Tag: Diamond Jubilee

• Wednesday, December 19th 2012 - 01:52 UTC

  Queen Elizabeth becomes first monarch since 1781 to attend a cabinet meeting

  

  Queen Elizabeth became on Tuesday the first monarch, since 1781, during the US war of independence, to make a historic visit to Downing Street and attend a cabinet meeting.

• Tuesday, December 18th 2012 - 22:18 UTC

  UK names southern part of British Antarctic Territory “Queen Elizabeth Land”

  

  The Foreign Secretary announced on Tuesday that the southern part of British Antarctic Territory has been named Queen Elizabeth Land.