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Man arrested after police attack outside Buckingham Palace

London - Muslimchronicle

A man was arrested on Friday after attacking police with a knife outside Queen Elizabeth II's Buckingham Palace residency in London, police said. "The man was stopped...at approximately 20:35 hours (1935 GMT) by officers at the Mall outside Buckingham Palace in possession of knife. Two male police officers suffered minor injuries to their arm," said a Metropolitan Police statement. Read more

Harry constantly in trouble, Princess Diana

Dubai - ArabToday

Letters sent by Britain’s late Princess Diana — including one in which she described a young Prince Harry as being “constantly in trouble” while at boarding school — sold for thousands of pounds at an auction Thursday. The six handwritten notes were sent to Cyril Dickman, a former head steward at Buckingham Palace, during the 1980s and 1990s. In one,Read more

UK Queen misses Christmas service

Sandringham - Arab Today

A bad cold kept Queen Elizabeth II from attending the traditional Christmas morning church service near her Sandringham estate in rural Norfolk, England, raising some concerns about her health. It’s extremely rare for Elizabeth, now 90, to miss the service, which is a cornerstone of the royal family’s Christmas celebrations and brings the monarch into contact with locals who gather outside forRead more

Cameron bows out with jokes, May to take over as British PM

London - Arab Today

David Cameron entertained parliament with a series of farewell quips on Wednesday in his last appearance as prime minister before making way for Theresa May to lead the monumental task of extricating Britain from the European Union. “This morning I had meetings with ministerial colleagues and others. Other than one meeting this afternoon with Her Majesty the Queen, the diaryRead more

Thousands brave rain for queen's 90th birthday picnic

London - Arab Today

Thousands of people gathered in the rain for a street party outside Buckingham Palace on Sunday, part of a weekend of celebrations to mark Queen Elizabeth II's 90th birthday. With The Mall lined with Union flags, picnickers donned plastic ponchos as a summer shower hit central London. But guests insisted that the downpour would not put a dampener on theRead more