Skip to: Content
Skip to: Site Navigation
Skip to: Search
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 2009
| Subscribe to Newser's RSS feeds RSS | Follow Newser on Twitter Twitter

NEWS ABOUT: Buckingham Palace

Buckingham Palace stories: 13 news summaries

Buckingham Palace Guards 'Ran Porn, Poker Rings'

Accused palace Ponzi mastermind denounces colleagues' lax lifestyle

Jun 30, 09 4:50 AM CDT
(Newser) - A royal bodyguard accused of running a multimillon dollar scam opened his defense yesterday by accusing his palace colleagues of running poker and porn enterprises, the Telegraph reports. Paul Page told the court that his fellow royal protection officers had an "easy life" and ran gambling operations and sold... More »

MORE ABOUT:
Buckingham Palace • Britain • British royals • bodyguard • Paul Page

 Michelle, Queen 
 Stay Tight 

Unlikely friendships bridges an ocean

Jun 14, 09 5:43 AM CDT
(Newser) - An unlikely friendship between Queen Elizabeth and Michelle Obama has blossomed in the weeks since the first couple's visit during the G20 Summit in April, reports the Telegraph. After their weekend in Paris, Michelle Obama flew with her daughters to London for a private tour of Buckingham Palace, a treat... More »

MORE ABOUT:
London • Prince Philip • Michelle Obama • Queen Elizabeth II • Buckingham Palace • friendship

 Britney Plans 
 to Pop In on 
 the Queen 

Spears hopes to stop by for tea

Jun 5, 09 7:10 AM CDT
(Newser) - Determined not to let a pesky thing like, oh, not having an invitation get in the way, Britney Spears plans to carve out time from her busy tour schedule to drop by Buckingham Palace for tea—with sons in tow. "No way does she want to leave without visiting... More »

MORE ABOUT:
entertainment • Britney Spears • London • Prince William • Queen Elizabeth II • Buckingham Palace • British royals • concert tour

Covert Journos 'Bribe' Way Into Queen's Palace

News of the World reporters ushered in sans security check

May 24, 09 10:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - In an exposé operation, undercover reporters were allowed into “sensitive” sections of Buckingham Palace, the BBC reports. The News of the World journalists reportedly paid a chauffeur at the palace $1,600 for a tour; dressed as Middle Eastern businessmen, they were ushered in without security checks and one... More »

MORE ABOUT:
security • Queen Elizabeth II • Buckingham Palace • journalist • Britain • British royals • undercover • reporters

 White Supremacist 
 Invited to Queen's 
 Garden Party 

Brits outraged at prospect of leader of whites-only party having tea with royals

May 21, 09 6:15 AM CDT
(Newser) - The convicted leader of a far-right political party is heading to the queen's summer tea party at Buckingham Palace, and Brits are furious, reports the Daily Mail. A member of the whites-only British National Party was given an invitation because of his place on the London Assembly. He decided to... More »

MORE ABOUT:
Queen Elizabeth II • tea • Buckingham Palace • white supremacism • Britain • racist • Nick Griffin • British National Party

Brits Stunned Most by Queen in Feely Hugfest

Queen enchanted by 'coolest couple on the planet'

Apr 3, 09 4:12 AM CDT
(Newser) - Even more astonishing to many Brits than Michelle Obama touching their queen is the fact that the queen reached out to the First Lady, reports the Daily Mail. The queen has never been spotted in public embracing a woman. Yet her arm edged behind Michelle's back as she remarked on... More »

MORE ABOUT:
Barack Obama • London • Michelle Obama • Queen Elizabeth II • Buckingham Palace • Queen • protocol • G20

Women May Get Equal Rights
to UK Throne

New rules also may
allow royal family
to marry Catholics

Mar 27, 09 7:47 AM CDT
(Newser) - Gordon Brown's office and Buckingham Palace are considering changes to centuries-old laws that bar Catholics from the British throne and give male heirs precedence over female ones. The royal family is said to be open to changing the succession laws, and all 53 countries in the British commonwealth are to... More »

MORE ABOUT:
United Kingdom • women • Gordon Brown • Queen Elizabeth II • Buckingham Palace • Catholic • British royals • Commonwealth • succession • Princess Royal • Howard Stern Grid

Prince Charles: We've Only 100 Months to Save the World

Future king warns about the deleterious effects of global warming

Mar 8, 09 1:50 PM CDT
(Newser) - Nations have “less than 100 months” to avoid the irreversible damage caused by global warming, Prince Charles will tell business leaders this week in Rio. The British royal, an ardent climate-change activist, will deliver the dire warning as he begins a 10-day South American tour—a trip designed to... More »

MORE ABOUT:
climate change • Barack Obama • Prince Charles • Gordon Brown • Buckingham Palace • Britain • British royals

 Royals Party Like It's 1899 

Prince Charles will have two lavish 60th birthday bashes

Sep 29, 08 12:55 PM CDT
(Newser) - Seemingly impervious—or oblivious—to the international economic meltdown, the royal family will throw not one but two lavish celebrations for Prince Charles’ 60th birthday in November, the Daily Mail reports. The Queen will host a state banquet at Buckingham Palace for 170 guests, and Charles' wife, Camilla, will host... More »

MORE ABOUT:
Prince Charles • Queen Elizabeth II • Buckingham Palace • spending • Britain • British royals

 Windsor Bills 
 a Royal Pain 
 for Taxpayers 

Monarchy subsists on $80M in public money each year

Jun 30, 08 7:49 AM CDT
(Newser) - Britain’s royal family is facing the effects of tough financial times, ABC News reports—but it's easier to cope when you have taxpayers to foot the monarchy's $80 million in annual expenses. While that’s just $1.30 per taxpayer, Buckingham Palace says, critics note unnecessary expenses, like a... More »

MORE ABOUT:
Queen Elizabeth II • Buckingham Palace • Britain • British royals • taxpayers • economy

OPINION

Prince Harry Should Have Stayed

Christopher Hitchens asks what threat he posed others

Mar 12, 08 9:11 AM CDT
(Newser) - When Matt Drudge revealed to the world Prince Harry was in Afghanistan, there he should have stayed, writes Christopher Hitchens for Slate. It's "piffle" to think that his royal highness was a "bullet magnet" in Helmand province, already one of the most dangerous places on Earth for any... More »

MORE ABOUT:
Afghanistan • War on Terror • Prince Harry • Drudge Report • Matt Drudge • war • Buckingham Palace • British troops • British Army • British royals • Helmand province

Saudi, Brit Royals Dine

King Abdullah
sweeps into London
with 23 advisers
and 400 aides

Oct 31, 07 9:52 AM CDT
(Newser) - In the first visit of a Saudi king to the UK in 20 years, King Abdullah was treated to a Buckingham Palace banquet last night. His host, Queen Elizabeth, said Britain and Saudi Arabia must fight together against "terrorists who threaten the way of life of our citizens."... More »

MORE ABOUT:
Saudi Arabia • London • King Abdullah • Gordon Brown • Queen Elizabeth II • Buckingham Palace • Britain • London bombings

BBC Grovels Over Royal Tantrum

Apologizes for editing clips to make it appear Queen stormed out of photo shoot

Jul 13, 07 4:34 AM CDT
(Newser) - BBC television has offered a groveling apology to Queen Elizabeth for making it appear she threw a royal tantrum with celebrity photographer Annie Leibovitz, the Guardian reports. Producers edited video clips—implying the Queen stormed out of a photo shoot—to promote a documentary. She was actually hurrying to the... More »

MORE ABOUT:
Queen Elizabeth • BBC • Buckingham Palace • Annie Leibovitz

13 Stories


from our news partners