Jun 25th, 2008 · Britain's Queen Elizabeth II has stripped Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe of his knighthood. This highly unusual move is a protest by the queen over Mugabe's human rights abuses following complaints by Zimbabwe's opposition of intimidation.
Dec 20th, 2007 · Britain's Queen Elizabeth II on Thursday became the island nation's oldest living monarch ever, surpassing her great-great-great grandmother Queen Victoria's record of 81 years and 243 days. Melissa Block marks the royal milestone.
Sep 18th, 2007 · If you've got a stack of books that you know you should read, but you never do, maybe you have something in common Queen Elizabeth II. Or at least with the queen as imagined by writer Alan Bennett in The Uncommon Reader.
May 17th, 2007 · Radio talk show hosts Opie and Anthony have been suspended for making offensive, sexual comments about Condoleezza Rice, Laura Bush and Queen Elizabeth II.
May 7th, 2007 · President Bush's popularity is flagging, but he is playing host to the very popular Queen Elizabeth II, and has a new ally in France. Here's a look at what might be in store for President Bush.
May 6th, 2007 · On the latest stop of her six-day state visit, England's Queen Elizabeth II attended the annual running of the Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs. She witnessed one of the more exciting Derby's of recent years, with horse Street Sense moving from 19th position to the front to win the race.
May 5th, 2007 · Typically the talk at the Kentucky Derby is about what horse will win, and whether the winning horse can take the Triple Crown. But this year the biggest gossip is all about Britian's Queen Elizabeth II. An avid horsewoman, she was at Churchill Downs for the race.
May 5th, 2007 · Britain's Queen Elizabeth II visits the U.S. for the celebration in Virginia of the 400th anniversary of the 1607 founding of Jamestown, the first permanent English settlement in the New World. She's at the Kentucky Derby today. Earlier this week she paid tribute to the Virginia Tech shooting victims.