Tag: Prince William

• Tuesday, July 23rd 2013 - 15:01 UTC

  Falklands send message of congratulations to the Royal Family

  

  The Falkland Islands Government has sent a letter of congratulations to the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge on the safe arrival of their baby son.

• Monday, July 22nd 2013 - 20:23 UTC

  Duchess of Cambridge gives birth to a boy; third in the line of succession

  

  The Duchess of Cambridge has given birth to a baby boy, Kensington Palace has announced. The baby was delivered at 16:24 BST at St Mary's Hospital in Paddington, west London, weighing 8lb 6oz.

• Thursday, June 7th 2012 - 21:26 UTC

  Duke of Cambridge Falklands’ experience earns him his SAR captain wings

  

  After sharpening his flying skills in the disputed Falkland Islands, the Duke of Cambridge has qualified as a helicopter search and rescue captain.

• Wednesday, March 21st 2012 - 21:16 UTC

  Prince William ends routine tour in Falklands and is back in UK with Kate

  

  Britain's Prince William was reunited with his wife on Wednesday after returning home from a tour of duty. The future king arrived at RAF Brize Norton in Oxfordshire on the morning after leaving on February 1 for a tour with his Search and Rescue squadron in the Falkland Islands.

• Thursday, March 8th 2012 - 00:12 UTC

  Morrissey performs with “hate T-shirts” and insists the Falklands are Argentine

  

  Morrissey's band performed in front of 15,000 fans in Argentina wearing “We Hate William and Kate” T-shirts, courting further controversy over his stance on the Falkland Islands.

• Friday, February 24th 2012 - 19:14 UTC

  The Malvinas/Falklands: diplomacy interrupted

  

  Sending Prince William to the Malvinas, or Falkland Islands, gives out a message of intimidation. By Sean Penn

• Friday, February 24th 2012 - 07:46 UTC

  Argentine claims of Falklands’ ‘militarization’ is ‘unfounded and baseless’

  

  Argentine claims that the UK is ‘militarizing’ the South Atlantic and the Falklands are ‘unfounded’ and ‘baseless’ according to a letter from British ambassador Mark Lyall-Grant addressed to the UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon.

• Thursday, February 23rd 2012 - 05:14 UTC

  Mujica says presence of Prince William in Malvinas is not a ‘nice’ gesture

  

  Uruguayan president Jose Mujica said that the presence of Prince William, heir to the British Crown, in the Malvinas Islands is a gesture “not at all nice” and called for the dispute with Argentina not to become military because it’s no good for anybody, least for the region.

• Thursday, February 16th 2012 - 04:47 UTC

  US disregards Argentine claim of UK’s Falklands’ and South Atlantic ‘militarization’

  

  It took a couple of days but finally on Wednesday US State Department spokesperson Victoria Nuland said the US “has no concerns” about the alleged ‘militarization’ of the South Atlantic which was denounced by Argentina last week before the United Nations at three different levels.

• Friday, February 10th 2012 - 01:01 UTC

  Timerman on Friday formalizes at UN complaint against UK ‘militarization’ of Malvinas dispute

  

  Argentine president Cristina Fernandez gave instructions for the formal complaint before the United Nations accusing the United Kingdom of ‘militarization’ of the South Atlantic and Malvinas Islands be presented on Friday, according to a release from the Argentine Ministry of Foreign Affairs.