Monday, 30 April 2018

Beneath a baobab, Prince Harry and Meghan's love blossomed in Botswana

MAPULA LODGE, Botswana (Reuters) - In an exclusive Botswana safari camp where Prince Harry took Meghan Markle on a romantic getaway last year, guests wake to the sound of doves cooing in the trees...


Sunday, 29 April 2018

Australia plans Captain Cook monument for anniversary of colonial landing

SYDNEY (Reuters) - The Australian Government is planning a new monument to commemorate the April 29 anniversary of the day that British explorer Lieutenant James Cook made landfall on the continent...


Friday, 27 April 2018

Prince Louis: British royals William and Kate name their baby

LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's Prince William and his wife Kate have named their newborn son Louis Arthur Charles, a nod to both his grandfather and heir to the throne and one of his most beloved...


Prince Louis Arthur Charles: British royals William and Kate name their baby

LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's Prince William and his wife Kate named their newborn son Louis Arthur Charles.


Thursday, 26 April 2018

Britain's Prince William will be brother Harry's best man at wedding

LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's Prince Harry has asked his elder brother Prince William to be best man at his wedding to U.S. actress Meghan Markle next month, his office said on Thursday.


Britain's Prince Harry asks elder brother William to be his best man at wedding

LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's Prince Harry has asked his elder brother Prince William to be his best man at his wedding to U.S. actress Meghan Markle next month, his office said in a statement on...


Turkey's 'Eastern Express' puts romance back on tracks

KARS, Turkey (Reuters) - Emre proposed to his girlfriend Mine Nur in a candlelit wagon on the "Eastern Express", a thousand kilometer train ride across eastern Turkey which he says formed the perfect...


Florida man's Princess Di collection celebrates her legacy, fills house

MIAMI (Reuters) - John Hoatson's home is a shrine to Princess Diana, with everything from a wedding day portrait to a plush doll and miniature replicas of her wedding shoes.


Giant sloth vs. ancient man: fossil footprints track prehistoric hunt

BOURNEMOUTH, England (Reuters) - Scientists have uncovered evidence of ancient humans engaged in a deadly face-off with a giant sloth, showing for the first time how our ancestors might have tackled...


Factbox: Commoners who have married into royal families

LONDON (Reuters) - In just over three weeks, U.S. actress Meghan Markle will join a select group of "commoners" to marry into a royal family when she weds Britain's Prince Harry at Windsor Castle.


Wednesday, 25 April 2018

Beloved princes: Boys become Buddhist novices in Thailand

MAE HONG SON, Thailand (Reuters) - Golden umbrellas draped in beads and flowers provide shade for boys as young as seven riding on their fathers' shoulders in a procession through the mountain town...


Tuesday, 24 April 2018

China's Lisu aim to save crossbow culture

LUSHUI, China (Reuters) - Deep inside mountains along the China-Myanmar border, a 26-year-old ethnic Lisu villager, surnamed Zhang, sharpens his crossbow arrows to prepare for a hunt.


Modigliani's largest nude to go under hammer, seen at $150 million

HONG KONG (Reuters) - A painting of a reclining nude by Italian artist Amedeo Modigliani is set to go under the hammer in New York on May 14 with a record sale estimate of $150 million, auction house...