Talking with Queen Elizabeth II taught me a powerful lesson about the art of...
I have had the privilege of conversing with a number of the world’s great leaders. These conversations have not only yielded substantial information, but have been instructive on how to have a...
View ArticleQueen Elizabeth II has already lived through 18 British prime ministers and...
This Thursday, Britain goes to the polls. It is a time of unprecedented confusion — the historic SNP surge, along with the rise of the Greens and UKIP, spells a clear end to the old two-party business....
View ArticleSome people think the Queen will 'take control' of the UK if there is no...
Once the polls close tonight there will be two crucial decisions to watch for:Will the Conservatives' David Cameron declare himself "the winner" even if he cannot command a majority in the House of...
View ArticleQueen Elizabeth II owns every dolphin in Britain and doesn't need a driving...
Queen Elizabeth II is not like you and me.Did you know she is immune from prosecution? That she has her own personal poet, paid in Sherry wine? Or that she holds dominion over British swans and can...
View ArticleQueen Elizabeth II owns every dolphin in Britain
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View ArticleA new law allowing the EU referendum will be introduced into parliament this...
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's Queen Elizabeth will set out the government's plans for a European Union membership referendum on Wednesday as Prime Minister David Cameron faces pressure to explain when...
View ArticleHere's everything you need to know ahead of the Queen's Speech
Today's Queen's Speech will be the first one from a Conservative government in almost 20 years and it promises to contain a number of major policy announcements.Queen Elizabeth II is set to give the...
View ArticleThe boss of Raffles told us the secret behind getting into an exclusive club...
Jake Parkinson-Smith, 38, is just as famous for being friends with the Royal Family as well as being the proprietor at some of London's most famous private members clubs. After training at the Savoy,...
View ArticleQueen Elizabeth II is making too much money
The Queen will receive a 15% rise in her Sovereign Grant because of a clause in a piece of legislation that was negotiated by UK Chancellor George Osborne in 2011.This will be under review, however,...
View ArticleThe BBC accidentally tweeted a 'technical rehearsal' for the death of the Queen
A BBC reporter accidentally tweeted that the Queen had been taken ill to hospital, even though she hadn't.The Telegraph reports that BBC journalist Ahmen Khawaja tweeted this morning"BREAKING: Queen...
View ArticleQueen Elizabeth just scooped up a $7.9 million pied-a-terre in New York City
It’s no Buckingham Palace, but it’s rather special anyway. Even the British royal family is getting into the business of pieds-a-terre in New York. Queen Elizabeth II is now the proud owner of an...
View ArticleThe world's most powerful woman met the world's most famous woman
On Wednesday, the world's most powerful woman welcomed the world's most famous woman with a handshake outside the German Chancellery in Berlin.German Chancellor Angela Merkel, who presides over the...
View ArticleA concert planned as a celebration for Queen Elizabeth has only raised about $23
History will be made on September 9 when the Queen becomes the longest-reigning British monarch, but the day is likely to pass with little fanfare after a privately-funded concert to mark the occasion...
View ArticleHome movie shows Queen Elizabeth performing Nazi salute as a child
Buckingham Palace is none too happy after the Sun tabloid published a snippet from a 1933 home movie that shows Queen Elizabeth performing a Nazi salute as a child. The video is believed to have been...
View ArticleJoanna Shields is now a Home Office minister
The Queen has approved the UK government's decision to make a former Google and Facebook executive a joint minister across two government departments.Baroness Joanna Shields OBE was today appointed as...
View ArticleQueen Elizabeth hails triumph over 'darkness' in annual Christmas message
Britain's Queen Elizabeth II used her Christmas address Friday to highlight the triumph of good over evil after a string of attacks in 2015, and to draw attention to the plight of refugees.She...
View ArticleYou can get odds of 100/1 on the Queen backing Brexit
Bookmakers are offering massive odds of 100/1 of the Queen publicly saying she will back the 'Leave' campaign ahead of Britain's vote on its EU membership this June.Ladbrokes produced the odds after a...
View ArticleLive like British royalty in this historic country mansion, which just hit...
Now you can live out your royal fantasies in style: an English country estate and polo club that was once frequented by Queen Elizabeth II and owned by her grandparents has been listed for a reported...
View ArticleThis is how Queen Elizabeth has traveled over the years
A 90th birthday is always cause for celebration: A nice big cake, a few dozen candles. But when Britain's longest reigning monarch, Elizabeth II, turns 90, the world takes notice (and with more than...
View ArticleAmerica's newest export is criminal justice reform
If asked to make a list of countries that are models for criminal justice reform, many Americans might put the United States somewhere far from the top. After all, no country has more people in prison...
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