Britain's Prime Minister Rishi Sunak (center left) and newly appointed Energy Security and Net Zero Secretary Grant Shapps (center right) are given a tour of the District Energy Centre in central London, Feb 7, 2023. (PHOTO / POOL / AP) LONDON – British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak reshuffled his cabinet on Tuesday, breaking up two […]
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UK’s Prince Harry: I want my father and brother back
Britain's Prince William and Britain's Prince Harry walk beside each other after viewing the floral tributes for the late Queen Elizabeth II outside Windsor Castle, in Windsor, England, Sept 10, 2022. (MARTIN MEISSNER / AP) LONDON – Britain's Prince Harry said his troubled relationship with the royal family "never needed to be this way" and […]
UK foreign minister calls ousting PM Truss a ‘bad idea’
A video grab from footage broadcast by the UK Parliament's Parliamentary Recording Unit shows Britain's Prime Minister Liz Truss (center) speaking, flanked by, Britain's Chancellor of the Exchequer Kwasi Kwarteng (left) and Britain's Foreign Secretary James Cleverly during her first weekly Prime Minister's Questions session at the House of Commons, in London, on Sept 7, […]
Coronation of Britain’s King Charles to be held next May
King Charles III arrives to thank emergency service workers for their work and support ahead of the funeral of Queen Elizabeth II at the Metropolitan Police Service Special Operations Room in London, Sept 17, 2022. (CHRISTOPHE ENA / AP) LONDON – Britain's King Charles III will be crowned at London's Westminster Abbey next May in […]
King Charles, siblings hold silent vigil for Queen Elizabeth
Members of the public file past as Britain's King Charles III, Britain's Princess Anne, Princess Royal, Britain's Prince Edward, Earl of Wessex, and Britain's Prince Andrew, Duke of York attend a Vigil at St Giles' Cathedral, in Edinburgh, on Sept 12, 2022, where the coffin of Britain's Queen Elizabeth II lies at rest. (JANE BARLOW […]
King Charles proclaimed Britain’s monarch
King Charles III with the Prince of Wales, the Queen, and Lord President of the Council Penny Mordaunt during the Accession Council at St James's Palace, London, Sept. 10, 2022, where King Charles III is formally proclaimed monarch. (JONATHAN BRADY / POOL VIA AP) LONDON – King Charles was officially proclaimed as Britain's new monarch […]
King Charles vows to serve nation as Britain mourns late queen
Britain's King Charles III delivers his address to the nation and the Commonwealth from Buckingham Palace, London, Sept 9, 2022, following the death of Queen Elizabeth II the day before. (YUI MOK / POOL VIA AP) LONDON – Britain's King Charles paid a heartfelt tribute on Friday to his late "darling mama" Queen Elizabeth, and […]
Elizabeth, the queen who moved with a changing world
In this Dec 18, 2012 file photo, Britain's Queen Elizabeth II looks up and waves to members of staff of The Foreign and Commonwealth Office as she ends an official visit which is part of her Jubilee celebrations in London. (ALASTAIR GRANT / POOL / AP) LONDON – The crowning achievement of Britain's Queen Elizabeth, […]
Charles III, Britain’s conflicted new monarch
Britain's Prince Charles and Camilla the Duchess of Cornwall, in the background, leave after attending the annual Commonwealth Day service at Westminster Abbey in London, March 9, 2020. (KRISTY WIGGLESWORTH/AP) LONDON – With the death of his mother Queen Elizabeth on Thursday, Prince Charles has finally become king of the United Kingdom and 14 other […]
Queen Elizabeth II dies at 96, ending an era for Britain
In this file photo taken on Feb 29, 2012, Britain's Queen Elizabeth II opens the newly re-furbished Somerset House East Wing, King's College, London. Queen Elizabeth II, the longest-serving monarch in British history, has died aged 96, Buckingham Palace said on Thursday. (EDDIE MULHOLLAND / POOL / AFP) BALMORAL, Scotland – Queen Elizabeth II, Britain's […]
Liz Truss’ cabinet is Britain’s first without white man in top jobs
Standing outside 10 Downing Street, Britain's newly appointed Prime Minister Liz Truss poses for photographers with her husband Hugh O'Leary, after delivering her first speech as Prime Minister in central London, on Sept 6, 2022. (ADRIAN DENNIS / AFP) LONDON – The new British Prime Minister Liz Truss has selected a cabinet where for the […]
UK: Increasingly bitter race to replace Johnson set to narrow down
This combination of pictures created on July 14, 2022 shows the five candidates running to replace Boris Johnson as Conservative leader and Britain's prime minister. From left: Britain's Foreign Secretary Liz Truss, former finance minister Rishi Sunak,Conservative MP Olukemi Badenoch, Conservative politician Tom Tugendhat, and International Development Secretary and Minister for Women and Equalities Penny […]