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The Queen's English: changes through the years - Telegraph.co.uk

Mon, 21 May 2012 17:23:24 GMT

Telegraph.co.uk

The Queen's English: changes through the years
Telegraph.co.uk
The Queen's English has changed over 60 years, and much for the better, argues the 'Countdown' word guru. By Susie Dent The notion of “Queen's English” is usually applied to our pronunciation. Taking the term at its most literal, our monarch's own ...

Why they hate us - Livemint

Fri, 25 May 2012 16:01:54 GMT

Why they hate us
Livemint
So goes the first line of the first, and some say best, detective novel published in Queen's English. Orient express: Films like The Deceivers, starring Pierce Brosnan, have long exoticized India. Photo: Merchant Ivory/Michael White/The Kobal ...

Scots Reveal Mixed Mood About Queen's Jubilee - Sky News

Sun, 27 May 2012 02:44:20 GMT

Sky News

Scots Reveal Mixed Mood About Queen's Jubilee
Sky News
Only 41% said the Queen made them feel proud to be Scottish while a total of 58% took national pride from Billy Connolly. South of the border, 80% of people questioned said the Queen made them feel proud to be English. To gauge a Scottish view of the ...
Jubilee fever: How cruise lines plan to celebrateBreaking Travel News
Diamond jubilee celebrations: our readers respondThe Guardian

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Queen Elizabeth II lookalike Margaret Southcoat at home in Hull. Photograph ... - The Guardian

Fri, 25 May 2012 22:39:10 GMT

The Guardian

Queen Elizabeth II lookalike Margaret Southcoat at home in Hull. Photograph ...
The Guardian
Prior to that she had worked as an English and business studies teacher, and always enjoyed having a career, juggling her work to have her two sons. People had always remarked on her uncanny resemblance to the Queen, nicknaming her "Your Majesty", ...

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Mine's by Royal appointment - Daily Mail

Sat, 26 May 2012 21:14:35 GMT

Daily Mail

Mine's by Royal appointment
Daily Mail
Personally, I'll be cracking open some English fizz. And I'm not alone – the Queen, too, is a fan. For my Jubilee celebrations I've already bought some of Camel Valley's fab sparkling Pinot Noir Rosé 2010. Expect the zinging flavours of our hedgerow ...

Elizabeth's second! The woman who's stood in for the Queen for 24 years - Daily Mail

Fri, 25 May 2012 22:46:01 GMT

Telegraph.co.uk

Elizabeth's second! The woman who's stood in for the Queen for 24 years
Daily Mail
By Rebecca English, Royal Correspondent And for the last 24 of them, it turns out she's had a secret weapon – the unassuming Ella Slack. The former BBC manager has, unbeknown to anyone except a handful of key advisers, spent the last quarter of a ...
Jubilee high teas on high seasManchester Evening News
Shared glory of the Diamond QueensTelegraph.co.uk
No fanfare, but no revolution eitherMelbourne Weekly Bayside
Financial Times -Toronto Star
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Thames holds a mirror to 60 years of change - The Guardian

Sat, 26 May 2012 21:00:54 GMT

Thames holds a mirror to 60 years of change
The Guardian
During the next few weeks, from the Queen's diamond jubilee to the Olympic climax, a pageant of contemporary history and culture will be enacted along the banks of the Thames. Dunkirk will be remembered by survivors from the "Little Ships".

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Highlights of the English season - Financial Times

Fri, 25 May 2012 23:13:07 GMT

Financial Times

Highlights of the English season
Financial Times
The 22-goal Queen's Cup is the first top-class tournament of the English summer, drawing the world's leading professionals and most ambitious patrons, together with the best horsepower the British game can offer. Among the star names on the 16 teams ...

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Praise Queen Victoria for our right to fish - Ottawa Citizen

Sat, 26 May 2012 02:39:17 GMT

Praise Queen Victoria for our right to fish
Ottawa Citizen
The public fishery was resurrected when English barons forced King John to sign the Magna Carta in a muddy field outside London in 1215 — a clause forbade the king from killing what was left of the public fishery. Queen Elizabeth I ordered Sir Francis ...

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Queen Elizabeth II: An AZ guide - Toronto Star

Fri, 25 May 2012 22:51:22 GMT

Queen Elizabeth II: An AZ guide
Toronto Star
So, in this summer of royal tours and celebrations to mark the Queen's Diamond Jubilee, how best to commemorate her long reign? Herewith, an AZ guide to some of the less familiar, though no less revealing, aspects of a royal life: ALLAH — The nickname ...

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