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Queen Elizabeth

  1. royals
    Australia Banishes King Charles From Its BanknotesIn the battle to succeed his mother on Australian $5 bills, Charles loses to the First Australians.
  2. royals
    Sorry, Americans, But King Charles May Hate UsFrom fixing him up with Nixon’s daughter to staging the Princess Diana–John Travolta dance, we’ve often shown him a bad time.
  3. royals
    Charles in ChargeBritain’s new sovereign may yet learn, at a rather advanced age, how to comport himself.
  4. royals
    Queen Elizabeth’s Awkward Visits With U.S. Presidents, RankedMany presidents made fools of themselves on royal visits, from making the monarch hang out in a MLB dugout to kissing the Queen Mother on the lips.
  5. royals
    Queen Elizabeth Was the First Monarch We Thought We KnewCrowned at the dawn of the TV age, she was defined by her distance as much as her ubiquity.
  6. select all
    Feast Your Eyes on the Horror That Is Trump’s Face With Queen Elizabeth’s BodyTerrifying.
  7. Justin Trudeau Just Found Another Excuse to Do Push-ups in PublicBecause we all know Trudeau wouldn’t pass up an opportunity to show off his physical prowess in public.
  8. If You’re a Famous Person, Don’t Look at Anything EverThe Royals and the Obamas team up for a good meme.
  9. royal robots
    Britain’s Prince Philip: Still a Jerk, After 90 Years“Do you still throw spears at each other?”
  10. foreign relations
    Barack and Michelle Met William and Kate TodayAnd other things happened on the presidential visit to London, but who really cares?
  11. terrorble
    Bomb Discovered in Ireland in Anticipation of Queen Elizabeth’s VisitBut that didn’t stop her!
  12. blobs
    Queen Elizabeth Is a Great-Grandmother NowShe’s the first British monarch to be a great-grandparent in a hundred years.
  13. international intrigue
    When Tony Blair Thinks of Prince Charles, Mushrooms Come to MindThat, and more highlights from the former prime minister’s Q&A with Graydon Carter.
  14. no you did not
    Carla Bruni and Michelle Obama Discuss Michelle’s Meeting With the QueenWe only have a photo of this exchange, but it says a thousand words.
  15. early and often
    Chris Smith: Why Obama’s Royal Meeting Was More Than Just a Hug and a HandshakeThere’s a history behind the president’s first meeting with the monarch, and it goes beyond our two countries’ friendly recent pasts.
  16. early and awesome
    Michelle Obama Partially Embraces Queen, Brits Go a Bit Mad“In 57 years, the Queen has never been seen to make that kind of gesture and it is certainly against all protocol to touch her.”
  17. gossipmonger
    Katie Holmes Went to Her Apartment Christmas Party for Two MinutesBut hey, she went, right? Plus, non-famous blind people fail to stand up for Most Excellent Governor Ever Paterson, and should be ashamed. In the gossip roundup.