Queen Leads Falklands Service
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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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Dozens of military aircraft flew over Buckingham Palace on Sunday to mark the 25th anniversary of the end of the Falklands War between Britain and Argentina.
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The Queen is calling on people to take care of the more vulnerable in her traditional Christmas speech.
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LONDON: Queen Elizabeth led ceremonies yesterday to remember those who died for Britain in two world wars and other conflicts, as historians rush to record the accounts of a fast dwindling group of surviving soldiers.
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Japan&#39;s Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko were to be the guests of honour at a dinner with Queen Elizabeth II on Tuesday, at the end of a three-day visit to Britain.
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It has been a while since anyone could say the sun never sets on the British Empire. But Britain is again trying to extend its reach Â this time to potentially lucrative seabeds in the Antarctic and the Atlantic Ocean.
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Britain's Queen Elizabeth II has made a "substantial" donation to aid efforts for victims of the tsunami disaster in Asia, royal officials said.
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The Queen is to open a conference on climate change today during her state visit to Germany. The gathering, held at the British embassy in Berlin, will make recommendations on climate change to Prime Minister Tony Blair.
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HMS Cardiff is on her way back to the United Kingdom after having completed her six months tour including three months of duty at the Falkland Islands.
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Britain's Queen Elizabeth made a personal donation to the British Red Cross to help victims of the Russian Beslan school siege tragedy.
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The Queen is attending a commemoration service marking the 90th anniversary of the WWI battle of Passchendaele.
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LONDON - Queen Elizabeth praised British troops for their courage and commitment during a demanding year in a special Christmas message broadcast Saturday.
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HMS Vengeance returns to Faslane submarine base on the river Clyde. Photograph: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images.Comment
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British Prime Minister Tony Blair was made an honorary paramount chief while visiting the country on a tour of Africa this week.
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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 British Queen Elizabeth II has recorded a special Christmas message for British troops, Buckingham Palace revealed on Thursday.
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The Queen has led senior Royals and political leaders in laying poppy wreaths at the Cenotaph to mark Remembrance Sunday. Two minutes silence was held at 11 o&#39;clock to remember all Britain&#39;s war dead, including