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Prince William and Kate expecting first baby
LONDON (AP) — Get the nursery ready: Prince William and his wife Catherine are expecting their first child. St. James's Palace announced the pregnancy Monday, saying that the Duchess of Cambridge — formerly known as Kate Middleton —...
Tags: Royal Wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton (2011), Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, Religion and Belief, David Cameron, Government
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TV show claims UK TV host Savile abused children
LONDON (AP) — For decades, Jimmy Savile was a fixture on British television — an eccentric, aggressively jocular host of children's shows and a tireless charity fundraiser. When he died last year at 84 — by then knighted as Sir Jimmy...Tags: Rochdale, Arts and Culture, Prosecution, Documentary (genre), Charity
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Britain's royal wedding to be on iTunes
LONDON (AP) — Prince William and Kate Middleton can go straight from Westminster Abbey to your personal playlist. Royal officials say that for the first time in history, the entire April 29 royal wedding ceremony — including the couple's...Tags: Weddings, Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, London (England), E-Commerce Industry, Family
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Palace nixes 3D TV broadcast of UK royal wedding
LONDON (AP) — Palace authorities say Prince William and Kate Middleton's wedding will not be filmed in 3D because of the space needed for the format's cameras and relatively small demand. Some British broadcasters had hoped to use the technology...Tags: Weddings, Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, London (England), Family, BBC
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UK warns Sri Lanka on abuses before Commonwealth summit
ReutersLONDON (Reuters) - Britain said on Wednesday there would be "consequences" for Sri Lanka if its leaders did not address international concerns over human rights abuses, ahead of a Commonwealth summit scheduled to be held in Colombo in November. Deputy...Tags: Civil Rights, Justice and Rights, Human Rights, Nick Clegg, David Cameron
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Kwame Kwei-Armah keeps his vow to bring Center Stage national exposure
Kwame Kwei-Armah is turning up the floodlights on Center Stage. It's been not quite two years since the British-born playwright became artistic director of Maryland's largest regional theater. With his production of two button-pushing dramas nicknamed...
Tags: Arts and Culture, PBS (tv network), Colleges and Universities, Education, Clybourne Park (play)
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Paint job but no 'rollout' party for newest Airbus jet
Reuters* A350 reaches Airbus paint shop as development progresses * Maiden flight expected in late June or early July * Airbus eschews traditional rollout for its newest jet * Analysts pore over details of 787 competitor's debut By Tim Hepher LONDON, May...Tags: Manufacturing and Engineering, Diana, Princess of Wales, King of Spain Juan Carlos I, Air Transportation Industry, Boeing Co.
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Dutch get a new monarch: Willem-Alexander succeeds Beatrix
This post has been updated. See the note below for details.LONDON -- With an exchange of smiles and the flourish of a pen, Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands abdicated the throne and her son Willem-Alexander took her place Tuesday to become the country’s first king in more than a century. In a simple...Tags: Government, Netherlands, United Kingdom, Heads of State, Amsterdam (Netherlands)
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Queen Elizabeth: Should she stay or should she go?
So here’s the real question about the Tuesday ceremony in Amsterdam in which Queen Beatrix abdicated and passed the robe (they don’t wear crowns) to her son, Willem-Alexander, who just turned 46: Did Britain's Prince Charles, who was in...
Tags: Government, Netherlands, Elizabeth II, United Kingdom, Heads of State
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Harry Potter and the royals' studio visit
Two of America's favorite British things -- the royals and Harry Potter -- converged over the weekend. Nothing like that wee bit of magic to knock us off our broomsticks! Prince William, his wife Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, (the former Kate...
Tags: Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, Christian Bale, Star Wars (movie), BBC, Fiction
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Dutch party on streets as royals prepare for handover
Reuters* Abdicating Dutch queen says son ready to take crown * Amsterdam awash with orange, people prepare to party * Royals popular, but roles mainly symbolic By Thomas Escritt and Anthony Deutsch AMSTERDAM, April 30 (Reuters) - Willem-Alexander will become...Tags: Government, Netherlands, Amsterdam (Netherlands), Politics, Japan
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Royal hoax caller to testify at inquest into UK nurse's death
ReutersBy Shadia Nasralla LONDON, April 29 (Reuters) - An Australian radio presenter will give evidence at an inquest into the death of a nurse who hanged herself after putting through a hoax call seeking information on Prince William's pregnant wife Kate,...Tags: Australia, Entertainment, Radio Industry, Mel Greig, Jacintha Saldanha
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