Word: buckingham
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Phew! It was enough to raise the prospect of a constitutional crisis. The Queen, after all, is expected in her capacity as head of state to exercise absolute impartiality. Both Buckingham Palace and 10 Downing Street promptly doused the incendiary report. "Absolute rubbish!" insisted a spokesman for the Prime Minister. "Entirely without foundation," echoed a spokesman for the Queen. But most Members of Parliament, like much of the country, believed that the leaks, though perhaps not authorized, accurately reflected the Queen's views...
...teams originally enrolled showed up for the opening ceremonies, the rest having dropped out to press their demands for sanctions. Thatcher can expect no relief when she meets in London next week with the leaders of six other Commonwealth nations. The summiteers will also dine at Buckingham Palace, where all ears will be cocked to hear what the Queen has to say. Although she never airs her political opinions publicly, it is her royal prerogative, and indeed her constitutional duty, to consult with her Prime Ministers...
Gomes discussed the event with the Prince at Buckingham Palace for approximately an hour, during the minister's April visit to the United Kingdom...
...trip to Floors Castle in Scotland, where Prince Charles once wooed Diana. Like her good friend the Princess of Wales, Sarah Ferguson said yes, but her official betrothal to Prince Andrew had to wait until his mother returned from a trip to Australia and New Zealand. By the time Buckingham Palace released the expected announcement on the Queen's stationery last week, a crowd had gathered outside the gates. Meanwhile, Fleet Street was in a tizzy of breathless speculation that began in January after "Fergie" was invited by the Queen to a week-long New Year's house party...
...Buckingham claims that it can build a prison for less than half of what it would cost the state, and can house inmates for just over half the usual cost. One way the company proposes to save money is by paying its guards less than what civil service guards make. Critics, however, fear that for-profit prisons have a greater incentive to keep inmates in jail than they do to rehabilitate them...