
Anger at Australian radio station over royal hoax
It started out as a joke, but ended in tragedy. The sudden death of a nurse who unwittingly accepted a prank call to a London hospital about Prince ...

Emir of Kuwait greeted by queen on UK state visit
The emir of Kuwait is in Britain as an official guest of Queen Elizabeth II. Sheik Sabah Al Ahmed Al Sabah was greeted Tuesday with a military ...

Protesters greet Indonesian president in London
Indonesia's president met Queen Elizabeth II Wednesday during a visit to Britain that was marred by protesters accusing him of human rights abuses.

Prince Philip in first appearance since hospital
Prince Philip has made his first public appearance since he was discharged from a hospital last week. The 91-year-old British royal accompanied his ...

Paralympic cauldron lit in central London
Paralyzed marathon participant Claire Lomas lit the Paralympic cauldron in central London on Friday, one of a slew of events meant to mark the coming ...

Prince Philip leaves hospital after treatment
Britain's Prince Philip left a Scottish hospital Monday after five days of treatment for a bladder infection. The 91-year-old husband of Queen ...

Palace: Prince Philip responding well to treatment
Prince Philip will likely remain hospitalized for a few more days while receiving treatment for a recurring bladder infection, Buckingham Palace said ...

Buckingham Palace: Prince Philip taken to hospital
Queen Elizabeth II's husband, Prince Philip, was admitted to hospital Wednesday with a recurrence of the bladder infection he suffered earlier this ...

Zara faces grueling cross country in Olympic debut
The queen's granddaughter Zara Phillips heads into the grueling heart of the Olympic equestrian eventing competition Monday, racing her horse around ...

Royal Zara Phillips makes Olympic equestrian debut
Zara Phillips, granddaughter of Queen Elizabeth II, wowed a few royals and the home crowd as she made her Olympic equestrian debut Sunday, pronouncing ...

Lochte on course for 2nd gold; rain hits Olympics
Ryan Lochte and Sun Yang were among the few who weren't concerned about getting wet when heavy rain saturated London Olympic Park on Sunday. After a ...

Queen tours Olympic Park after debut as Bond Girl
Fresh from her star turn as the latest Bond Girl, Queen Elizabeth II returned to Olympic Park for an encore Saturday, while the usually biting British ...

Cheers for the queen in opening ceremony
A quirky Olympic opening ceremony reminded the world of Britain's rich cultural heritage, and an elderly monarch was remade as a pop-culture icon.

With royalty and rock, Britain opens its Olympics
The queen and James Bond gave the London Olympics a royal entrance like no other Friday in an opening ceremony that rolled to the rock of the Beatles, ...

Queen Elizabeth II declares London Olympics open
Queen Elizabeth II has declared the 2012 London Olympics open before tens of thousands of joyous fans. As head of state, the 86-year-old British ...

EYES ON LONDON: Elevated queen, giving up Twitter
Around the 2012 Olympics and its host city with journalists from The Associated Press bringing the flavor and details of the games to you: ___ THE ...

Queen to visit top of Orbit tower at Olympic Park
Britain's Queen Elizabeth II is about to scale new heights. Royal officials say the queen will whizz to the top of London's Orbit tower during a visit ...

Flame visits one of Britain's great cathedrals
The Olympic flame is visiting one of Britain's great cathedral cities Wednesday, winding its way through Winchester on its journey around the British ...

History unfolds: Queen, ex-IRA chief shake hands
Queen Elizabeth II and a former Irish Republican Army commander offered each other the hand of peace Wednesday in a long-awaited encounter symbolizing ...

Queen, ex-IRA chief face N.Ireland peace milestone
Queen Elizabeth II prayed together Tuesday with Catholic and Protestant leaders from across Northern Ireland as this long-divided land demonstrated ...

Former IRA commander to meet Queen Elizabeth II
The Irish Republican Army-linked Sinn Fein party says one of its leaders, Martin McGuinness, will meet Queen Elizabeth II next week — a ...