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Agnès Poirier in France: The Queen reassured us that stability and decency remained in Britain. Now that has gone Six years ago, France was sad to have lost a friend from our union of European nations. Now, we French republicans feel sorrow once more – this time, coude à coude with our close neighbours as […]
Before the announcement of the death of Queen Elizabeth, I, like many journalists, kind of knew. Once, as an aspiring journalist, I’d read that if the Queen died, the BBC would turn black from its signature red. I came across this information again in an explainer video by Business Insider that trended on Twitter hours […]
A tribute on the large screen for the late Queen Elizabeth II at Piccadilly Circus on Sept. 9, 2022 in London, England. Tristan Fewings/Getty Images Queen Elizabeth II, Britain’s longest-serving monarch, died Sept. 8 at the age of 96. Ahead of her funeral and the coronation of her son, King Charles III, Texas A&M […]
When an early draft of Rona Munro’s new play did the rounds, one of the first people to read it had a quibble. They said they had liked the way her original three James Plays had been based on historical fact – the stories of Scotland’s medieval kings, James I, II and III – whereas […]
Newspapers in the Commonwealth and beyond have led with the death of Queen Elizabeth II, with many paying tribute to her accomplishments in seven decades on the throne. Some speculated about how the monarchy might change under King Charles III. The Washington Post’s Twitter account followed the sober format preferred by newspapers in the UK […]
Cate Blanchett was among the stars wearing a black gown to the closing ceremony of Venice International Film Festival on Saturday as actors marked their respect to Queen Elizabeth II following her death. The Australian actress, 53, looked elegant in her one-shoulder ensemble as she joined Julianne Moore, 61, and pregnant Jessica Brown Findlay, 32, in […]
Nehemiah Bailey was a teenage army cadet in early 1950s Jamaica when his troop was called upon to welcome the recently crowned Queen Elizabeth — just a handful of years older than him — for her first visit to his home country. He’d grown up watching her “on television and listened to her on radio and news media throughout her […]
The official announcement from Buckingham Palace will have been preceded by a “call cascade”, with the prime minister informed personally by the Queen’s private secretary, and the news passed through to the cabinet secretary and privy council office, which coordinates government work on behalf of the monarch. Only then will the “official notification” have been […]
British doubles stars Joe Salisbury and Neal Skupski are planning to wear black armbands in tribute to the Queen for their US Open final later on Friday. The pair will be on opposite sides of the net, with Salisbury partnering American Rajeev Ram as they seek to successfully defend their title while Skupski is . […]
Queen Elizabeth II, the longest-reigning monarch in British history, died Thursday. The word came from Buckingham Palace in the late afternoon that the queen had “died peacefully” at the family’s summer retreat at Balmoral Castle in Scotland. She was 96. Her son Charles — who at his mother’s death ascended to the British throne as […]