Buckingham Palace accountants insisted Friday that the cost of maintaining Queen Elizabeth II and the royal family is a bargain for taxpayers
Queen Elizabeth and the royal family cost British taxpayers an average of 66 pence ($1.32) per person last year, Buckingham Palace announced Friday in its annual report of royal finances.
Prince William was made a Royal Knight of the Garter on Monday at a ceremony presided over by his grandmother -- the British monarch -- and attended by his father, brother and girlfriend.
It was a first for Middleton to attend such a grand – and official – occasion
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Britain's Prince William is starting a two-month attachment with the Royal Navy on Monday, part of the future king's continued experience with various branches of the military, the Ministry of Defense said Saturday.
The prince's girlfriend joins the royals to see "Hero Harry" honored by the military
Britain's Prince Harry was honored on Monday for his recent military service in Afghanistan, which was cut short after news of his mission became public.
With his family's support, he pilots a large, troop-carrier for the Royal Air Force
Britain's Prince William, who has faced criticism for misusing military helicopters, made a surprise visit to Afghanistan this week serving as part of an air crew that made the 30-hour trip from England.
Buckingham Palace accountants insisted Friday that the cost of maintaining Queen Elizabeth II and the royal family is a bargain for taxpayers
Queen Elizabeth and the royal family cost British taxpayers an average of 66 pence ($1.32) per person last year, Buckingham Palace announced Friday in its annual report of royal finances.
Prince William was made a Royal Knight of the Garter on Monday at a ceremony presided over by his grandmother -- the British monarch -- and attended by his father, brother and girlfriend.
It was a first for Middleton to attend such a grand – and official – occasion
They're young, fabulously wealthy and have blue blood coursing through their veins. Meet the "20 Hottest Young Royals" in the world, compiled by influential fortune tracker, Forbes magazine.
Britain's Prince William is starting a two-month attachment with the Royal Navy on Monday, part of the future king's continued experience with various branches of the military, the Ministry of Defense said Saturday.
The prince's girlfriend joins the royals to see "Hero Harry" honored by the military
Britain's Prince Harry was honored on Monday for his recent military service in Afghanistan, which was cut short after news of his mission became public.
With his family's support, he pilots a large, troop-carrier for the Royal Air Force
Britain's Prince William, who has faced criticism for misusing military helicopters, made a surprise visit to Afghanistan this week serving as part of an air crew that made the 30-hour trip from England.
The prince gets his "wings" Friday – and sets his sights on becoming head of Britain's military
Britain's Prince William received his Royal Air Force pilot's wings at a graduation ceremony Friday.
The inquest into the death of Princess Diana in a Paris car crash in 1997 returned a verdict of unlawful killing on Monday, blaming "grossly negligent" driving by her chauffeur and pursuing photographers for the car wreck.
Diana and Dodi Fayed fell fatal victims to "grossly negligent driving" by Henri Paul
Prince Philip, the husband of Britain's Queen Elizabeth, was released from the hospital on Sunday where he was admitted last week with a chest infection, Buckingham Palace said.
The two giggle and blush during a burlesque-themed charity bash
Prince Philip, the husband of Britain's Queen Elizabeth, was admitted to hospital on Friday with a chest infection, Buckingham Palace said.
From the lifts to pizza places to nightclubs, he and Kate Middleton stayed close in the Swiss Alps
They retreat to a houseboat on a Botswana waterway filled with crocs and hippos
Now home from the war zone, the prince and his longtime girlfriend step out
"It's a great relief to see him home in one piece," said his father Prince Charles
Harry's older brother is set to serve on a warship in potentially dangerous waters
News that Britain's Prince Harry had been deployed to Afghanistan since December was kept secret by many news outlets for security reasons. A Web site broke the news blackout Thursday. We have been appealing for your views on the news blackout. The following are a selection of your replies:
Prince Harry is to be pulled out of Afghanistan immediately amid fears for his safety after news of his deployment was made public, the British defense ministry said Friday.
The UK's Prince Harry has been serving on the frontline in Afghanistan and seen combat, but his deployment will be reviewed after the news was leaked by a U.S. Web site, the UK Ministry of Defense confirmed Thursday.
A brokenhearted father takes over the proceedings, calling the Royals insulting names and pressing a bizarre conspiracy theory that he holds to be fact
The father of Princess Diana's boyfriend attacked the British Royal family Monday with a series of insults and accusations at the inquest looking into how the couple died.
Contrary to press reports, aspiring photographer Kate Middleton isn't teaming up with Mario Testino.
Britain's Prince Charles will not attend the opening ceremonies of the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing -- and a group that campaigns against China's human rights record said Monday that the future monarch's decision was in solidarity with its aims.
Princess Diana's relationships with two Muslim men provoked an outburst from her mother, who called her daughter "a whore", Paul Burrell, the princess's former butler, told an inquest Monday.
Spain's King Juan Carlos, with 32 years on the throne, turns 70 Saturday. But after years of undeniable adulation among Spaniards for putting down an attempted coup in 1981, he's recently faced more difficult times.
The investigation takes a melodramatic turn with a look at Diana's letters, Prince Philip's notes and her best friend's testimony. The key question (cue the music): Was she in love?
It was a night of royal revelry Saturday as the Princes William and Harry stepped out for a cousin's posh birthday party.
Britain's Queen Elizabeth II and her husband, the Duke of Edinburgh, celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary Monday with a service of thanksgiving at London's Westminster Abbey.
He's third in line to the British throne but once again the young royal is making headlines for the wrong reasons
Police questioned Prince Harry after two rare and legally protected birds were killed on the royal family's estate last week, the prince's press office said Wednesday.
What royal family member is targeted by an alleged blackmail plot? And can the UK press cover it without naming names?
Authorities have named the two men accused of trying to blackmail a member of the British royal family.
Photographs of Prince William's girlfriend, Kate Middleton have rekindled speculation the pair will soon announce their engagement
A statue depicting Prince Harry as a symbolic fallen war hero clutching a locket of his late mother Princess Diana is to go on display next week.
The driver of the limousine in which Princess Diana and her lover Dodi Fayed were killed spent time in a bar shortly before the 1997 Paris crash, a jury at an inquest into her death has heard.
Previously unseen footage of Diana, Princess of Wales, taken just hours before she was killed in a car crash, has been shown to the jury at the inquest into her death.
Potential jurors for the London-based inquest into the 1997 deaths of Princess Diana and her companion Dodi Fayed must have one thing in common: very little knowledge of the case.
Exactly a decade to the day since Diana, Princess of Wales, was killed in a car crash in Paris, her youngest son Prince Harry said Friday he wants his mother to be remembered for the way "she made us and so many other people happy."
It has been 10 years since Diana, Princess of Wales, was killed in a high-speed car crash in Paris.
Princess Diana's family solemnly marked the 10th anniversary of her death Friday at a service organized by her sons, while admirers tied scores of bouquets, poems and portraits to the gates of her former home.
Prince Charles's wife Camilla has pulled out of attending Friday's memorial service for Princess Diana, Clarence House said Sunday.
Camilla, the wife of Britain's Prince Charles, says she will not attend the memorial service marking the 10th anniversary of princess Diana's death this week.
Before she was a princess, she was a child - shy but affectionate, respectful but mischievous.
Prince William deftly sidestepped questions about on-again, off-again girlfriend Kate Middleton on Saturday when he and Prince Harry checked out the final preparations for the next day's Concert for Diana.
Britain's Prince William turned 25 Thursday, giving him access to a reported £250,000 ($500,000) a year of his late mother Princess Diana's multimillion-pound fortune.
Saudi King Abdullah was due to arrive in Spain on Monday, his first trip to a Western country since he ascended to the throne two years ago.
Britain's Prince Harry will not serve in Iraq as a troop commander because of "a number of specific threats" against him, the UK's top general says.
Queen Elizabeth II is loved, not only in Britain but also in that nation's former North American colony.
Harrods owner Mohamed al Fayed won a court battle Friday to have a jury preside over the inquest into the deaths of Princess Diana and his son Dodi al Fayed.
Prince Harry, third in line to the British throne, is to join troops serving in Iraq, defense officials confirmed Thursday.
The British police protection officer responsible for Prince Harry has flown to Iraq to begin making security arrangements for the royal soldier's deployment to Iraq amid fears for his safety, according to British press reports.
Prince Harry, a 2006 graduate of Britain's prestigious Sandhurst military academy, will soon go to Iraq with his military unit, a British military source told CNN.
The Duchess of Cornwall, the second wife of Prince Charles formerly known as Camilla Parker Bowles, is to undergo a hysterectomy operation at the beginning of March.
The inquest into the death of Diana, Princess of Wales will not be heard by a jury, it was announced Monday.
Princes William and Harry have called for an inquest into the death of their mother, Princess Diana, to be held as quickly as possible.
Claims that Diana, Princess of Wales, and her lover Dodi Fayed were murdered were unfounded, according to the official Scotland Yard inquiry released on Thursday.
A British tabloid editor and another man have been charged with snooping on other people's voice mail in a probe of wiretapping allegations that centered on Prince Charles' official residence, police have announced.
Through heavy oak doors, the butler emerges from the drawing room.
Celebrations to mark Queen Elizabeth II's 80th birthday continued Saturday with a special display staged at Buckingham Palace of historic British-built cars.
CNN.com readers have been sending us their thoughts as Britain's Queen Elizabeth II celebrates her 80th birthday.
To the tune of a brass band playing "Happy Birthday," a beaming Queen Elizabeth II joined throngs of loyal subjects at Britain's Windsor Castle to celebrate as she turns 80.
A special set of commemorative stamps for Queen Elizabeth II's 80th birthday went on sale in Britain Tuesday, signaling the start of a week of events to mark the monarch's landmark anniversary.
Prince Harry, the third in line to the British throne, has qualified as an officer in the British army, a job that makes him eligible for a possible combat role in Iraq or Afghanistan.
Prince Harry has joined other members of Britain's royal family at Madame Tussauds.
British Prime Minister Tony Blair has defended Prince Charles, saying the heir to the throne is entitled to express his views and has never taken sides in party politics.
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Prince Charles has launched legal action against a British newspaper group over the publication of details from one of his private journals, his office announced.
Days after Britain's Prince Charles said the pace of climate change was "terrifying," he told U.S. President George W. Bush that much of the world looks to America for a lead on "the most crucial issues that face our planet."
Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, the new wife of Britain's Prince Charles, wore a royal tiara for the first time at a banquet honoring the visit of Norway's King Harald V.
Prince William, second in line to the British throne, is to follow his brother Prince Harry into the army after gaining entry to the elite military academy Sandhurst, palace officials say.
Prince William, the second in line to the British throne, has graduated from university in Scotland, watched by his grandmother Queen Elizabeth II and his father Prince Charles.
Britain's defense secretary has launched a security review of the military academy where Prince Harry is training after a newspaper said its reporter entered the grounds carrying a fake bomb.
The Chelsea Flower Show is opening to the public in London with nearly 160,000 visitors expected to enjoy its displays.
Prince Harry began his new life in the British Army Monday at the elite Sandhurst military academy, and bookmakers were already taking bets on whether he would complete the tough course.
Prince Harry joins Britain's Army Sunday as he begins his new life as a career soldier.
The heir to the British throne Prince Charles and his new wife the Duchess of Cornwall have taken time out from their honeymoon in Scotland to attend their first royal engagement since getting married.
The heir to the British throne Prince Charles and his new bride Camilla have emerged from their Scottish honeymoon estate to attend a small church service together, a day after a regal wedding made official their decades-old love affair.
A solemn ceremony has blessed the wedding of the heir to the British throne Prince Charles and Camilla Parker Bowles, now the Duchess of Cornwall, at which the couple each pledged to be faithful to each other.
The quiet town of Windsor is bracing for an influx of royal well-wishers and the world's media preparing to cover the wedding of the Prince of Wales to Camilla Parker Bowles.
The Prince of Wales and Camilla Parker Bowles will acknowledge their "sins and wickedness" when their wedding is blessed by the Archbishop of Canterbury on Saturday, royal officials said.
CNN will mark the wedding of Prince Charles and Camilla Parker Bowles on Saturday, April 9, with special programming live from Windsor and a range of expert guests and commentators to put the event in context.
Britain's most senior policeman has ordered an inquiry into how a journalist drove a fake "bomb" into the heart of Windsor Castle where heir-to-the-throne Prince Charles will have his marriage blessed this weekend.
The postponed marriage of Prince Charles and Camilla Parker Bowles will be at 12:30 p.m. (1130 GMT) on Saturday, his office has announced.
Prince Charles' wedding to Camilla Parker Bowles has been moved to Saturday to allow Charles to attend Pope John Paul II's funeral at the Vatican on Friday, his office said.
Prince William and Tom Parker Bowles will be witnesses at their parents' wedding, British royal officials said.
The blessing ceremony following the civil marriage of Prince Charles and Camilla Parker Bowles will be shown live on television, the prince's spokesman has told CNN.
Queen Elizabeth II seems to have started a trend by deciding to miss the civil wedding of her son Prince Charles to Camilla Parker Bowles.
The British government has responded to criticism from legal experts by issuing a statement saying the wedding of Prince Charles and Camilla Parker Bowles in a civil ceremony will be lawful.
Britain's Queen Elizabeth II will not attend the civil marriage ceremony on April 8 for her son, Prince Charles, and his long-time companion, Camilla Parker Bowles, Buckingham Palace has said.
Prince Charles and Camilla Parker Bowles may be forced to allow total strangers into their wedding -- commoners who may be allowed to object to the match.
Plans are being frantically made in Britain for the wedding of Prince Charles and Camilla Parker Bowles that leaves planners with a tight deadline.
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Queen Elizabeth II and her husband, Prince Philip, led congratulations to their son Prince Charles and Camilla Parker Bowles on their engagement.
News of the royal marriage spread quickly to the hundreds of tourists gathered outside Buckingham Palace Thursday, but there were mixed views about the announcement.
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