Balle balle! British Queen to be guarded by Sikhs

LONDON - Two years after the British army abandoned a proposal to raise a Sikh regiment, the country’s reining monarch has got her first Sikh bodyguards.

British Queen gets her first Sikh bodyguards

LONDON - Britain’s reigning monarch has her first Sikh bodyguards, a newspaper reported.

Queen Elizabeth II will be guarded by Signaler Simranjit Singh, 26, and Lance Corporal Sarvjit Singh, 28, the paper said.

British economists apologize, tell Queen Elizabeth II no one saw the financial crisis coming

LONDON — Sorry Ma’am — we just didn’t see it coming.

Queen to run out of funds by 2012

LONDON - An annual account of the Royal Household’s expenditure has revealed that Queen will run out of funds by 2012, her Diamond Jubilee year, unless the government increases the Civil List.

Queen’s advisers reject MPs demand to open Buckingham Palace more often

LONDON - British monarch Queen Elizabeth II has said that she will not accede to an MPs demand to open Buckingham Palace more often to the public to generate millions in extra revenue for badly needed repairs.

What’s in a name? A history lesson found in London’s streets names

LONDON — Bleeding Heart Yard. Houndsditch. Spitalfields. Elephant and Castle.

Backed by robust economic growth, India’s clout ascends on global arena

When India committed $10 billion to the kitty of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) in April this year and its opinion was sought on how to overcome the worst global recession in six decades, it marked a major turning point in terms of its economic advancement as well as growing clout on the world stage.

Queen, Michelle Obama strike ‘firm friendship since G20 summit meet’

LONDON - Queen Elizabeth II and Michelle Obama have struck a firm friendship since they first met at the G20 summit in London in April, according to sources.

Prince of Wales to attend 65th D-Day anniversary

LONDON - Prince Charles is expected to represent Queen Elizabeth at a ceremony to mark the landing of Allied troops on a beach in Normandy, France.

Obama aiming to reverse Queen Elizabeth’s Normandy ceremony snub

WASHINGTON - US President Barack Obama has expressed his desire to have Queen Elizabeth invited to the D-Day commemoration ceremony, that he will attend along with French President Nicolas Sarkozy on June 6 at Normandy in France.

Obama’s Gramps: Marching across France with the Ninth Air Force, supporting Patton’s Army

WASHINGTON — Surely, Stanley Dunham was gazing skyward 65 years ago, on D-Day.

Buckingham Palace officials livid over Sarkozy’s D-Day snub to Queen

LONDON - Buckingham Palace officials are very angry with French President Nicolas Sarkozy because he has not invited the Queen as a guest at next week’s D-Day 65th anniversary.

Queen’s ex guardsman arrested for child porn possession

LONDON - A former guardsman of Queen Elizabeth has been taken into custody after being caught having more than thousand child sex photos.

Race row over British Queen’s tea party

LONDON - The Mayor of London Thursday accused the anti-migrant British National Party (BNP) of seeking to whip up a ‘political stunt’ after its leader was reported headed for the British Queen’s garden party.

Queen Elizabeth “displeased” with MPs’ expenses scandal

LONDON - As the astounding disclosure in Britain’s parliamentary expenses scam continues to roll out names, Queen Elizabeth has expressed her “dismay” privately.

Buckingham Palace cops ’sat on Queen’s throne’, sold porn

LONDON - A former Royal cop has claimed that police officers stationed at Buckingham Palace spent their night shifts running gambling syndicates, selling hard-core pornography and posed for pictures on the Queen’s throne.

Cricket-loving explorers head for match on Everest

LONDON - A party of 50 cricket-loving explorers departed Lord’s yesterday for an unusual tour. In 11 days’ time, after flying, driving and finally trekking to a plateau 5,000 metres (17,000 ft) up in the Himalayas, more than three miles above sea level, they will play a match of Twenty20 cricket and set a world record: the highest altitude recorded for a field sport.

‘Busy bee’ Jordan turns down lunch invite at Buckingham Palace

LONDON - Katie Price a.ka. Jordan has claimed that she was invited to lunch at Buckingham Palace but declined the offer because she was in America.

Michelle Obama disappoints top US designers with London outfits

LONDON - Michelle Obama may have wowed the Brits with her chic outfits during her London visit but top US fashion designers worry her designs “don’t carry the right message”.

Prince Philip’s Cameron gaffe during Obama’s meeting with the Queen

LONDON - Prince Philip made a gaffe when U.S. President Barack Obama and his wife Michelle met the Queen at Buckingham Palace.

India is part of the solution, not part of the problem

LONDON - There seems to be a bit of a martyr act being played out by emerging economies as they lay the blame squarely on the rich nations for the cesspool of a financial crisis that the world finds itself in.

Obama denies G20 split, sets new foreign policy aims

LONDON - US President Barack Obama rejected Wednesday talk of deep divisions between the world’s big economic powers gathering in London for a summit on the global economic crisis, while he also laid out new foreign policy directions for his administration.

Equal right to royal women in Britain on anvil

LONDON - Britain could soon witness a historic change in the rules of succession to the throne, including giving royal women an equal right to access the throne.

Mariah Carey keen to start a family

NEW YORK - Pop star Mariah Carey has revealed her plan to start a family with her husband Nick Cannon, and she is keen to have a baby girl.

Queen Elizabeth to receive Obama and wife, say British reports

LONDON - US President Barack Obama and his wife Michelle are expected to be received by Queen Elizabeth II during the Group of 20 (G20) summit in London next month, according to media reports Friday.

‘Baby Spice’ gets Christmas card from British royals

NEW DELHI - Former Spice Girls star Emma Bunton, who receives an annual Christmas card from British royals - princes Williams and Harry - says this year she wants to send one back to them.