British Queen Elizabeth II

Martin Ivens. Sketch: TBS
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King Charles's belated reign can still be a fruitful one

Age is not a bar to doing the job well, but the new monarch ascends the throne with a fair amount of baggage as well as goodwill.

Photo: Collected
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Australia open to replacing queen's image on banknotes with local figures

Britain's King Charles, Queen Consort Camilla, Princess Royal Anne, Duke of York Prince Andrew, Earl of Wessex Prince Edward, and Vice Admiral Sir Tim Laurence attend a Service of Prayer and Reflection for the Life of Queen Elizabeth II at St Giles' Cathedral, Edinburgh, Scotland, Britain September 12, 2022. Jane Barlow/Pool via REUTERS
Europe

King Charles and siblings hold silent vigil to late mother, Queen Elizabeth II

Britain's Queen Elizabeth visits The Honourable Society of Lincoln’s Inn to open the new Ashworth Centre, and re-open the recently renovated Great Hall, in London, Britain, December 13, 2018/ Reuters
Europe

Queen Elizabeth II's will and enormous wealth to remain a secret for long. Here’s why

Long live the Queen. Photographer: Chris Jackson/Chris Jackson Collection/Bloomberg
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Queen Elizabeth II's secret letter to Australia locked in vault

The Duchess of Kent, seated center on dais, reads a message from the Queen of England in the Parliament House at Accra, Ghana, on March 6, 1957. Ghana, the British colony known as the Gold Coast, is the first black African nation to gain independence from colonial rule. Seated at right is the Governor General Sir Charles Noble Arden-Clarke and at far right is Lady Arden-Clarke. (AP Photo)
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'I cannot mourn': Former colonies conflicted over the queen

Pallbearers carry the coffin of Queen Elizabeth II, draped with the Royal Standard of Scotland, as it arrives at Holyroodhouse, where it will lie in rest for a day, in Edinburgh, Sunday, Sept. 11, 2022. Queen Elizabeth II, Britain's longest-reigning monarch and a rock of stability across much of a turbulent century, died Thursday Sept. 8, 2022, after 70 years on the throne. She was 96. (Alkis Konstantinidis/Pool Photo via AP)
Europe

Rules issued for paying respects to the queen

The hearse carrying the coffin of Queen Elizabeth II arrives at Palace of Holyroodhouse, where she will lie overnight and then be moved to St Giles Cathedral, in Edinburgh, Scotland, Britain September 11, 2022. Lisa Ferguson/Pool via REUTERS
Europe

Round-the-clock vigil to give thousands a chance to bid Queen Elizabeth farewell

Robin Oakley. Illustration: TBS
Thoughts

A queen for the ages

It's hoped the bottles will add a 'squeeze of fun' to the Jubilee celebrations. Photo: Collected
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Heinz unveils 'HM Sauce' and 'Salad Queen' to mark the British Queen’s platinum jubilee

Undated handout photo of the Queen Elizabeth II Barbie doll to mark the British monarch's Platinum Jubilee. Mattel/Handout via REUTERS
Europe

Britain's Queen Elizabeth gets own Barbie doll for Platinum Jubilee

Britain's Queen Elizabeth leaves after a Service of Thanksgiving to mark the Centenary of the Royal British Legion at Westminster Abbey, London, Britain October 12, 2021. Photo :Reuters
Europe

Queen Elizabeth II turns 96

Britain's Queen Elizabeth speaks during an audience where she met the incoming and outgoing Defence Service Secretaries at Windsor Castle in Windsor, Britain, February 16, 2022. Steve Parsons/Pool via REUTERS
Europe

UK Queen Elizabeth attends late husband's memorial service