Obama aiming to reverse Queen Elizabeth’s Normandy ceremony snub

September 27th, 2009 LONDON - Queen Mother was angry and defensive after her daughter, the Queen, was criticized by the public for her actions after the death of Diana, Princess of Wales, in a car accident in 1997, it has emerged. The Queen's apparent "business-as-usual" approach to take Princes William and Harry to church at Balmoral just hours after Prince Charles had told them of their mother's death had made the public angry.

July 21st, 2009 LONDON - The global financial meltdown has affected Queen Elizabeth equally with the value of her private estate plummeting by 19 per cent because of a crash in the property market and shares. Her Duchy of Lancaster estate, which provides an income for the monarch that she uses to pay allowances to other members of the Royal Family including Princes Andrew and Edward, along with Princess Anne, fell in value from 399 million pounds to 322 million pounds in accounts published on Monday.

June 14th, 2009 LONDON - Queen Elizabeth II and Michelle Obama have struck a firm friendship since they first met at the G20 summit in London in April, according to sources. The Queen, in what was suggested to be a sign of close bonding, allegedly let the US First Lady and her daughters to have a rare guided tour of Buckingham Palace during their visit to the capital last week.

June 7th, 2009 PARIS - US President Barack Obama has sought to clear the air about his wife Michelle and he declining a dinner invite from the French first couple, Nicholas Sarkozy and Carla Bruni. According to Fox News, the British press reported the supposed declined invite was payback to Sarkozy for failing to invite Queen Elizabeth to the D-Day ceremony and a sign of continuing tension between the United States and France.

June 6th, 2009 Obama arrives at D-Day ceremonyOMAHA BEACH, France — President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama have landed at the site honoring thousands of U.S. service members who died 65 years ago during the Allied invasion of France.

June 6th, 2009 Obama honors veterans, including family membersOMAHA BEACH, France — President Barack Obama is paying tribute to D-Day veterans, including one who visited the Normandy cemetery on the eve of the invasion's 65th anniversary and then died. Obama on Saturday remembered Jim Norene (nor-EEN), a member of the 101st Airborne who died in his sleep after visiting the American cemetery a day earlier.

June 5th, 2009 American, German vets pay respects to fallenLA CAMBE, France — American and German World War II veterans paid respects to their fallen comrades at a cemetery near a D-Day landing site Friday before an international commemoration of the 65th anniversary of the Allied invasion of Normandy. During the ceremony, military bands played anthems of the United States, Germany, Britain and France and German visitors piled wreaths of flowers at the foot of a mound at the center of the cemetery at La Cambe.

June 5th, 2009 Obama, Brown speak ahead of NormandyDRESDEN, Germany — President Barack Obama has spoken with British Prime Minister Gordon Brown before the pair meets in France on Saturday. Obama spoke with his counterpart Thursday night to discuss the U.S.

June 4th, 2009 Royal D-Day row reveals divide over WWII rolesLONDON — Who won the war? A diplomatic tiff over Queen Elizabeth II's omission from the guest list for this week's D-Day commemorations has reopened a divide over who should share credit for the World War II defeat of Nazi Germany. Britons are grumbling that the nation does not get its due — either from its wartime ally, the United States, or from the French whom it helped to liberate.

June 2nd, 2009 Prince Charles to attend D-Day ceremonyLONDON — Prince Charles will attend this week's 65th-anniversary commemoration of the D-Day landings, royal officials said Tuesday, in an attempt to defuse a cross-Channel spat over France's alleged failure to invite his mother, Queen Elizabeth II. Charles' office announced he would attend, alongside President Barack Obama and French President Nicolas Sarkozy, after days of outrage by British veterans and commentators over the omission of the queen, who is Britain's head of state and supreme commander of its armed forces.

June 2nd, 2009 LONDON - Prince Charles is expected to represent Queen Elizabeth at a ceremony to mark the landing of Allied troops on a beach in Normandy, France. Pressure from the White House has forced the French Government to invite the British royal family for the D-Day commemoration ceremony on June 6 in Normandy.

May 27th, 2009 LONDON - Buckingham Palace officials are very angry with French President Nicolas Sarkozy because he has not invited the Queen as a guest at next week's D-Day 65th anniversary. Organisers have revealed that the French President is focused on the "main event" of hosting his US counterpart Barack Obama.

May 14th, 2009 LONDON - A collection of personal letters and photographs addressed to a friend by Queen Mary have come into the limelight for the first time and are set to go under the hammer. The collection, spanning half a century, unravels the correspondence between the royal and her friend, Kate Rube, and later Rube's daughter Elizabeth Gillman.

April 23rd, 2009 Obama to attend Holocaust ceremonyWASHINGTON — President Barack Obama is attending the Holocaust Days of Remembrance ceremony today at the Capitol. The White House says he plans to make remarks.

April 2nd, 2009 LONDON - Prince Philip made a gaffe when U.S. President Barack Obama and his wife Michelle met the Queen at Buckingham Palace.