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...DIED. RAYMOND MHLABA, 85, member of the African National Congress and for 26 years a political prisoner on South Africa's infamous Robben Island; in Port Elizabeth, South Africa. Along with Nelson Mandela, Mhlaba was one of four members of the prison's "High Organ," which negotiated with the apartheid government for better conditions and the release of political prisoners. Freed in 1989, he went on to serve as a regional official and as High Commissioner to Uganda and Rwanda. Upon Mhlaba's death, Mandela called him "one of the real stalwarts of our movement, a person...
Charles, Prince of Wales, with all his boyish good looks, has learned that his mother, Queen Elizabeth II, plans not to attend his April 8 wedding to his longtime paramour, Camilla Parker Bowles. Never failing to serve scandals on a silver platter, the Queen’s ambiguous reasons for not attending her son’s wedding appear to amount to nothing less than a royal snub...
...remain hidden. As the head of a Royal Family wanting in popularity, the Queen has a responsibility to improve relations with her subjects. And, in the eyes of the British people, only 47 percent of whom believe the monarchy should be maintained after the Queen’s death, Elizabeth II alone can make such an improvement...
...Queen Elizabeth might save herself some trouble by borrowing a page from Summers’ newly-written book of wisdom. Words and actions cease to be personal for those in observable positions of power, and can have a significant impact on institution one represents (be it monarchy or University). The Queen might consider putting her best face forward, especially considering she is the face of the British Monarchy...
Feeling sore that you won't get to bear witness to the exchange of vows between Prince Charles and his longtime mistress, Camilla Parker Bowles? You're not alone. In fact, you're in the company of the groom's mother Queen Elizabeth II. Buckingham Palace insists the Queen's no-show act doesn't signal disapproval of her son's April 8 nuptials. According to a palace spokeswoman, the Queen is not going "because she is aware that the Prince and Mrs. Parker Bowles wanted to keep the occasion low-key." Right. Heaven forfend that as dedicated a party...