Dutch Crown Prince Willem-Alexander became Europe’s youngest monarch on Tuesday after his mother, Queen Beatrix, abdicated and his country hailed the avowedly 21st-century king with a massive, orange-hued party.
The nurse found hanged after falling victim to a prank radio call by two Australian DJs targeting Prince William’s pregnant wife Catherine left a suicide note blaming them for her death, it was reported on Sunday.
Britain’s Prince Charles and his wife Camilla on Wednesday visited a camp for Syrian refugees in northern Jordan as part of a trip to the Middle East, an official said.
Gardeners, waiters, cooks and other workers at Spain’s royal palaces will go on strike for the first time over Easter to protest against salary cuts and longer working hours, their union said Wednesday.
Queen Elizabeth II leaves hospital after treatment for stomach bug.
LONDON—Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II, suffering from gastroenteritis, was admitted to hospital on Sunday, a Buckingham Palace spokesman told AFP. All the 86-year-old’s engagements for this week, including a visit to Rome, have been called off, the spokesman added. “The Queen is being assessed at King Edward VII’s Hospital in London after experiencing symptoms [...]
Graffiti adorns the painted green wooden gates to the windswept car park in Leicester, the gray concrete overlooked by a local authority building badly in need of redecoration.
A skeleton found under a carpark in the English city of Leicester was confirmed Monday as that of King Richard III, widely depicted as one of history’s most notorious villains.
Cambodia is due to hold an elaborate cremation ceremony on Monday for its revered former king Norodom Sihanouk, part of a weeklong funeral for the colorful late royal.
A man waving large knives outside Buckingham Palace in the presence of tourists was shocked with a Taser stun gun and arrested on Sunday, police said.
Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands announced Monday that she would abdicate in favor of her son Crown Prince Willem Alexander at the end of April after 33 years in power.
Prince Harry said he was “thrilled to be back” in Britain as he returned home on Wednesday after serving a 20-weeks tour of duty in Afghanistan.
Prince William and his wife Catherine’s first child is due in July, St James’s Palace announced on Monday.
