Queen Elizabeth II
16 Mar
Last Tuesday (March 5, 2024), the widow of Tor Sankera I and matriarch of the Shuluwa dynasty, HRH (Mrs.) Elizabeth-Mary Nguumbur Shuluwa, clocked 68. It’s not the best times of her life. Her husband of 46 years, HRH Erastus Abu King Shuluwa, the Tor Sankera I transited on January 16, 2024, and was buried on February 10.
18 Jan
Catherine, Princess of Wales, spent her third day in hospital on Thursday following surgery, as King Charles III was poised for prostate surgery, creating a royal frontline staffing shortage. The 42-year-old princess, widely known as Kate, is facing up to two weeks in the hospital and several months' recuperation after undergoing "successful abdominal surgery," Kensington…
21 Sep 2023
King Charles III on Thursday follows in his mother Queen Elizabeth II's footsteps by addressing lawmakers in the French upper chamber of parliament on the second day of a visit that has seen him urge stronger ties between the countries.
8 Sep 2023
Britain's King Charles III on Friday thanked the public for their support in his first year as monarch, as he marked the one-year anniversary of the death of his mother, Queen Elizabeth II.
26 May 2023
A newly released cache of FBI files has revealed a potential plot to assassinate Queen Elizabeth II during her 1983 visit to California.
19 May 2023
Queen Elizabeth II's funeral and lying-in-state last year cost Britain's government an estimated £162 million pounds (about $200 million), the treasury revealed Thursday.
5 May 2023
Britain's first coronation in 70 years takes place on Saturday, with Charles III crowned king in an elaborate Christian ceremony steeped in solemn ritual and more than a millennium of history.
25 Apr 2023
Prince William has "recently settled" a phone-hacking claim against a UK newspaper group, court documents filed by his brother Prince Harry as part of his own lawsuit claimed on Tuesday. Harry, 38, is suing a number of UK newspapers over alleged unlawful information-gathering, including News Group Newspapers (NGN) which publishes The Sun and the now-defunct…
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British unemployment has risen as wage growth has eased, official data showed Tuesday, leaving the door open for an interest rate cut, according to analysts. The UK unemployment rate rose to 4.2 percent in the three months to the end of February, up from 3.9 percent in the three months to January, the Office for…