Fourteen Commonwealth countries share a head of state — Britain’s King Charles III — but calls to replace him with a republic are growing.
“She died — although at the age of 96 — too soon,” said Marketplace’s Stephen Beard.
The train line, honoring the monarch’s Platinum Jubilee, was overbudget and behind schedule. But it’s also shortening travel times.
There are only 800 companies who have one, and it takes some effort to get it.
Each year on Christmas, Queen Elizabeth delivers a holiday message to her subjects. This year, she's making her 3D debut.
Britain is marking Queen Elizabeth’s 60-year reign, but some complain the celebrations and extra public holidays cost too much in a recession.
Britain’s Queen Elizabeth still handles a strenuous program of foreign trips and public ceremonies. Some ask how much longer she should carry on.
Fred Goodwin led the Royal Bank of Scotland when it nearly collapsed during the financial crisis in 2008. The queen has now taken away his title of knight, leaving him in some less-than-honorable company.
The Queen normally celebrates her birth privately on the actual day and publicly with a June ceremony at Buckingham Palace. In addition to the…
