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opens new $8.6B airport terminal</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/03/14/queen.heathrow/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/03/14/queen.heathrow/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Queen Elizabeth helped launch Heathrow's $8.6 billion new Terminal 5 on Friday as part of the British airport's rejuvenation plan to maintain its status as one of the world's most important transport hubs.</description><pubDate>Fri, 14 Mar 2008 15:19:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Intruder triggers Heathrow security alert</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/03/13/uk.heathrow/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/03/13/uk.heathrow/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>A man was arrested on the runway at London's Heathrow Airport on Wednesday, setting off a major security alert on the eve of a visit by Queen Elizabeth to open a landmark terminal building.</description><pubDate>Thu, 13 Mar 2008 22:35:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>True or False: Religion</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/01/27/eco.myth.land/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/01/27/eco.myth.land/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>True or False: The Catholic Church is the world's largest landowner.</description><pubDate>Sun, 27 Jan 2008 11:38:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Kylie honored by Britain's Queen</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2007/SHOWBIZ/Music/12/29/kylie.royal/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2007/SHOWBIZ/Music/12/29/kylie.royal/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Australian pop star Kylie Minogue and the professor who created Dolly the sheep are among the prominent figures who have received awards from Queen Elizabeth II in her annual New Year Honors list.</description><pubDate>Sun, 30 Dec 2007 12:19:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Queen Elizabeth II: YouTube 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EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Koinange: Hospital scene like 'hell on earth'</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/africa/12/01/btsc.koinange/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/africa/12/01/btsc.koinange/index.html</guid><description>Walking into the highly restricted tuberculosis ward of the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Malawi's second city of Blantyre is a lesson in humility.</description><pubDate>Thu, 01 Dec 2005 17:23:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Police: More UK attacks thwarted</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/europe/11/02/london.terror/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/europe/11/02/london.terror/index.html</guid><description>British forces have thwarted attempts to carry out more terrorist attacks since the July 7 London bombings and a botched bid to repeat them on July 21, the capital's police chief said in remarks published Wednesday.</description><pubDate>Wed, 02 Nov 2005 09:40:00 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marked</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/europe/05/09/channel.islands/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/europe/05/09/channel.islands/index.html</guid><description>Britain's Queen Elizabeth II has visited the Channel Islands to mark the 60th anniversary of their liberation from Nazi rule at the end of World War II.</description><pubDate>Mon, 09 May 2005 13:25:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Designers by royal appointment</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/europe/04/14/queen.designers/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/europe/04/14/queen.designers/index.html</guid><description>Designing clothes for as high profile a figure as Britain's Queen Elizabeth II is one of the greatest challenges the fashion world has to offer.</description><pubDate>Thu, 14 Apr 2005 15:21:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Royal newlyweds vow to be faithful</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/europe/04/09/royal.wedding/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/europe/04/09/royal.wedding/index.html</guid><description>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.</description><pubDate>Sat, 09 Apr 2005 06:42:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Fake bomb probe at wedding castle</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/europe/04/07/royal.security/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/europe/04/07/royal.security/index.html</guid><description>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.</description><pubDate>Thu, 07 Apr 2005 08:14:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Royal wedding blessing on live TV</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/europe/03/18/britain.wedding/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/europe/03/18/britain.wedding/index.html</guid><description>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.</description><pubDate>Fri, 18 Mar 2005 15:50:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>UK honors glow worm war heroes</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/europe/11/24/uk.newwaranimals/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/europe/11/24/uk.newwaranimals/index.html</guid><description>Britain's most unusual war heroes -- including glow worms, elephants and monkeys -- have been honored for their devotion to duty under fire.</description><pubDate>Wed, 24 Nov 2004 17:46:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Oldest British royal dies at 102 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WWI</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/europe/08/04/britain.war.memorial/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/europe/08/04/britain.war.memorial/index.html</guid><description>Frail veterans of World War I have gathered in London to remember the 90th anniversary of the start of the conflict.</description><pubDate>Wed, 04 Aug 2004 11:20:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>World leaders hail D-Day veterans</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/europe/06/06/dday.main.europe/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/europe/06/06/dday.main.europe/index.html</guid><description>World leaders gave a standing ovation to D-Day veterans Sunday at a moving ceremony overlooking the invasion beaches of June 6, 1944.</description><pubDate>Sun, 06 Jun 2004 14:40:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Man quizzed after UK palace scare</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/europe/05/18/uk.royalsecurity/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/europe/05/18/uk.royalsecurity/index.html</guid><description>British police say they are questioning a man who tricked his way into Queen Elizabeth II's main southern English country residence by pretending to be a police officer.</description><pubDate>Tue, 18 May 2004 07:13:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>A bedtime story, for $20,000</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/2004/05/12/pf/goodlife/beds/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/2004/05/12/pf/goodlife/beds/index.htm</guid><description>Do the rich sleep more soundly than everybody else?</description><pubDate>Wed, 12 May 2004 13:25:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Palace acts on queen 'terror risk'</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/europe/05/06/uk.royalsecurity/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/europe/05/06/uk.royalsecurity/index.html</guid><description>Britain's Queen Elizabeth II has appointed a security director after being warned in a report she could be at threat from terrorists.</description><pubDate>Thu, 06 May 2004 09:22:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Queen: Unite in face of threats</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/europe/04/06/queen.france/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/europe/04/06/queen.france/index.html</guid><description>Queen Elizabeth II has warned Britain and France they cannot afford to be divided while facing threats to their security.</description><pubDate>Tue, 06 Apr 2004 09:43:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>UK queen marks Entente Cordiale </title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/europe/04/05/queen.france/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/europe/04/05/queen.france/index.html</guid><description>Queen Elizabeth II is marking 100 years of peace between Britain and France by taking her first trip to Paris on the Eurostar -- one of the strongest symbols of the two countries' ties.</description><pubDate>Mon, 05 Apr 2004 10:38:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Bill Gates, knight</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/2004/01/26/technology/gates_knight/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/2004/01/26/technology/gates_knight/index.htm</guid><description>Microsoft co-founder and chairman Bill Gates will be awarded an honorary knighthood by Britain's Queen Elizabeth for an outstanding contribution to enterprise, officials said Monday.</description><pubDate>Mon, 26 Jan 2004 16:06:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Queen names luxury ocean liner</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/europe/01/08/uk.qmary/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/europe/01/08/uk.qmary/index.html</guid><description>Britain's Queen Elizabeth has named a new $800 million cruise ship, the Queen Mary 2 -- billed by its owner Cunard as the largest passenger ship of its type ever built.</description><pubDate>Thu, 08 Jan 2004 17:33:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Royal Ride</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/2003/07/01/344693/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/2003/07/01/344693/index.htm</guid><description>After 34 years, the Queen Elizabeth 2 will make its final sail between New York City and Southampton, England in April 2004.  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Does the mere thought of Canada after Labor Day give you the shivers? This should warm you up: The Canadian dollar is trading at an all-time low to the Amer...</description><pubDate>Thu, 01 Oct 1998 04:01:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Templeton Comforts The Faithful</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/1998/09/01/247707/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/1998/09/01/247707/index.htm</guid><description>With a founder who has been knighted by Queen Elizabeth, an emerging markets guru who globetrots more than Meadowlark Lemon, and a chief investment officer who sailed for the Bahamas' 1996 Olympic ...</description><pubDate>Tue, 01 Sep 1998 04:01:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>FORTUNE Magazine contents page JUNE 28, 1993 VOL. 127, NO. 13 </title><link>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1993/06/28/78042/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1993/06/28/78042/index.htm</guid><description>36 THE WORLD'S 101 RICHEST PEOPLE Unlike the rest of us in these difficult times, the most prosperous have more money this year than they had last. by Alison Rogers </description><pubDate>Mon, 28 Jun 1993 04:01:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Safe homeowners insurers; curing holiday debt hangovers; college aid tips; the queen's tax bill AND YOU THINK YOU HAVE TAX HEADA</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/1993/01/01/87773/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/1993/01/01/87773/index.htm</guid><description>Imagine your horror if you went from paying zero in taxes one year -- legally -- to owing nearly 40% of your income the next. 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One reason conspicuous consumption...</description><pubDate>Mon, 07 Sep 1992 04:01:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>FORTUNE Magazine contents page SEPTEMBER 11, 1989 VOL. 120, NO. 6 </title><link>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1989/09/11/72482/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1989/09/11/72482/index.htm</guid><description>WEALTH/Cover Stories 44 THE BILLIONAIRES: DO THEY PAY THEIR WAY? For the most part, yes. Many are shrewd risk takers, creating new companies, even whole industries, and lots of jobs. 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