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Paris, Sept 8 (AFP/APP): World leaders paid homage to Queen Elizabeth II on Thursday after she died aged 96 in her Scottish summer residence following nearly a year of ailing health. Here are some of the tributes to Britain’s longest-serving monarch, who is also head […]

London, Sept 8 (AFP/APP): Elizabeth Alexandra Mary Windsor was not just Queen Elizabeth II. She was simply The Queen. For billions of people, she was the one constant in a world of bewildering change, an omnipresent matriarch linking the past with the present. While the […]

LONDON, Sept 8 (AFP/APP): Here are some of the key moments defining the reign of Queen Elizabeth II: – 1947: Commonwealth broadcast – As heiress presumptive Princess Elizabeth made a broadcast from Cape Town on her 21st birthday in which she dedicated her life to […]

London, Sept 8 (AFP/APP):The Commonwealth spans much of the globe, looping in a third of the world’s population and a fifth of its landmass. Established more than 70 years ago, it has the stated aim of upholding democracy, rule of law and good governance around […]