Queen leads Falklands service
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Queen Elizabeth II and former Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher joined old warriors and widows of the fallen at a memorial service Thursday marking the 25th anniversary of the end of the Falkland Islands conflict.
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"I'm filled with sadness for the boys who never came home"  Queen Elizabeth II and former Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher joined old warriors and widows of the fallen at a memorial service Thursday marking the 25th anniversary of the end of the Falkland Islands conflict.Four Harrier jets flew over the memorial chapel at Pangbourne College west of London as the queen arrived to mark the date when British forces accepted the surrender of the Argentine army, ending a 74-day occupation. Prime Minister Tony Blair also attended the service.The conflict, which followed Argentina's seizure of the islands on April 2, 1982, cost the lives of 255 British servicemen, many of them lost at sea, and more than 600 Argentines _ half of them in the sinking of the battleship General Belgrano. Read more
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The Queen sends a special Christmas message of support to British troops stationed in Iraq.
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The Queen Tuesday used the occasion of a state visit to Germany to say that she recognized the &quot;appalling suffering of war on both sides.
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Britain's Queen Elizabeth II broadcast a special Christmas message to her country's troops serving around the world, notably in Iraq, expressing pride in their work and support at the end of a "very demanding year."
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The Police Service of Northern Ireland put the British province on terror alert Tuesday, just two days after it was announced that Queen Elizabeth would visit in March.
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QUEEN Elizabeth II has made a substantial donation to aid efforts for victims of the tsunami disaster in Asia, royal officials said today.
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Leaders from Spain, Portugal and their former colonies in Latin America urged Britain and Argentina to renew their dialogue on the Falkland islands, known in Argentina as the Malvinas.
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England's Rugby World Cup heroes receive their honours from the Queen.
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LONDON : Queen Elizabeth II led ceremonies nationwide to remember the dead of World War I, World War II and other wars, as historians rush to record the memories of a fast dwindling group of old soldiers.
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Queen Elizabeth II took part in the Order of the Garter service Monday, an English tradition which sees her chosen band of knights and ladies parade in all their feathers and finery.
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Queen Elizabeth II led Thursday commemorations marking 90 years since one of World War I&#39;s  bitterest and bloodiest battles which killed hundreds of thousands.
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The Queen begins a state visit to Germany tomorrow and will promote reconciliation with Britainâs former Second World War enemy.
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Britain's Queen Elizabeth II passes grandson Prince William as she inspects graduates at the Royal Military Academy Sand- hurst, near Camberley, England, Friday.  (c) 2006 Deseret News (Salt Lake City). Provided by ProQuest Information and Learning.
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Former prime minister Margaret Thatcher hailed Britain&#39;s 1982 recapture of the Falklands Islands from Argentina as &quot;a great victory in a noble cause&quot; on the eve of the 25th anniversary.
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Canadian Defense Minister Bill Graham will be in Britain Monday, one day after the British-built Canadian submarine HMCS Chicoutimi was towed to port in Scotland after it was crippled five days earlier by an electrical fire off the coast of Ireland.
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Britain&#39;s leaders, war veterans and bereaved relatives Thursday marked the 25th anniversary of victory in the Falklands War amid a mixture of celebration and sombre reflection.