Queen Elizabeth

Britain's giant new warship springs a leak

London - Muslimchronicle

Britain's future flagship vessel HMS Queen Elizabeth, its biggest-ever warship, has sprung a leak, defence officials admitted Tuesday, only two weeks after it was commissioned into the Royal Navy. Her Majesty's Ship Queen Elizabeth, which cost Â£3.1 billion ($4.1 billion, 3.5 billion euros) to build, has been taking on water for some time due to a problem with a shaft seal.Read more

Banksy holds Balfour 'apology party' for Palestinians

London - Muslimchronicle

An actor dressed as Queen Elizabeth II hosted dozens of children at the event. She also unveiled a new work by Banksy etched into Israel's controversial West Bank barrier that said: "Er... Sorry." The Balfour Declaration expressed the British government's support for a Jewish national home in Palestine, paving the way for Israel's creation. Israel and Jewish communities view theRead more

Man arrested after police attack outside Buckingham Palace

London - Muslimchronicle

A man was arrested on Friday after attacking police with a knife outside Queen Elizabeth II's Buckingham Palace residency in London, police said. "The man was stopped...at approximately 20:35 hours (1935 GMT) by officers at the Mall outside Buckingham Palace in possession of knife. Two male police officers suffered minor injuries to their arm," said a Metropolitan Police statement. Read more

Australian court debates release of Queen’s secret letters

Sydney - Muslimchronicle

A legal battle over secret letters revealing what Queen Elizabeth II knew of her Australian representative’s stunning plan to dismiss Australia’s government in 1975 opened in federal court Monday, in a case that could finally solve a mystery behind the country’s most dramatic political crisis. Historian Jenny Hocking is asking the Federal Court to force the National Archives of AustraliaRead more

UK television to air Diana’s recordings on failed marriage

London - Muslimchronicle

A British television channel is broadcasting a new documentary on Princess Diana using video tapes in which she candidly discussed her marital problems and her strained relationship with the royal family. The recordings of Diana speaking to her voice coach in the early 1990s included her description of how Queen Elizabeth II reacted when she asked for advice about herRead more

Dieting-Dettori's Enable set for King George coronation

London - Muslimchronicle

Frankie Dettori missed Royal Ascot but on Saturday he returns to the Berkshire course with a compelling chance of lifting the King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes on Enable. It is 13 years since the Italian legend last won the British showpiece for a fourth time on Doyen. He has high hopes of ending the long wait for aRead more

Leadership congratulates British queen

Manama - Arab Today

His Majesty King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa sent a cable of congratulations and good wishes to Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and Head of the Commonwealth, on Her Majesty's birthday. His Royal Highness Prince Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa the Prime Minister sent a cable of congratulations and good wishes toRead more

'Stiff upper lip' can damage mental health, warns Prince William

London - Arab today

Prince William has warned British men that keeping a "stiff upper lip" by bottling up emotions was detrimental to mental health, stepping up an awareness campaign that includes a video chat with Lady Gaga. The comments by Queen Elizabeth's grandson came a day after his younger brother Prince Harry spoke about his struggles coping with the loss of his motherRead more

Prince Harry almost had nervous breakdown after death of Princess Diana

London - Arab Today

Prince Harry, grandson of Queen Elizabeth, has spoken for the first time about the total chaos in his life following the death in Paris of his mother Princess Diana. The 32-year-old prince has admitted that he shut down all his emotions for almost 20 years following Diana's death in 1997 when he was just two weeks away from his 12thRead more

Prince George, 3, to start school in September

London - Arab Today

Prince George, Britain’s third in line to the throne, is to start school in southwest London in September, Kensington Palace announced on Friday. Three-year-old George, the elder child of Prince William and his wife Kate, will attend the private Thomas’s Battersea school. The choice is a break from a recent family tradition of sending younger royals to Wetherby School inRead more