British pomp marks queen's birthday
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Soldiers in scarlet tunics and bearskin hats marched in formation Saturday &#151; a showcase of Britain's best pomp and pageantry &#151; to celebrate the birthday of Queen Elizabeth II.
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The Prince of Wales has commissioned a  piece of classical music to commemorate his late grandmother,  Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother who died in 2002, his office  said on Thursday.
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England's Rugby World Cup heroes receive their honours from the Queen.
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Bob the Builder, J.K. Rowling and 2,000 children took tea with Queen Elizabeth II to celebrate the monarch&#039;s 80th birthday.
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Britain's 81-year-old Queen Elizabeth II launches her own special Royal Channel on YouTube. The monarch will use the popular video-sharing website to send out her 50th annual televised Christmas message, which she first delivered live to the nation and its colonies on Dec. 25, 1957.
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Queen Elizabeth II on Saturday celebrated the 54th anniversary of her coronation at the Epsom Downs track for the annual running of the Derby, one of Britain&#39;s most prestigious flat horse races.
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More than 100 Scots, including former council leader Charlie Gray, feature in the Queen's Birthday Honours list.
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The Prince of Wales has commissioned a piece of classical music to commemorate his late grandmother, Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother who died in 2002, his office said on Thursday.
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Queen Elizabeth II on Saturday celebrated the 54th anniversary of her coronation by watching the Epsom Derby, one of Britain&#39;s most prestigious flat horse races.
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Princes William and Harry were on hand at London's Wembley Stadium on Sunday for a star-studded pop concert in memory of their mother, Princess Diana, on what would have been her 46th birthday.
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Britain's Prince Harry was captured in  fits of laughter in a picture released Monday to mark his 20th  birthday this week.
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Queen Elizabeth II was set Thursday to become Britain's oldest monarch, overtaking her great-great grandmother Queen Victoria amid signs the royal family is preparing for life after 81-year-old "Lillibet".
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Queen Elizabeth II was set to become Britain's oldest monarch Thursday, overtaking her great-great grandmother Queen Victoria, although in discreet royal fashion no events were planned to mark the record.
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Thousands of cheering onlookers gathered outside the royal palace in Stockholm Saturday to greet Crown Princess Victoria, the heir to the Swedish throne, on her 30th birthday.
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Britain's Queen Elizabeth, who celebrated her 60th wedding anniversary last month, said on Tuesday that the family was the core of society and urged greater consideration for the vulnerable and marginalized.
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Actor John Hurt laughs as he holds his Commander of the Order of the British Empire, or CBE, presented to him by Queen Elizabeth II at Buckingham Palace, in London, Thursday Dec.
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LONDON, Nov. 22 -- Queen Elizabeth II joined a group of American Indians on Wednesday to pay tribute to a Mohegan chief who traveled to England more than two centuries ago to complain directly to the king about British settlers encroaching on tribal lands.