The flags are a-flutter above London streets, but it is at street level where the action is. Shop windows are all about The Jubilee. From food to clothes, from china to tea-towels, the windows follow just one theme. Some are very elaborate. Harvey Nichols in Knightsbridge has gone all out with different vignettes. Inside Harrods food hall giant … [Read more...]
Countdown to the Royal Jubilee
London is awash with flags and bunting. Its time to party. Arrivals at London Heathrow are greeted with Union Jacks, souvenir booklets and a chance to write a message to the Queen. In Central London serious flags hang above Regent and Bond Street. Over at Buckingham Palace preparations are in full gear. Roads leading up to the Palace … [Read more...]
From Bacon Butty to Biscuit Cake – Buckingham Palace Prepares for the Wedding
Bacon Butty? This, a favorite of Prince Harry, is on the menu for the post wedding party which will rock Buckingham Palace into the pre-dawn hours of Saturday. The Queen and Prince Philip will head to Windsor Castle around tea-time, leaving the younger set - about 300 of them - to dance to a favorite DJ hired by Harry, so rumor has it. What is … [Read more...]
London Prepares for the Royal Wedding
The flags are flying. The parks are full of spring flowers and the sun is shining. London is ready for the Royal Wedding. By the end of March scaffolding was already in place across from Buckingham Palace. From those front-row-center seats, newscasters from around the world will relate every detail of the wedding of Prince William and Kate … [Read more...]
Mayhem as Rioters hit London’s West End
London, Sunday March 27 London was battered by rioters yesterday. Piggybacking on a planned peaceful march against government cuts, a mob of masked extremists wielding wooden sticks, street signs and assorted clubs attacked banks, hotels and shops. In Piccadilly The Ritz Hotel, banks and Fortnum and Masons department store were prime … [Read more...]
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