Tag: Queen Elizabeth II
No royal gongs for Caymanians In honours list
(CNS): No Caymanians were awarded honours this year in the annual Queen’s list. Almost 1,200 people from the UK and the Commonwealth were given some kind of royal gong, including a knighthood for the former overseas territories minister, Henry Bellingham, believed to be the one who put a stop to the UDP government’s planned cruise port partnership […]
Queen speaks of light in darkness, Archbishop warns of end times
(CNS): In her traditional Christmas message to the Commonwealth, Queen Elizabeth II, the head of the Church of England, spoke of the Christian message of light in the darkness. In contrast, in his seasonal sermon, her Archbishop of Canterbury spoke about the apocalypse and described ISIS as the Herod of the day.
Queen beats great-great-grannie’s record on throne
(CNS): Elizabeth II has become Britain’s longest reigning monarch having surpassed the record held by Queen Victoria, her great-great grandmother, Wednesday. Head of state for the UK, its remaining colonies or overseas territories and the Commonwealth, she has been on the throne for 63 years and seven months. Crowds cheered the 89-year-old queen in Scotland, […]
