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The London bureau: A queen and a correspondent
It was Queen Elizabeth who made me a foreign correspondent. Before she turned up, my newspaper career had consisted of listening to Baltimore policemen reminisce about great hangings and covering bush-league statesmen deploring the state of the world. I...
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Maryland's most royal sites
When the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge visit the United States as part of their forthcoming North American tour, no doubt their host city of Los Angeles will provide plenty of pomp and circumstance.
Yet Marylanders could show Will and Kate a jolly good...Tags: Christianity, Wildlife, Gucci Group NV, Chesapeake Bay, Harry of Wales
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Preakness hats get the royal treatment
Move over, Animal Kingdom. This year's Preakness front-runner is likely to be the fascinator, at least in the grandstands.
With the royal wedding fresh in people's minds, milliners and the fashion-forward alike predict a change in the hat fashion at...Tags: England, Inner Harbor, Christianity, Belmont Stakes, Triple Crown
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Obama doesn't know what year it is
Politicians have been making a lot of gaffes lately (what else is new?). Michele Bachmann thought the founding fathers abolished slavery; Sarah Palin invented the word "squirmish," and, now comes news that our president, Barack Obama, has no idea what...Tags: Christianity, Human Body, Anglicanism, Brain, Sarah Palin
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Trees in containers can liven up a patio, so long as you know the basics
Inside Westminster Abbey, eight 20-foot-tall live trees lined the center aisle during the wedding of Kate Middleton and Prince William. The trees transformed the space, doing what even the most elaborate floral arrangement could not — providing a...Tags: Lemons, Christianity, Anglicanism, Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, Maryland
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Crystal Cathedral member files $30-billion claim over church sale
L.A. NOWA longtime Crystal Cathedral congregant has filed a claim of more than $30 billion in bankruptcy court alleging that his religious and civil rights have been violated as a result of the sale of the Garden Grove campus to the...... -
RPT-Travel Postcard: London for the Jubilee
Reuters(Repeats to more subscribers, adds celebratory rifle salute) LONDON, June 1 (Reuters) - Got an extra long weekend to explore the British capital where Queen Elizabeth II will be celebrating her 60th year on the throne with a massive Diamond Jubilee...Tags: Graham Greene, Rudyard Kipling, Christianity, Elizabeth II, Michelin Group
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TIMELINE-Queen Elizabeth's 60 years on the throne
ReutersJune 1 (Reuters) - Feb. 1952 - Princess Elizabeth and her husband Prince Philip, set out on a tour of Africa and Asia in place of her ailing father King George VI. George dies on Feb. 6. June 2, 1953 - Queen Elizabeth is crowned at Westminster Abbey in...Tags: Jamestown (Jamestown, Virginia), Christianity, Diana, Princess of Wales, Elizabeth II, Charles, Prince of Wales
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Timeline: Queen Elizabeth's 60 years on the throne
Reuters(Reuters) - February 1952 - Princess Elizabeth and her husband Prince Philip, set out on a tour of Africa and Asia in place of her ailing father King George VI. George dies on February 6. June 2, 1953 - Queen Elizabeth is crowned at Westminster Abbey...Tags: Jamestown (Jamestown, Virginia), Christianity, Diana, Princess of Wales, Elizabeth II, Charles, Prince of Wales
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Factbox: A look at Britain's major royals
Reuters(Reuters) - * THE DUKE OF EDINBURGH: -- Philippos Schleswig-Holstein Soenderburg-Glucksburg, was born on a dining room table on the Greek island of Corfu in June 1921. -- Philip and Princess Elizabeth were married at Westminster Abbey on November 20,...Tags: Muammar Gaddafi, Christianity, London (England), Diana, Princess of Wales, Elizabeth II
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A LOOK BACK
May 27, 1937:The newly completed Golden Gate Bridge connecting San Francisco and Marin County, Calif., was opened to pedestrian traffic (vehicular traffic began crossing the bridge the next day). May 28, 1912:The Senate Commerce Committee issued its...Tags: Kandahar Massacre (2012), Christianity, Sinking of the Titanic (1912), Elizabeth II, Indianapolis 500
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Crowds to crown UK queen's 60th anniversary party
Reuters* Queen Elizabeth marks 60 years on throne * Big crowds expected over four-day celebrations * Monarch, at 86, seen as symbol of stability By Mike Collett-White and Michael Holden LONDON, May 25 (Reuters) - Britain's Queen Elizabeth will celebrate 60...Tags: Christianity, Diana, Princess of Wales, Bhumibol Adulyadej , Elizabeth II, Disneyland Park
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