Airport in France’s Le Touquet to be named after late Queen Elizabeth II
PARIS: The airport in the northern French department of Pas-de-Calais, which is located near the English Channel, will be named after UK Queen Elizabeth II, reported Sputnik. “We have received the official consent of King Charles III to name the Touquet-Paris-Plage International Airport after Queen Elizabeth II. It remains to choose a date for the […]
Queen Elizabeth’s funeral costs British govt US$200 mln
LONDON: The funeral and associated events honouring Queen Elizabeth II, which took place during a period of national mourning, incurred an estimated cost of British pound £162 million (nearly US$200 million) to the government, the Treasury said Thursday. The state funeral was held on Sept 19 last year, 11 days after the Queen’s passing, reported […]
Queen Elizabeth’s drop scones
‘Well, food’s always the way to anybody’s heart, I think, guy or girl.’ — Josh Hutcherson, American actor. The late Queen Elizabeth II of Great Britain has left behind a special recipe for all those who love to cook. It’s her favourite recipe for drop scones (or pancakes, as Americans call them) which she shared […]
Hope King Charles III can bring peace, reconciliation
WITHOUT doubt, Queen Elizabeth II was honoured with the most elaborate State Funeral the world has ever seen. The sheer number of official ceremonial processions, lying-in-state, church services, the special sessions of parliaments, and overseas kings and leaders driven around in commercial buses are overwhelming! I do not think anyone anywhere has ever seen such […]
Queen Elizabeth II’s Funeral Pictorial
Camilla hails Queen Elizabeth, a ‘solitary woman’ in a man’s world
LONDON: Britain’s new Queen Consort Camilla paid tribute Sunday to Queen Elizabeth II for carving her own role as a “solitary woman” in a world dominated by men. In her first public comments broadcast since Queen Elizabeth’s death, King Charles III’s wife said it must have been so difficult for the late monarch, who inherited […]
Queen Elizabeth II’s coffin arrives in London
LONDON: Queen Elizabeth II’s coffin has arrived in London and will remain in Buckingham Palace overnight ahead of her state funeral Monday. The queen’s coffin was taken by car from RAF Northholt in west London after being flown aboard a Royal Air Force C-17 Globemaster from Edinburgh, Scotland. Her daughter, Anne, was the only one […]
The light of reason is out!
The world has lost its towering beacon of ethics and hope! I was immensely sad to hear the inevitable confirmed . The demise of HM the Queen’. I am lost for words. As the Queen just wrote from Windsor on May 11th and June 18th, I was, therefore, more than shocked to hear the news. […]
Queen Elizabeth’s death a big loss
KUCHING: The demise of Queen Elizabeth II, Britain’s longest- serving monarch, is a great loss to the world. The queen, passed away on September 8 at Balmoral, Scotland aged 96 after reigning for 70 years. A void of presence indeed will be felt by people around the world following the Queen’s death. New Sarawak Tribune […]
Queen Elizabeth II begins solemn final journey
BALLATER, United Kingdom: Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II embarks on her final journey on Sunday with thousands of her mourning subjects expected to line her coffin’s route from the Scottish retreat where she died. The solemn departure of the queen’s oak casket from Balmoral Castle for Edinburgh marks the start of an odyssey of national mourning […]
