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After the pomp, the $46bn handshake: Xi and Cameron start talking money
Trade deals worth $46bn were being discussed on Wednesday as British prime minister David Cameron held talks with Chinese president Xi Jinping at Downing...
Pomp and protests as China’s Xi meets Queen Elizabeth II
Chinese President Xi Jinping enjoyed a glittering state banquet hosted by Queen Elizabeth II at Buckingham Palace on Tuesday in a visit to Britain focused...
Reign supreme: Queen Elizabeth II becomes U.K.’s longest-serving monarch
She has lived longer than any of her predecessors, has seen a dozen prime ministers come and go and has presided over six decades of British history —...
Reign supreme: Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II becomes its longest-serving monarch
She has lived longer than any of her predecessors, has seen a dozen prime ministers come and go and has presided over six decades of British history —...
Royal record breaker: Queen Elizabeth becomes longest-reigning monarch
She has lived longer than any of her predecessors, seen a dozen prime ministers come and go and presided over six decades of British history — from...
Longest to reign over us: Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II reaches milestone
She has lived longer than any of her predecessors, seen a dozen prime ministers come and go and presided over six decades of British history — from...
The Queen’s not dead: BBC tweet deleted after reporter’s phone hacked
A BBC journalist caused panic when she tweeted that Queen Elizabeth had been hospitalised - and was dead. The tweets - that have now been deleted...
Queen’s day: Elizabeth to privately mark her 63rd anniversary
The queen of England will privately mark the anniversary of her accession today as she reaches 63 years on the throne and nears the record set by her great-great-grandmother,...
Queen to mark 63rd anniversary of her accession privately
The Queen will privately mark the anniversary of her accession today as she reaches 63 years on the throne and nears the record set by her great-great-grandmother,...
Queen Eilzabeth’s annual address carries message of reconciliation
Healing differences in Scotland after a divisive referendum that came close to splitting the United Kingdom this year will take time, Queen Elizabeth II...
Remember the fallen: Queen leads UK ceremony as WWI centenary nears
Queen Elizabeth II honoured fallen soldiers from Britain and the Commonwealth by placing a poppy-laden wreath at the Cenotaph national war memorial in...
LOL: Queen Elizabeth sends first tweet, five years after Twitter account was set up
Queen Elizabeth sent her first tweet during a visit to the Science Museum in London on Friday.
Royal bloom: Paris flower market renamed to mark Queen’s visit
Paris says it with flowers. To mark what might be Queen Elizabeth II’s last visit to France, the City of Light has named a flower market in her honour.
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