Festive down to the last corgi
An online petition calling for the British monarchy to pay for £369 million (S$653.44 million) in repairs to Buckingham Palace has gathered momentum and by Tuesday (Nov 22) had garnered over 132,000 signatures.
A huge crowd of Thais gathered on Saturday outside Bangkok's Grand Palace to sing the royal anthem in honor of late King Bhumibol Adulyadej.
When Prince Hisahito was born in 2006, ending a 41-year drought in imperial male heirs, Japan's government gladly dropped proposals that women might head the world's oldest monarchy, but a decade later the little prince remains the last hope for an unreformed Chrysanthemum Throne.
The Palace Museum has announced plans to open its western routes on Sept. 29. The royal icehouse, imperial kitchen and Yuqing Palace (the crown prince's residence) will open to the public at a later date. A platform will also open from which visitors will be able to view Jiangshan Park from afar.
Britain celebrated Queen Elizabeth II's 89th birthday on Tuesday.
Cambodia to release or cut jail terms for 820 prisoners on Water Festival
The Old Bailey, a court which is hearing the case of phone-hacking trial has been told Thursday that Princess Diana leaked a royal phone book to Clive Goodman, the former royal editor of News of the World.
Britain's Duchess of Cambridge Kate gave birth to a boy on Monday afternoon.
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