News Archive June 2007

June 30, 2007. Australian politicians rejected the suggestion that Prince William serve as governor-general.
Telegraph article

June 29, 2007. The Queen has appealed to government for needed repairs to Buckingham Palace.
Telegraph article

June 28, 2007. Buckingham Palace released information pertaining to the cost of the monarchy.
BBC News article

June 27, 2007. Archaeologists may have solved the mystery of one of Egypt's greatest queens.
Telegraph article
His income rising, the Prince of Wales declared himself "carbon neutral."
Telegraph articles

June 25, 2007. Europe's youngest royal parents delighted onlookers at Luxembourg's National Day celebrations.
Hello! article
Louis XIV's legendary Hall of Mirrors at Versailles has been restored to its former glory.
Telegraph article

June 24, 2007. Nepal's prime minister believes that only a double abdication in favor of Prince Hridayendra, 5, can save the monarchy.
Sunday Times article

June 21, 2007. Twenty-five today, Prince William is now entitled to his portion of his mother's financial legacy.
BBC News article

June 20, 2007. Hopes that Nepal's King Gyanendra and Crown Prince Paras will step aside have focused attention on Paras's young son Hridayendra.
Times of India article

June 19, 2007. Matt Lauer's interview exposed Americans to a more personal side of Princes William and Harry.
MSNBC article
The founding leader of one of Nepal's political parties called for the preservation of the monarchy.
NepalNews article
A new Russian film claims that the 1916 murder of Grigori Rasputin was part of a British plot to replace Tsar Nicholas II (1868-1918) with his cousin Grand Duke Dmitri (1890-1942).
Telegraph article

June 18, 2007. In their first American television interview, Princes William and Harry talked about how they coped after their mother's death.
MSNBC article
Prince William will receive a considerable income from his mother's will upon his 25th birthday.
Telegraph article
Some of the lesser-known members of the British royal family joined the Queen on the Buckingham Palace balcony this weekend.
Hello! article

June 17, 2007. The Queen marked her official birthday yesterday with the Trooping the Colour parade.
Telegraph article

June 16, 2007. The Bulgarian royal family celebrated former King Simeon II's 70th birthday.
Novinite article

June 15, 2007. The sons of Diana, Princess of Wales hope she will be remembered for her good deeds.
Telegraph article
Queen Elizabeth II joined Lady Thatcher to mark the 25th anniversary of Britain's Falklands victory.
Telegraph article

June 14, 2007. Nepal's parliament voted itself the power to abolish the monarchy if King Gyanendra interferes with November's elections.
BBC News article
Princes William and Harry expressed their excitement over the upcoming musical tribute to their mother.
BBC News article

June 13, 2007. A Norwegian political scientist believes that the monarchy has actually gained in influence.
Aftenposten article
Greece plans to turn the long abandoned royal palace of Tatoi into a museum.
[South African] Independent article
Prince Harry said he will never stop wondering about the crash that killed his mother.
Telegraph article

June 12, 2007. Princes William and Harry spoke to NBC's Matt Lauer in an interview to air Monday.
MSNBC article (excerpts)
BBC News article

June 11, 2007. The Ethiopian government wants the remains of Prince Alemayehu retunred in time for their millenium celebrations.
Telegraph article
A daughter of the Sultan of Brunei married a civil servant in a lavish ceremony.
Telegraph article

June 10, 2007. Exiled Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi warned against an invasion of Iran.
Haaretz article
Prince Philip, 86 today, continues to be worshipped as a god in Vanuatu.
BBC News article

June 7, 2007. Napoleon's heir seeks a seat in the French parliament.
BBC News article

June 5, 2007. Support for the survival in some form of the monarchy is still strong in Nepal.
Telegraph Nepal article

June 4, 2007. Welsh republicans objected to the royal opening of the Welsh Assembly.
News Wales article

June 3, 2007. The President of Ethiopia asked the Queen of Great Britain to return the remains of Prince Alemayehu, son of Emperor Theodore II (1820-1868), who died there in 1879.
BBC News article
Some analysts expect the Queen to prefer Gordon Brown to Tony Blair.
Daily Express article

June 2, 2007. Queen Elizabeth II spent the fifty-fourth anniversary of her coronation at the Epsom Derby.
BBC News article
The White Rajahs of Sarawak played a unique role in Southeast Asian history.
Telegraph article


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