Queen wore a dress made from forgotten Indian cloth

October 27th, 2009 WASHINGTON - An Indian-American girl kicked out of her school in Utah state for wearing a traditional nose ring is back in her class after she exchanged it for an almost invisible transparent stud. School authorities at the Bountiful Junior High School agreed to accept the stud after their action caused a minor storm with an Indian American group alleging that the school was denying the teenager's right to express her religious and cultural identity.

October 27th, 2009 LONDON - The reception ceremony organized in honour of President Pratibha Devisingh Patil by Queen Elizabeth II at Windsor Castle was filled with all royal grandeur. Prince Charles at the royal dais received the Indian president, who arrived along with her husband Dr Devi Singh Sekhawat.

October 17th, 2009 Port-of-SPAIN - Britain's Queen Elizabeth II will open the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting Nov 27 at the Cultural Centre here. Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will be among 52 leaders attending the summit.

October 16th, 2009 LONDON - A self-portrait by Queen Victoria is to go on public display for the first time. The sketch, which is to be exhibited next year, reveals how one of history's more misunderstood monarchs really saw herself.

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.

September 27th, 2009 LONDON - Sarah Brown's dress designer complains that she does not follow her copious style tips. Britt Lintner is the same stylist who designed the dress that British Prime Minister Gordon Brown's wife wore at the G20 summit in London.

September 17th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Late Princess Diana has apparently become a forgotten member of the British Royal family, as the official biography of the Queen Mother comprises just two pages on the beauty with insufficient facts. Critics have slammed the book written by William Shawcross for not exploring The Queen mother's views on the princess' death in a car crash in 1997.

September 8th, 2009 LONDON - A bizarre heirloom of the Royal Family has emerged in the form of a pair of oversized knickers belonging to Her Majesty Queen Victoria. The linen "split drawers", which had been hidden in a private collection for 100 years, measured 52 inches around the waist, and were sold at auction for 600 pounds to the Royal Ceremonial Dress Collection charity.

August 14th, 2009 LONDON - Rare items made by Queen Victoria herself are set to go under the hammer in Edinburgh, UK. A woollen bag and a silk shawl will be up for grabs next week, thanks to auctioneer Bonhams.

July 14th, 2009 LONDON - A series of letters written by Gandhi and Nehru and a piece of signed khadi cloth were sold by Sotheby's Tuesday for a total of 17,500 pounds, the London auction house said. The Gandhi items were bought jointly by two prominent Indian-origin industrialists - Ghulam Noon, founder of Noon Products and popularly known as Britain's Curry King, and Nat Puri, founder of Purico Group.

July 14th, 2009 PARIS - French First Lady Carla Bruni, it seems, has made a habit of appearing at state and official functions, both in France and abroad, in monochromatic outfits. At Tuesday's French National Day celebrations where Indian Prime Minister Dr.

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.

May 13th, 2009 LONDON - Prince William had to apologise after a 109-year-old woman wrote to the Queen to complain that Her Majesty wore the same yellow dress in all five royal birthday cards sent to congratulate her. Catherine Masters' letter compelled William to promise that his grandmother would wear a new outfit for the next card.

May 10th, 2009 LONDON - The Queen is all set to open a bar at Balmoral Castle so that her thirsty staff will not have to travel far to unwind after their shifts. Customers to the bar will include aides, servants and protection officers, and they will be able to relax with a drink in a cosy lounge in the Piper's Hall.

April 18th, 2009 LONDON - Prince Philip has become the longest serving royal consort in Britain after he took duties in 1952. The Duke of Edinburgh's became the consort on February 6, 1952, when his wife Princess Elizabeth was crowned as Queen.