Princess Margaret

Read all about it: Life as we know it is over

Nov 18 2008 by Dan O'Neill, South Wales Echo NOVEMBER, 1938: the month when our eyes were at last well and truly opened to the horrors about to be unleashed by “our friends” the Nazis. This was the month that saw the real...

Ontario researchers play key role in identifying new colorectal cancer genes

Attention News/Health Editors OTTAWA, Nov. 17 /CNW/ - Funding was provided by Genome Canada, the Canadian Cancer Society, the Ontario Institute for Cancer Research (OICR) and Cancer Care Ontario. Colon cancer screening is...

At last! Dai and Roddy end their family feud

So deep was the animosity between Sir Dai Llewellyn and his brother Roddy that the colourful Welsh baronet warned his sibling that if he turned up to his funeral he would leave orders to throw him out.

Fred Newman: Founder of ‘Publishing News’ and the British Book Awards

Enigmatic and audacious, acerbic, unconventional and often very charming, Fred Newman, the co-creator and managing director of the UK trade paper Publishing News and the British Book Awards, has died of cancer at the age of 76.

Trevor Beckford 'organ-ises' transition

WHEN 68-year-old Trevor Beckford, chief organist at Spanish Town's St James Cathedral, gave his 43rd recital at the church on Sunday, November 2, his 12-year-old piano pupil, Brittany Dewdney, shared the programme with him.

Princess Margaret's Painting By Pietro Annigoni

A large rarely-seen 1957 portrait of the Queen's sister, the late HRH The Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon, by the Italian artist Pietro Annigoni is displayed at the National Portrait Gallery from today. It is the first...

A princely party from a mother to her son as Charles celebrates 60th birthday

The wine was chilled to perfection and the red walls of the Queen's Gallery bathed in the glow of towering white candles. As she peeped inside at Buckingham Palace to ensure that all was in order, the monarch permitted herself...

Property overseas: The Jamaica in crowd

Colonial-style cottages on Montego Bay, the haunt of A-list celebrities, are up for grabs. Playground of the rich and famous: Half Moon, a country club in Montego Bay, Jamaica, is a popular destination for celebrities Paradise:...

Who is Queen Elizabeth II?

Queen Elizabeth II Full Name: Elizabeth Alexandra Mary Birthday and birthplace: April 21, 1926 at 17 Bruton Street, Mayfair, London Coronation Day: June 2, 1953 at Westminster Abbey Parents: King George VI and Queen Elizabeth...

The QE2's last voyage

Festooned with flags, and feted by thousands of fans, a special lady will leave Britain tomorrow for the very last time. The most famous ship in the world, the QE2, has made the last of her farewell calls, and like a wealthy...

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