Queen Elizabeth News

The chances of an agreement at next month's key Copenhagen climate change conference are a "long shot," a minister in Stephen Harper's government said Friday.

Consider Prince Charles the opening act Canada! Just announced by Rideau Hall, Queen Elizabeth II will visit Canada next year.

QUEEN Elizabeth II has urged Australia and other Commonwealth nations to lead the world in responding to climate change at their meeting in the Caribbean.

Britain's Queen Elizabeth II , makes a speech during a state dinner held in the grounds of President George Maxwell Richards ' official Home in the Port of Spain, Trinidad.

Queen unveils schedule for Canada visit Prime Minister Stephen Harper meets with Britain's Queen Elizabeth during the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in Port of Spain, Republic of Trinidad and Tobago, on Nov.

Queen Elizabeth II arrived in Trinidad on Thursday, on the eve of a three-day Commonwealth summit she is to open.

Auckland, Canberra, London, Toronto a ' Common Cause, the alliance of Commonwealth republic movements, is calling on the Commonwealth Secretariat to demonstrate a stronger commitment to its own core values.

Q. What would the world be like if some people really had psychic powers such as ESP? A. Then there would be some people with no need for caller ID, or who would never lose at "rock, paper, scissors," or for whom no one could ever throw a surprise party, answers David G. Myers in "Psychology: Ninth Edition." These folks would all be fabulously ...

Voters in the Caribbean nation of St. Vincent and the Grenadines decide Wednesday whether to break their ties with Britain's monarchy, even as Queen Elizabeth II is making a rare visit to the region.

England's Royal Variety Performance event debuted in 1912 under the auspices of King George V and Queen Mary.

Why isn't the United States doing more for its poets laureate? Something there is in Americans that doesn't love a poet laureate.

Scores of health staff are being attacked while on duty, shocking new figures have revealed.

CARRIAGE RIDE: Britain's Queen Elizabeth leaves Buckingham Palace in a horse drawn carriage to attend the State Opening of Parliament.

Former Ashbury student Mathieu Sasseville, left, and Amy Wu receive awards Friday from Gov.

Tax rises on the way as Gordon Brown unveils his pre-election gamble in shortest Queen's Speech since 1900 By James Chapman Last updated at 9:54 AM on 19th November 2009 Further tax rises to plug the black hole in Britain's public finances were signalled yesterday as Gordon Brown's last set of plans before the next election came under fire from all ...

Queen Elizabeth, on the arm of her husband Prince Philip, on her way to deliver her annual speech in Parliament in London yesterday Carl De Souza / AFP / WPA LONDON // Queen Elizabeth was put in the invidious constitutional position of effectively kicking off Britain's general election campaign in favour of the ruling Labour Party yesterday.

Toronto Mendelssohn Choir presents its annual Festival of Carols at Yorkminster Park Baptist Church, 416-598-0422 December 10 Toronto Philharmonia is joined by Carol Welsman for a holiday concert at Toronto Centre for the Arts, 416-499-2204 Ying Quartet performs at the St.

Britain's Queen Elizabeth on Wednesday delivered the annual speech to mark the state opening of Parliament, highlighting climate change and strengthening financial regulation as the government's main priorities.

THE funeral of Tony Howells, the former landlord of the Queen Elizabeth pub in Elmley Castle, near Pershore, who died last month aged 71, took place this week.

Wednesday, November 18 10:55:24 Britain's Labour government will make a legal commitment to halve its burgeoning budget deficit in four years in a final set of draft laws ahead of an election next year, business minister Peter Mandelson said.