The prince chats up F1 driver Jenson Button, who dated Florence Brudenell-Bruce for two years
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After a firefight with suspected Somali pirates, Danish sailors freed 16 Iranian hostages on board an alleged mother ship, according to the Danish Royal Navy.
When most people go to Hawaii, they head to the beach to relax and get a tan. Sarah Vowell locks herself in historical libraries.
A shooting on board the HMS Astute, a British nuclear submarine making a visit to Southampton, left one person dead and another critically wounded, authorities said Friday.
Boarding teams from the British Navy frigate HMS Cornwall rescued five Yemeni fishermen and captured 17 Somali pirates last week during a rescue operation the Gulf of Aden, the Royal Navy confirmed Tuesday.
Buildings were burning at a prison in southern England on Saturday, more than 12 hours after prisoners started a riot by smashing windows and setting fires.
Police, firefighters and specialist teams were called in after inmates rioted at HMP Ford prison in southern England.
A near two-century-old copy of "The Star Spangled Banner" sold for $506,500 Friday at Christie's auction house in Manhattan.
The officer in charge of the British nuclear submarine that ran aground in October has been removed from command, the Ministry of Defence said Saturday.
The crew saved from a burning fishing ship off the coast of England Wednesday has arrived safely in Falmouth, England, in good health, the ship's owner said Thursday.
A fishing ship whose crew had to be rescued from a fire is limping to port in the United Kingdom, the Maritime and Coastguard Agency told CNN Wednesday.
A multi-national maritime piracy task force said Monday that the crew of a British Royal Fleet Auxiliary ship boarded, cleared and destroyed a suspected pirate vessel off the coast of Somalia, sending nine piracy suspects rowing back to shore.
A British marine was killed during in an exchange of fire with insurgents in southern Afghanistan, the Defense Ministry said.
A British marine died during an exchange of fire with insurgent forces in Afghanistan's Helmand Province, Britain's Ministry of Defence said Tuesday.
A British Marine was killed Wednesday in an explosion in Afghanistan's Helmand province, the Ministry of Defence said in a statement.
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Somali pirates demanded a $7 million ransom for a British couple kidnapped aboard their yacht last week, a British agency said Friday.
A Chinese ship with 146 people aboard was hijacked Monday in the Indian Ocean, the European Union Naval Force said.
Henry Allingham, the world's oldest man and the oldest surviving British veteran from World War I, has died at the age of 113, his care home said Saturday.
From HMS Titanic to the Black Pearl, Hollywood has long felt the lure of the open sea, but who are the seafaring heroes that have plotted a course into our imaginations?
Britain's Prince William forced a Royal Air Force plane to be grounded for days after he flicked the wrong switch and "overcooked" the engine, a newspaper reported Tuesday.
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A British Royal Navy nuclear submarine and its French equivalent collided while on operations in the Atlantic Ocean earlier this month, defense ministries in Paris and London confirmed Monday.
Britain feared that it would have been overwhelmed in the event of a Soviet attack because of the depleted state of its armed forces, according to secret files made public on Tuesday.
Britain's Prince William has helped the U.S. Coast Guard bust a drug smuggling boat carrying cocaine worth a minimum of $80 million.
Wills helps naval colleagues and the U.S. Coast Guard nab alleged drug runners
The British Royal Navy rejected claims Wednesday that one of its vessels using sonar could have caused 26 dolphins to fatally strand themselves in shallow water off the southwest coast of England.
Britain's Prince Andrew served 22 years in the Royal Navy, so he says it now makes him proud to see his two nephews, Princes William and Harry, have roles in the armed services, too.
CNN's Becky Anderson profiles Britain's Prince Andrew.
After failing to release the anchor on his first try, it's tradition to buy crewmates a drink
He will train in drug searches and humanitarian aid during his two-month patrol
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.
Britain's Prince William will spend the summer training on a warship in the Caribbean. CNN's Alphonso Van Marsh reports.
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.
Prince Philip, the husband of Britain's Queen Elizabeth, was admitted to hospital on Friday with a chest infection, Buckingham Palace said.
Two British marines and a Danish soldier have been killed in Afghanistan.
Harry's older brother is set to serve on a warship in potentially dangerous waters
Britain's Prince Andrew on Wednesday defended comments he made suggesting the United States might have been better off had its leaders learned from the British experience with colonialism before invading Iraq.
The bodies of two crewmen have been found and four more remain missing after a French fishing vessel went down in bad weather in the English Channel, a spokeswoman for a nearby Royal Navy air base said Monday.
Britain's Prince William began his attachment with the Royal Air Force on Monday.
The wife of "Canoe Man" John Darwin, presumed dead until he walked into a London police station earlier this month, has been arrested on her return to the UK, police have told CNN.
A canoeist who UK authorities believed was dead has turned up alive -- five-and-a-half years and around 360 km (225 miles) from where he was last seen.
Is that Prince Harry getting into the spirit of Halloween? Not quite. It's not his elaborate costume – but good guess. The royal, suited up in full diving gear, prepares to take the plunge during a visit with the Royal Navy in Portsmouth, England, Wednesday. Already named a Commodore-in-Chief of small ships and diving, the prince took part in a fleet dive at Horsea Island in order to strengthen ties between the royal family and the navy.
At least 250,000 people remain without electricity, and at least another 140,000 homes are not receiving fresh drinking water, British officials said Tuesday.
Nearly 150,000 homes were without drinking water Monday after the worst floodwaters in 60 years swamped large areas of western England.
Iran plans to release a book and CD detailing the arrest and detention of 15 British sailors and marines whom Tehran blames for illegally crossing into Iranian waters, an Iranian military spokesman said.
The British government has banned all military service members from talking to the media in return for payment following a storm of protests over interviews with the 15 marines and sailors who were held captive in Iran.
The following is the full statement of the freed British sailors, read out by their two most senior members, Lieutenant Felix Carman, 26, and Royal Marine Captain Chris Air, 25.
The 15 British military personnel captured by Iranian forces in the Persian Gulf were subjected to "psychological pressure" and kept in isolation during their detention, the group's officers said on Friday.
The 15 British service members held in Iranian custody for nearly two weeks flew out of Tehran Thursday aboard a British Airways jet bound for London, according to Tehran's Mehrabad Airport flight information.
U.S. officials say they have ruled out a possible deal to exchange the 15 British Royal Navy personnel captured by Iran for five Iranians held by U.S. forces in Iraq.
Britain will be allowed to make contact with 15 sailors and marines seized by Iran as soon as a preliminary investigation has been completed, an Iranian official says.
An Iranian patrol seized 15 British marines and sailors on Friday, sparking a diplomatic incident between the two countries and raising concerns over the fate of the personnel involved.
A mysterious shipwreck, marked on a 200-year-old map and discovered outside the Mediterranean port of Acre, Israel, may throw light on Napoleon's attempt to conquer the Holy Land.
Prince Harry, third in line to the British throne, is to join troops serving in Iraq, defense officials confirmed Thursday.
British Prime Minister Tony Blair will order nearly half the British troops in Iraq home by the end of 2007, British news outlets reported early Wednesday.
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.
Around 250 passengers and crew were stranded on ferries in the River Mersey in northern England after a huge unexploded bomb was spotted, the UK coastguard said.
Experts say the whale which got stranded in the Thames in London died from a combination of factors including severe dehydration.
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.
Russian President Vladimir Putin has honored five British rescuers who saved the crew of a Russian mini submarine trapped on the Pacific Ocean floor.
U.S. and British military and law enforcement officials are investigating how a man was able to sneak on board the USS Harry S. Truman last month while the aircraft carrier was making a port call in Portsmouth, England.
The captain of a Royal Navy warship has been relieved of his command and ordered off his ship in a bullying inquiry, British media reports say.
A devil-worshipping sailor in the Royal Navy has become the first registered Satanist in the British Armed Forces.
One of three sailors injured in a fire that disabled a Canadian submarine off the coast of Ireland has died, Prime Minister Paul Martin said Wednesday.
A Canadian submarine bought off Britain four days ago is drifting in rough seas as British ships try to reach it to tow it ashore.
Britain has launched a rescue operation to recover the crew of a Canadian submarine after a fire on board the vessel, the UK Ministry of Defense has said.
Intelligence shows al Qaeda has plans to blow up shipping in a bid to disrupt world trade, Britain's top Naval officer has said in an interview.
Britain is slashing thousands of jobs from its armed forces over the next four years in an effort to save money and revamp the military for modern warfare.
Britain will send an extra 270 troops to Iraq as part of a rotation of forces based there, according to the British Ministry of Defense.
Britain's Prince Charles has led a host of memorial tributes in northern France at the start of a weekend marking the 60th anniversary of D-Day -- remembering the many who gave their lives that day to liberate Europe.
British defense chiefs have admitted to "concern" over a £5 billion ($8.77bn) order for U.S. fighter jets said to be too heavy to take off from Royal Navy ships.
Eleven sailors were permitted to leave a British nuclear submarine after expressing fears over its safety, the Ministry of Defense has confirmed.
British Royal Navy divers have led to safety all six explorers trapped in a warren of caves in eastern Mexico.
British Royal Navy divers on Thursday led to safety all six explorers trapped in a warren of caves in eastern Mexico.
Mexican President Vicente Fox said Wednesday he wants to know why members of the British military were in his country for a cave expedition, but never notified his government.
Divers from the British Royal Navy are set to swim through a flooded cave to try to rescue six British explorers who have been trapped for a week.



