2010年11月19日星期五

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Yahoo! News: World - Britain

Prince Charles hints at 'Queen Camilla' (AFP)

Posted: 19 Nov 2010 04:47 PM PST

Prince of Wales Charles (L) and the Duchess of Cornwall Camilla Parker Bowles talk during the burial ceremony of an unknown World War One soldier in Fromelles, northern France, on June 2010. Prince Charles has said for the first time that his wife Camilla could be crowned queen, reopening a debate over the status of the woman he married eight years after the death of Princess Diana.(AFP/File/Denis Charlet)AFP - Prince Charles has said for the first time that his wife Camilla could be crowned queen, reopening a debate over the status of the woman he married eight years after the death of Princess Diana.

Prince Charles says Camilla may be queen (AP)

Posted: 19 Nov 2010 03:22 PM PST

Britain's Prince Charles, The Prince of Wales, President, The Prince's Trust, and The Duchess of Cornwall meet Barry Humphries in character as Dame Edna Everidge (2nd right) and Paloma Faith (right) at The Prince's Trust Rock Gala, at the Royal Albert Hall in London, Wednesday Nov. 17, 2010.(AP Photo / Arthur Edwards/The Sun/ Pool)AP - Prince Charles has reopened a sensitive debate in Britain by suggesting his wife Camilla may take the title of queen when he becomes monarch. The comments came in an interview with U.S. network NBC recorded in August and due to be broadcast later Friday.

Plane carrying donor organ crashes at UK airport (AP)

Posted: 19 Nov 2010 12:26 PM PST

AP - A small plane carrying a liver for transplant crashed and burst into flames at England's Birmingham Airport Friday. Two crew members were injured, but rescuers managed to salvage the donor organ and rush it to a nearby hospital

Middleton royal dress bargain! Prince not included (Reuters)

Posted: 19 Nov 2010 11:45 AM PST

Britain's Prince William and his fiancee Kate Middleton pose for a photograph in St. James's Palace, in central London November 16, 2010. REUTERS/Suzanne PlunkettReuters - British supermarket Tesco has come to the rescue of bargain-hunting royal wannabes with a cut-price version of the dress Kate Middleton wore to announce her engagement to Britain's Prince William.

British victim of clergy abuse speaks out (AFP)

Posted: 19 Nov 2010 10:33 AM PST

(L-R)Members of the Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests (SNAP), Lucy Duckworth, Joelle Casteix and Norbert Denef hold pictures of the time they were children during a protest action at Piazza Navona in Rome.(AFP/Tiziana Fabi)AFP - Lucy Duckworth, who protested against paedophile priests in Rome on Friday, was just five years old when she was first abused at her Sunday school in the quiet village of Oxted in Surrey.

New peers announced for Britain's House of Lords (AP)

Posted: 19 Nov 2010 09:23 AM PST

AP - Celebrity divorce lawyer Fiona Shackleton is among more than 50 new peers appointed to Britain's House of Lords Friday.

Google agrees to delete Street View data in Britain (AFP)

Posted: 19 Nov 2010 09:19 AM PST

A special camera of Google is picured during a press conference on November 18 in Germany. Google has agreed to delete private emails and passwords mistakenly picked up from wireless networks in Britain by its Street View cars, the British information commissioner said Friday.(AFP/File/Johannes Eisele)AFP - Google has agreed to delete private emails and passwords mistakenly picked up from wireless networks in Britain by its Street View cars, the information commissioner said Friday.

UK PM's aide quits after playing down austerity impact (Reuters)

Posted: 19 Nov 2010 08:54 AM PST

Britain's enterprise advisor David Young is seen arriving at number 10 Downing Street in London, in this November 1, 2010 file photograph. Young resigned his post as enterprise advisor on November 19, 2010, a spokeswoman for Prime Minister David Cameron, said. REUTERS/Suzanne Plunkett/FilesReuters - A senior aide to Prime Minister David Cameron resigned on Friday after a political storm blew up over his remark that Britons have "never had it so good," despite pain from the deepest public spending cuts in decades.

Brazilians flaunt Kate's engagement ring, for 3 dlrs (AFP)

Posted: 19 Nov 2010 08:45 AM PST

A picture released of Kate Middleton's engagement ring during a media call with Britain's Prince William on Tuesday. The upcoming royal wedding has sparked a fever in Brazil, with Rio residents snapping up three-dollar copies of Princess Diana's engagement ring.(AFP)AFP - Britain's upcoming royal wedding between Prince William and Kate Middleton has sparked a fever in Brazil, with Rio residents snapping up three-dollar copies of Princess Diana's engagement ring.

British brides live in fear of royal wedding date (AP)

Posted: 19 Nov 2010 07:18 AM PST

People walk past Westminster Abbey in London, Friday, Nov. 19, 2010. Westminster Abbey is the leading contender for the wedding venue of Prince William and Kate Middleton, after the bride-to-be was photographed leaving the central London landmark on Wednesday evening. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)AP - The wedding of Wills and Kate is the only one that matters next year. Unless, of course, you're having one yourself.

Catholics: 50 Church of England priests may join (AP)

Posted: 19 Nov 2010 06:25 AM PST

AP - About 50 Church of England priests have expressed interest in joining five of their bishops in converting to Roman Catholicism, a senior Catholic leader said Friday.

UK govt releases 'unprecedented' mass of data (AFP)

Posted: 19 Nov 2010 06:04 AM PST

Three contortionists squeeze into a small perspex house in Leicester Square in central London in 2006, in a protest organised by the charity 'Shelter' against overcrowded housing conditions. Spending on Perspex desk dividers is among the items disclosed by the government in an 'unprecedented' release of data(AFP/File/John D Mchugh)AFP - An unprecedented mass of detail about government spending has been released as the coalition pushed ahead with its transparency agenda.

UK PM's aide resigns after glossing over austerity (Reuters)

Posted: 19 Nov 2010 05:41 AM PST

Reuters - A senior adviser to Prime Minister David Cameron resigned on Friday after saying most Britons had "never had it so good" even though many face benefit cuts or unemployment due to a public spending squeeze.

Downton Abbey author becomes a Lord (AFP)

Posted: 19 Nov 2010 04:46 AM PST

Highclere Castle where Julian Fellowes' hit drama Downtown Abbey was filmed. The Queen has awarded Fellowes a life peerage.(AFP)AFP - The author of smash hit ITV costume drama "Downton Abbey" has received a life peerage, as one of a new set of honours announced by Prime Minister David Cameron's Downing Street office on Friday.

Wagner 'moves out' of X-Factor house (AFP)

Posted: 19 Nov 2010 02:12 AM PST

Failed X Factor contestant Gamu Nhengu has been granted the right to challenge her deportation to Zimbabwe.(The X Factor)AFP - X Factor hopeful Wagner has moved out of the house he shared with other contestants, the Daily Mirror reported.

Exhibition: English is totally awesome, my crumpet (Reuters)

Posted: 19 Nov 2010 02:10 AM PST

The Houses of Parliament and the Big Ben are seen before the State Opening of Parliament in London, November 6, 2007. REUTERS/Alessia PierdomenicoReuters - "I wrote 2 U B4" pens a poet to his lady love, but don't be deceived -- the short message is not a snippet from an iPhone text, but a 19th century form of word play.

Student admits 'eat and run' thefts at restaurants (AFP)

Posted: 19 Nov 2010 01:54 AM PST

London's L'Oranger resturant, where Janis Nords has admitted carrying out an AFP - A film student has admitted carrying out a series of "eat-and-run" thefts at London restaurants to impress his "high maintenance" girlfriend, the Evening Standard reported.

Jason Manford quits One Show over sexual messages (AFP)

Posted: 19 Nov 2010 12:57 AM PST

Panasonic employees talk via a Skype video link during a product launch at a factory in Amagasaki, Japan, in January. Jason Manford has resigned from BBC topical magazine programme The One Show after admitting that he shared sexual messages with female fans, including via a Skype linkup.(AFP/File/Yoshikazu Tsuno)AFP - Jason Manford has resigned from BBC topical magazine programme The One Show after admitting that he shared sexual internet messages with female fans.

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