diamond jubilee News

Toronto - Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa attended Queen Elizabeth's Diamond Jubilee celebrations this week. The Sri Lankan leader was warmly welcomed by the British establishment, but Tamils across the globe are protesting his attendance.

The Diamond Jubilee celebrations including two extra public holidays are now over, and it is time to look back on an event that everyone enjoyed. Apart from the usual suspects.

London - Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh and husband of Queen Elizabeth II has been hospitalised with a suspected bladder infection.

London - A majority of British parliamentarians are in favor of naming the tower which houses the famous 'Big Ben' bell at the Palace of Westminster the 'Elizabeth' tower in honor of the British monarch.

Sydney - Australian dignitaries attended a Diamond Jubilee Celebration service at St Andrew’s Cathedral, Sydney in honour of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II.

Sixty officially sanctioned poems, each by a different poet, have been uploaded to the Web. The poems were commissioned to mark the Diamond Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II.

Getting online attention is a 2mm-sized portrait of Queen Elizabeth II on a small coffee bean. This piece of art was done by renown artist Willard Wigan

London - The Queen visited Bromley town centre yesterday as part of her Diamond Jubilee tour, but although she received a typically warm welcome from her loyal subjects, the really big events happen next month.

London - Under the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community motto: Love for All, Hatred for None, Muslims plan to converge on the Tower of London on May 13 to honor the Queen in her Diamond Jubilee year.

The Government has set aside almost $100,000 in funds to purchase promotional materials to celebrate the diamond jubilee (sixth decade of Queen Elizabeth’s reign.)