April 29, 2004. Australians have cooled toward the republican agenda.
Yahoo! News articles: 1, 2
Kew Palace, the country retreat of King George III and Queen Charlotte, is to re-open to the public.
Telegraph article
Guardian article
Independent article
April 28, 2004. More on the engagement of Prince Ali of Jordan and CNN's Rym Brahimi:
Hello! article
April 27, 2004. The Queen visited a Royal Navy aircraft carrier to meet its crew.
BBC News article
It is my intention to cease featuring articles about Diana, Princess of Wales (1961-1997), especially her death. Enough is enough. May she be allowed to rest in peace.
April 26, 2004. The Earl and Countess of Wessex were clearly delighted by the christening of their daughter Lady Louise Windsor.
Hello! article
The entire Dutch royal family attended Prince Johan Friso's wedding on Saturday.
Hello! article
Britain's most senior policeman vowed to end speculation about the death of Diana, Princess of Wales.
BBC News article
In an apparent step towards healing the rift between the Windsors and the Spencers, the Queen will open the memorial to the Princess of Wales.
Hello! article
Telegraph article
April 25, 2004. The success of Prince Charles's Duchy Originals has vindicated his belief in organic foods.
Telegraph article
By marrying Mabel Wisse Smit, Prince Johan Friso has renounced his claim to the Dutch throne.
Scotland on Sunday article
Independent article
Sydney Morning Herald article
The Age article
April 24, 2004. Hello!: Spain's Royal Wedding
Prince Johan Friso of the Netherlands married Mabel Wisse Smit in Delft.
BBC News article
The Scotsman article
The daughter of the Earl and Countess of Wessex was christened at Windsor Castle.
BBC News article
A new museum dedicated to Empress Elisabeth (1837-1898) opened in Vienna's Imperial Palace.
Yahoo! News article
CNN reporter Rym Brahimi is to marry Prince Ali of Jordan.
Yahoo! News article
The rector of St. Andrews denounced Prince William's American "stalkers."
The Scotsman article
The mother of Diana, Princess of Wales is reportedly "on the mend" in hospital after having fallen ill.
Telegraph articles
Denmark's future queen Mary Donaldson has so far escaped scandal.
Sydney Morning Herald article
April 23, 2004. Future queen Letizia Ortiz helped the Spanish royal family open parliament.
Hello! article
The family of the Princess of Wales angrily denounced the broadcasting of photographs taken moments after the crash that killed her.
Hello! article
Telegraph articles
April 22, 2004. Much to her family's dismay, US TV showed photos of Princess Diana's last moments.
MSN article
BBC News article
Telegraph article
April 21, 2004. Prince Charles has visited the site of a pioneering training centre in Aberdeenshire aimed at ending the shortage of traditional craftsmen.
BBC News article
Queen Elizabeth II marked her 78th birthday with the release of a recent photo of her on horseback.
BBC News article
Hello! article
The Royal household is opening its first licensed café at the Palace of Holyroodhouse in Edinburgh.
BBC News article
April 20, 2004. A huge party to mark the Swaziland king's 36th birthday has been criticised as a big waste of money.
BBC News article
King Abdullah of Jordan postponed talks with President George W. Bush amid concern over American support for Israeli policy.
BBC News article
The King of Sweden admitted speeding - after some of his subjects claimed to have seen him weaving in and out of traffic in a yellow Porsche.
BBC News article
The leader of Australia's Labor Party hopes to schedule another vote on the monarchy by 2007.
The Australian article
Sydney Morning Herald article
The Age article
Buckingham Palace yielded to Scots offended by the royal website's claim that Edward I was King of Scotland.
Scotsman article
The Duke of York urged British businesses to develop closer links with China.
Telegraph article
April 19, 2004. A bedroom of the late Queen Mother is to open its doors to the public.
BBC News article
More on Prince William's international water polo debut:
Hello! article
More on the christening of Norway's future queen:
Hello! article
April 18, 2004. Prince Nithakhong Somsanith of Laos hopes to use art to bring change to his country, ruled by Communists since the overthrow of the ancient monarchy in 1975.
Yahoo! News article
Prince William's water polo team lost in a tri-nations competition in Cardiff.
BBC News article and photo gallery
April 17, 2004. Hello!: A Danish Love Story
The Bishop of Oslo, King Harald, and others urged the Norwegian press and public to respect Princess Ingrid Alexandra's need for privacy as she grows up.
Aftenposten article
Wearing the same gown as her great-grandfather King Olav V in 1903, Princess Ingrid Alexandra was christened in the chapel of Norway's Royal Palace.
Aftenposten article
Yahoo! News article
An angry cat owner has threatened to take Prince William to court for allegedly scaring off her cat while hunting.
Yahoo! News article
More on royal security:
Telegraph article
April 16, 2004. Vetting for jobs working with the Royal Family is expected to be stepped up following a reporter's infiltration of Buckingham Palace.
BBC News article
Excited by the impending marriage of their future king to an Australian, some Danes are reportedly wondering if Australia will exchange the British crown for the Danish one.
Sydney Morning Herald: Column 8 (scroll down)
Letizia Ortiz is busy with preparations for her May 22 wedding to Crown Prince Felipe of Spain.
Hello! article
A sketch by the Queen was withdrawn from auction after royal officials challenged the owner's right to sell it.
Telegraph article
Anti-terrorism measures may remove the distinctive markings from Britain's royal jets.
Telegraph article
Spain's new Socialist Prime Minister vowed to abolish royal male primogeniture as part of his revolutionary social agenda.
Washington Times article
Telegraph article
April 15, 2004. Princess Ingrid Alexandra of Norway will be christened on Saturday.
Yahoo! News article
The UK's most senior policeman is to go to Paris to re-enact the final journey of Diana, Princess of Wales.
BBC News article
April 14, 2004. Pre-wedding festivities in Denmark will celebrate Mary Donaldson's Australian origins.
April 13, 2004. Norway's King Harald V returned to official duties.
Aftenposten article
King Gyanendra of Nepal called for peace in his new year's message.
BBC News article
Scottish historians and politicians objected to the official royal website's praise of King Edward I.
Scotsman article
April 12, 2004. The Norwegian palace released the names of Princess Ingrid Alexandra's godparents.
Aftenposten article
Princess Haya of Jordan married the Crown Prince of Dubai.
Hello! article
Spain's future king and queen joined the rest of the royal family for Easter in Majorca.
Hello! article
Lady Louise Windsor, infant daughter of the Earl and Countess of Wessex, may require treatment for an eye defect.
Hello! article
Telegraph article
April 11, 2004. Queen Elizabeth and other members of the British Royal Family attended the Easter service at St. George's Chapel, Windsor Castle.
BBC News article and photo gallery
Prince Charles and other defenders of the traditional Anglican liturgy are concerned about modernist attempts to banish it from the life of the Church of England.
Independent article
April 10, 2004. Crown Prince Felipe of Spain and his fiancée were not pleased to be searched at Miami International Airport.
BBC News article
Miami Herald article
Letters containing the Queen's burial plans for her favorite corgi are to go on sale.
Telegraph article
April 9, 2004. A charity associated with the late Princess of Wales has asked the Countess of Wessex to take over Diana's role.
Telegraph article
April 8, 2004. French journalists thoroughly enjoyed covering the Queen's visit. (Perhaps they subconsciously sense that something is missing in their own country--and has been for over 130 years?)
BBC News article
Lady Louise Windsor, the Queen's latest grandchild, is to be christened later this month at Windsor Castle.
BBC News article
Scotsman article
Queen Elizabeth is in Liverpool for the ancient Maundy Thursday ceremony.
BBC News article
April 7, 2004. Royal involvement with Maundy Thursday has a long history.
Scotsman article
Princess Juliana of the Netherlands (1909-2004):
Economist obituary
Queen Elizabeth II's state visit to France, Day 3:
BBC News articles: 1, 2
Scotsman article
Hello! article
Telegraph article
The Belgian government denounced a BBC documentary which depicts King Leopold II as the moral forbear of Hitler.
Telegraph article
April 6, 2004. Queen Elizabeth II's state visit to France, Day 2:
BBC News article and photo gallery
Hello! article
Telegraph articles
April 5, 2004. Two BBC dramas about royalty have scooped five nominations each at the Bafta craft awards.
BBC News article
The Queen's great-grandfather King Edward VII played a major role in the establishment of the Entente Cordiale in 1904.
BBC News article
Queen Elizabeth II arrived in Paris for a three-day state visit to celebrate 100 years of close relations with France.
BBC News article and photo gallery
Hello! article
Telegraph article
April 4, 2004. King Abdullah II hopes to turn Jordan into the high-tech capital of the Middle East.
BBC News interview
Queen Elizabeth has insisted on walking through part of Paris in order to meet ordinary people.
Telegraph article
The BBC has been condemned for promoting a vile Muslim "rap" which hysterically insults the Queen and Royal Family.
Telegraph article
April 3, 2004. Britain's highest church court will be asked to permit the exhumation of a body alleged to be that of an illegitimate son of Queen Victoria's daughter Princess Louise.
BBC News article
Telegraph article
Royal advisors have mixed views on how to handle the tabloids' interest in Prince William's love life.
Telegraph article
April 2, 2004. Crown Prince Haakon and Crown Princess Mette-Marit of Norway want the christening of their daughter Princess Ingrid Alexandra to be a distinctly national event.
Aftenposten article
More on Prince William vs. The Sun:
Telegraph article
April 1, 2004. King Gyanendra's suspension of democracy in Nepal is increasingly unpopular.
Yahoo! News article
BBC News article
The Sun has been banned from future royal media events after publishing unauthorized photos of Prince William and alleged girlfriend Kate Middleton in Klosters.
BBC News article