
Autopsy results on nurse in hoax due out Thursday
The result of an autopsy on the nurse involved in a prank call for information about the former Kate Middleton's hospital stay will be revealed ...

Trading soccer for wickets in Nigeria cricket boom
Near the parade ground that Queen Elizabeth II once toured when Nigeria was still under British rule, the sharp crack of a ball against a bat marks ...

Sikh soldier wears turban on palace guard duty
Britain's Ministry of Defense says a Sikh soldier has become the first guardsman to parade outside Buckingham Palace while wearing his traditional ...
British government to legalize same-sex marriage
The British government announced Tuesday that it will introduce a bill next year legalizing gay marriage — but banning the Church of England from ...

Experts: Station's royal hoax call may be illegal
The Australian radio station behind a hoax phone call to the London hospital where the pregnant Duchess of Cambridge was being treated could face ...

Australian DJs apologize for royal hoax call
They say they expected a hang-up and a few laughs. Instead, the Australian DJs behind a hoax phone call to the London hospital where the pregnant ...

Australian radio chair: Station reviewing policy
The reverberations from the death of a nurse who accepted a hoax phone call about the ill Duchess of Cambridge spread through two countries Sunday, ...

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 ...

UK hospital: Nurse involved in Kate hoax call dies
The news that Prince William and the former Kate Middleton were expecting their first child — joyous news for a couple looking forward to starting a ...

Hospital: Nurse involved in Kate hoax call dies
A nurse who fell victim to a prank telephone call seeking information about the pregnant Duchess of Cambridge has died, the London hospital where she ...

Pregnant Kate discharged from London hospital
The Duchess of Cambridge left a London hospital Thursday after being treated for acute morning sickness related to her pregnancy. Clutching a small ...
British composer Jonathan Harvey dies at 73
Jonathan Harvey, a British modernist composer whose operas and other works reflected a deep engagement with spirituality, has died at age 73.

The 'royal molecatcher' outlives Versailles king
The king is dead, but the molecatcher lives on. He even signs SMS messages: "Molecatcher to the king." It's been over two centuries since Louis XVI ...

Aussies sorry for crank call to Kate's hospital
Two Australian radio disc jockeys apologized Wednesday after impersonating Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Charles in a prank call and getting a London ...

Rupert Murdoch's mother Elisabeth dies at age 103
Dame Elisabeth Murdoch, a prominent Australian philanthropist and mother of media mogul Rupert Murdoch, has died at age 103. News Ltd., the Australian ...
BBC broadcaster charged with indecent assault
An 82-year-old BBC broadcaster has been charged with three counts of indecent assault over alleged incidents in the 1970s and 80s, British police said ...

Royal pregnancy highlights succession issues
The business of monarchy has always been stacked in favor of men. Not any more — or so the British government promises. The first child of Prince ...

Will and Kate expecting a baby, UK palace confirms
Britain doesn't have to wait any longer: Prince William's wife, Kate, is pregnant. St. James's Palace made the announcement Monday, saying that the ...

Timeline of Prince William, Kate's romance
Prince William and his wife, Kate, are expecting their first child. Here's some key moments in their romance. — September 2001: William enrolls at St.

Church of England says no to female bishops
The Church of England's governing body blocked a move Tuesday to permit women to serve as bishops in a vote so close it failed to settle the question ...

Man charged with planning Prince Charles assault
Police say they caught a New Zealand man before he had a chance to throw a bucket of horse manure over Prince Charles and his wife Camilla during a ...

BBC under pressure to restore trust after scandal
The bungling of reports that powerful Britons sexually abused children has thrown one of the largest and most respected broadcasters in the world into ...

European leaders, royalty remember end of WWI
Politicians and royalty observed a moment of silence at tombs across Europe on Sunday to commemorate the end of fighting in World War I and remember ...

Kenneth Branagh knighted by Queen Elizabeth II
Kenneth Branagh, who has played royalty on stage and screen, has been made a real-life knight by Queen Elizabeth II. The British actor said he was ...

Next archbishop of Canterbury announcement Friday
The next archbishop of Canterbury will be officially introduced Friday, the British government says, and the expectation is that the new leader of the ...