 80

26 Mar 2006

She may be getting on a bit but as Europe's oldest living monarch - Queen Elizabeth of Britain - prepares to turn 80 next month, the fire certainly hasn't gone out of the debate over the monarchy'...

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Carefully orchestrated campaign paves the way for a royal union

11 Feb 2005

It seemed like a marriage that was a constitutional and public-relations impossibility doomed never to happen.

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Revelation has chattering classes agog

11 Feb 2005

You could almost hear the British radio chat-show hosts frothing at the mouth.

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