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Hunter 486 is a haven of fuss

28.01.10

Hunter 486 feels a little too fussy and effortful for that atmosphere to come off, for actual Londoners at any rate.... more

Royal lawyers sue over pictures of Kate Middleton playing tennis

13.01.10

Queen's lawyers are taking legal action over photos of Prince William's girlfriend Kate Middleton playing tennis, in a new privacy clampdown... more

Ł12m redevelopment of Billy Elliot theatre to upstage its West End rivals

25.11.09

This is the first image of how the Victoria Palace Theatre - home of Billy Elliot - will look after a Ł12million redevelopment... more

Queen of cookery Delia is made CBE

20.11.09

Queen of cookery, Delia Smith, honoured by Prince Charles at Buckingham Palace for her work teaching Britain kitchen basics... more

Pope's visit expected to be confirmed

24.09.09

Religious and political leaders welcomed the prospect of the first official papal visit to the UK, which is expected to be confirmed today... more

Kelly and Hoy join 65,000 cyclists on Mayor's Skyride

21.09.09

Boris Johnson joins cycling gold-medallist Chris Hoy and model Kelly Brook to lead more than 65,000 cyclists on a mass 'Skyride' past some of the capital’s most famous landmarks... more

BBQ fire at Google's London offices

27.08.09

Firemen tackle a blaze at the London offices of internet search engine Google... more

Palace's damp party

22.07.09

The Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh brave a summer downpour with colour-coordinated umbrellas as they host a garden party at Buckingham Palace.... more

Westminster could flood in 30 minutes

10.07.09

Houses of Parliament, Downing Street and MI5 are most at risk if the Thames breaches it banks, a study claims... more

Boris: I'll block Victoria towers until firm pays Crossrail cash

17.06.09

Boris Johnson threatens to halt billion-pound project to transform the streets around Victoria Station in a row over Crossrail funding... more

Gordon Brown hires new spin doctor

16.06.09

Gordon Brown has hired as his new head of spin the public relations expert who advised the Queen after the death of Princess Diana... more

BNP boss pulls out of Palace garden party

27.05.09

British National Party leader Nick Griffin will not attend the Buckingham Palace garden party, saying he had “no wish to embarrass the Queen”... more

April in London ... the summit guest list and what they’ll be discussing

20.03.09

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Ł1bn office development at Victoria is approved

06.02.09

A Ł1 billion scheme to redevelop six acres of land around Victoria station has been given the go-ahead in what authorities hailed as a “credit-crunch-defying decision”... more

Theatre to get revamp in Ł1bn new look for Victoria

03.02.09

A billion-pound plan to transform the streets around Victoria Station is due to be agreed this week... more

Queen demands to keep Palace secrets for 30 years

29.01.09

The Queen wants royal secrets to be exempt from moves to open up more government papers to public view... more

Ministers blamed for Ł32m palace repairs backlog

10.12.08

The Government came under fire for allowing the Royal Palaces to accumulate a Ł32 million repair backlog... more

Queen invites everyone to garden party

17.10.08

The Queen is opening the entire 40-acre garden at Buckingham Palace to the public for the first time next spring... more

Developers set their sights lower with new Victoria scheme

23.09.08

A scaled-back plan to transform the area around the station has been unveiled... more

Palace visits buck tourist downturn

29.08.08

Buckingham Palace has seen a vast increase in the number of visitors flocking to it this summer despite a five per cent drop in tourists to London... more

Illegal worker served Royals after Palace's permit error

31.07.08

A Russian footman was employed illegally for almost two years at Buckingham Palace after Royal staff bungled his work permit application - despite a seven-month security check... more

Kylie Minogue OBE lets her hair down as she pops from palace to pub

04.07.08

Kylie Minogue was in high spirits last night after receiving an OBE from Prince Charles, trading the imposing surroundings of Buckingham Palace for celebrations at a local pub.... more

Kylie OBE breaks protocol by shaking hands with Prince Charles (and he was royally tickled)

03.07.08

Clasping his outstretched hand with her tiny little white ones, she breached the stiff formality that is normally the order of the day at investitures but the prince looked positively delighted.... more

Rising costs and not enough cash ... just like us, your Majesty

27.06.08

The Queen is struggling with soaring costs after her budget was frozen... more

Majestic views from Buckingham Palace saved

12.02.08

A panoramic view across London that has been enjoyed by England's kings and queens for generations has been saved... more

Buckingham is a good place for a natter

24.07.07

Buckingham Arms attracts a blokey crowd from the local civil service offices and is a handsome pub with excellent beer and a genial atmosphere.... more

Simply sublime

02.04.07

Italian Renaissance paintings and drawings in the Royal Collection, now exhibited at the Queen's Gallery, offer pure pleasure and delight and must be the envy of the world.... more

Queen's spring clean uncovers Ł100m paintings

30.03.07

The art world has been stunned by the discovery of two Old Masters by the Baroque painter Caravaggio in the Queen's collection.... more

The Queen Mum had better taste than this

18.08.06

An exhibition of the drawings and watercolours collected by the Queen Mother makes her look more dear old duck than connoisseur, says Brian Sewell.... more

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