Merkel Queen of Europe – not Cameron’s auntie…
No.10 have made a mistake in its slightly gushing briefing about the rapport between Angela Merkel and David Cameron. They’re dealing with a cool-headed rationalist.
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No.10 have made a mistake in its slightly gushing briefing about the rapport between Angela Merkel and David Cameron. They’re dealing with a cool-headed rationalist.
Filmmaker and artist Steve McQueen says we have Barack Obama to thank for the current crop of films focusing on slavery, an issue traditionally ignored by Hollywood.
The Queen speaks about her great-grandson Prince George in her Christmas broadcast, and said the birth of a baby allows people to think about the future with renewed “happiness and hope”.
Anti-apartheid mediator Michael Young tells Channel 4 News that the Queen asked Margaret Thatcher to “turn down the mood music” on Nelson Mandela.
Her Majesty enjoys the trooping of the colour annual march to celebrate her official birthday. Pictures from BBC Events
A portrait of the Queen is defaced with spray paint in Westminster Abbey, which campaign group Fathers4Justice claims was carried out by one of its members – a “desperate dad”.
2,000 guests, including members of the royal family, join the Queen at Westminster Abbey to celebrate the 60th anniversary of her coronation.
60 years ago, I travelled down to London with my brothers for the Queen’s coronation. Little did I know that I would one day be peering out of the wooden box on which millions watched the event.
During a visit to Woolwich barracks in south east London, the Queen pays her respects to Drummer Lee Rigby, murdered in a knife attacks yards away from the military base.
With no mention of minimum pricing for alcohol and cigarettes in the Queen’s speech, are politicians not thinking ahead or do they realise exactly what they’re doing?
The government lays out proposals for tighter controls on immigration in the Queen’s speech. But critics will focus on what has been left out of the coalition’s plans.
The Queen will not attend this year’s Commonwealth summit as the palace reviews her long-haul travel. But there are calls for Britain to boycott the meeting due to Sri Lanka’s human rights record.
The 75-year-old monarch, who has been on the throne for 33 years, hands over to her eldest son, Willem-Alexander, who becomes the first king of the Netherlands in over 120 years.
As details of the guests at Margaret Thatcher’s funeral emerge, the decision of the Queen to attend remains controversial, as does the scale of the ceremony.
Exclusive: David Miliband and Sir Malcolm Rifkind call on the Commonwealth Secretariat to stop Sri Lanka from hosting its heads of government meeting because of the country’s poor human rights record.