| October 26, 2006 | -
England's
Queen Elizabeth II strained her back.
| Source:
New York Times
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| June 29, 2006 | - It was
announced that the Royal Family
cost U.K. taxpayers about $68 million
last year. “Our key aim,” said the Keeper of the Privy Purse,
“is not to try and achieve a low-cost
monarchy.”
| Source:
Scotsman
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| June 18, 2006 | - The Lakeland, Florida, English
swan population, which is descended from swans given to the city by the Queen of England in 1957, was being eaten by alligators at three times the normal rate.
| Source:
NewsNet5.com
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| June 23, 2005 | -
British taxpayers were each paying the equivalent of $1.12 yearly to support the royal family. “We believe,” said the keeper of the privy purse, “this represents a value-for-money monarchy. We're not looking to provide the cheapest monarchy.”
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| February 24, 2005 | -
Queen Elizabeth announced that she would not attend the wedding ceremony of her son, Charles, and Camilla Parker Bowles, but insisted this was not a snub.
| Source:
New York Timesimes
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| December 24, 2003 | - Princess Anne's English bull terrier Dotty mauled Pharos, Queen Elizabeth's favorite corgi, which had to be put down as a result; the princess was convicted last year under the Dangerous Dogs Act after Dotty attacked two children in a park.
| Source:
BBC
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| November 27, 2003 | - It was revealed that the Queen of England often eats cornflakes for breakfast out of a Tupperware container and that Prince Andrew loves to play jokes on the servants, especially by hiding a puppet called Monkey in a different place every day.
| Source:
New York Times
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| June 23, 2003 | - The new Harry Potter book sold about 5 million copies in one day; the author, J. K. Rowling, was said to be richer than the Queen of England.
| Source:
New York Times
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| January 21, 2003 | -
The queen of England underwent an operation on her knee.
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| November 26, 2002 | -
Prince Philip, Queen Elizabeth's husband, denied an accusation from Princess Diana's “energy healer” that he had sent letters to the late princess calling her a “harlot” and a “trollop.” Russia's Ministry of Education proposed a ban on Barbie dolls.
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| August 6, 2002 | -
Queen Elizabeth II visited a mosque and took off her shoes; she was the first reigning British monarch to do so.
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| June 11, 2002 | -
A number of elderly pop stars, including Sir Paul McCartney, Sir Cliff Richard, and Brian Wilson, performed at Buckingham Palace to celebrate the 50-year reign of Queen Elizabeth II. Ozzy Osbourne sang Black Sabbath's “Paranoid.”
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| June 4, 2002 | -
There was a fire at Buckingham Palace, which led to an evacuation, and the Queen was said to be approaching a “net worth of nil.”
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| April 2, 2002 | -
Milton Berle died, as did Billy Wilder and Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother.
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| February 19, 2002 | -
Former New York mayor Rudolph Giuliani received an honorary knighthood from Queen Elizabeth but did not kneel.
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| September 4, 2001 | - Puff Daddy, a rapper, told a German magazine that the Queen of England has a poor fashion sense: “She should stick to muted shades and combine gray, black, and earth tones,” said Mr. Daddy. “Those pastel shades she wears don't suit her at all and she has to do something about that haircut.”
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| July 31, 2001 | -
Queen Elizabeth's husband told a 13-year-old boy he was too fat to be an astronaut.
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| June 19, 2001 | -
Porno magazines and a painted swastika were found behind a seat panel in the Queen of England's Jaguar automobile; a Jaguar employee resigned over the incident.
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| March 20, 2001 | -
England's Princess Ann, the daughter of Queen Elizabeth II, pled guilty to driving 93 mph in a 70 mph zone last summer; the princess just kept driving after she saw the police car flashing its lights at her speeding Bentley, assuming, she said, that it was offering to escort her.
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| December 26, 2000 | -
Nature, the science magazine, reported that the Queen of England's accent has become noticeably more vulgar over the last four decades.
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| November 28, 2000 | -
Queen Elizabeth II was photographed wringing the neck of a wounded pheasant which a hunting
dog had dropped at her feet; British
animal-rights types were appalled. At church the next day, the Queen wore a red hat accented with pheasant feathers.
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| November 21, 2000 | -
Queen Elizabeth II of England banned the use of cell phones among her retainers.
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| August 8, 2000 | -
Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother of England turned 100.
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