Britain`s royal baby: `Thrilled` Queen visits great-grandson for first time

Last Updated: Wednesday, July 24, 2013, 17:29

A "thrilled" Queen Elizabeth II on Wednesday made a half-hour "private visit" to see her two-day-old great-grandson, the son of Prince William and Kate Middleton.

Queen soaks up Ashes atmosphere at Lord`s

Last Updated: Thursday, July 18, 2013, 20:47

Queen Elizabeth II watched wickets tumble as she visited Lord`s today to watch the start of the second Ashes Test between England and Australia.

Queen approves gay marriage bill in UK

Last Updated: Wednesday, July 17, 2013, 21:27

Queen Elizabeth II gave her assent to the Same Sex Couples Bill here on Wednesday, officially legalising gay marriages in England and Wales.

Queen tells Kate to `hurry up` on UK royal baby

Last Updated: Wednesday, July 17, 2013, 21:15

Britain`s Queen Elizabeth has asked Kate Middleton to get a move on with her pregnancy as she wants to go on a summer holiday.

Bhangra beats take centrestage at Queen`s Coronation Festival

Last Updated: Friday, July 12, 2013, 19:09

Catchy Punjabi tunes echoed through the Buckingham Palace as a bhangra troupe took centrestage at the opening of the four-day Coronation Festival marking 60 years of reign of Queen Elizabeth II.

Royal baby: World`s media gathers ahead of birth

Last Updated: Thursday, July 11, 2013, 17:12

Kate Middleton, the Duchess of Cambridge is due to have a baby any time soon and world media have descended outside St Mary`s Hospital to cover the royal birth.

British Queen`s estate employee falls into lake

Last Updated: Tuesday, July 9, 2013, 18:52

An employee of Queen Elizabeth II`s Sandringham estate was fighting for his life after falling into a lake right next to a garden where the monarch was holding a meeting with dog enthusiasts.

Another royal great-grandchild for the Queen

Last Updated: Monday, July 8, 2013, 17:49

Queen Elizabeth II`s eldest granddaughter and an Olympic silver medallist, Zara Phillips, is next in line to deliver a royal baby after Prince William and Kate Middleton`s baby is born in a few days` time.

Britain`s royal baby will have surprising family tree

Last Updated: Saturday, July 6, 2013, 18:08

Even before the birth of the new British royal baby to Prince William and his wife Kate, genealogists are looking into its family tree, and are coming up with many surprises.

Check out what British royals wore in the last 60 years

Last Updated: Thursday, July 4, 2013, 13:23

From the nipped-in waist in the 1950s, short skirts and diaphanous fabrics in the 60s and 70s, to sparkles and shoulder pads in the 80s, a new exhibition starting Thursday at the Kensington Palace in London would showcase the fashion led by three women of the British royal family.