
Combat is tradition for UK royal 'spare heir'
Military service is a tradition for the men of Britain's royal family, but combat has been off-limits for the next in line of succession. That has ...

Britons shrug off nude photos of UK's Prince Harry
Britain's Prince Harry has been caught on camera doing something embarrassing — again. Celebrity gossip website TMZ on Tuesday posted photos of the ...

Zara adds to family silver with Olympic medal
The queen's granddaughter Zara Phillips added to the family silver Tuesday, helping team Britain to a second-place finish behind Germany in Olympic ...

Royal Zara knocks down fence but finishes well
Zara Phillips has completed the team show jumping portion of her Olympic equestrian debut, knocking down one fence and incurring a slight time penalty ...

Column: London 2012 learns (again) how to lose
Rule Britannia? Try cruel Britannia. An unrepentant ex-doper from Kazakhstan kissing his gold medal on the queen's front drive was hardly how Brits ...

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 ...

Britain's queen welcomes IOC to Buckingham Palace
Attention Harry hunters: Britain's young royals will be out and about in force during the London Olympics. The royals' Clarence House announced Monday ...

European royals get a (small) taste of austerity
With a penchant for haute couture or a fleet of spotless Bentleys, even Europe's royals can feel a pinch of the austerity sweeping the continent

Rain, rain go away: A London slog for Olympics?
After a sodden spring, is Britain heading for a summer washout? It's lurched from the cold, wet drizzle that dampened the queen's Diamond Jubilee ...

Royal Box: Prince William and Kate visit Wimbledon
Wimbledon got a dose of royalty on Wednesday as Prince William and his wife, Kate, came to watch the men's quarterfinals on Centre Court. The Duke and ...

Prince Charles costs UK taxpayers more last year
Prince Charles got a bit more costly for British taxpayers in the past year, according to palace figures released Friday. The prince's annual accounts ...

7 seconds put Errani in 2nd round; Federer wins
Count 'em: 7 seconds. That's how long French Open runner-up Sara Errani "played" at Wimbledon on Wednesday against qualifier CoCo Vandeweghe of Rancho ...

Federer, Djokovic win at Wimbledon; Wozniacki out
Roger Federer gave Prince Charles a bow, then gave Fabio Fognini a royal thumping. With the Prince of Wales visiting Wimbledon for the first time ...

Prince Charles applauds Federer's win at Wimbledon
Roger Federer gave Prince Charles a bow, then gave Fabio Fognini a royal thumping. With the Prince of Wales visiting Wimbledon for the first time ...
Prince Charles makes rare visit to Wimbledon
Prince Charles visited Wimbledon on Wednesday for the first time in 42 years, meeting with some former players and watching Roger Federer's match from ...

Suu Kyi: Myanmar headed for better future
Myanmar's opposition leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, warned Thursday that her country's people need Britain and other allies to act as watchdogs, and not ...

Suu Kyi to make bittersweet return to Oxford
Before Aung San Suu Kyi was a prisoner of conscience and a political icon, she inhabited a world of children's birthday parties, university libraries ...