LONDON (Reuters) – Queen Elizabeth gets four days of celebrations to mark her 60 years on the British throne under way on Saturday with one of her favorite pastimes, a trip to the horse races, as tributes to the long-serving monarch pour in.

Hundreds of thousands of people are expected to descend on London over the next few days for Diamond Jubilee festivities, with millions attending street parties across the country as the nation marks the queen’s personal milestone.

LONDON (Reuters) – Britain embarks on four days of pomp, pageantry and patriotism on Saturday to mark Queen Elizabeth’s 60th year on the throne, with the monarchy’s popularity surging and celebrations bringing cheer to a nation struggling in harsh economic times.

“Union Jack” flags fluttered from buildings, shops and train stations across the country, thousands of street parties have been planned and huge crowds are expected to flock to Diamond Jubilee festivities in a country emblazoned red, white and blue.

LONDON (Reuters) – Britain embarks on four days of pomp, pageantry and patriotism on Saturday to mark Queen Elizabeth’s 60th year on the throne, with the monarchy’s popularity surging and celebrations bringing cheer to a nation struggling in harsh economic times.

“Union Jack” flags fluttered from buildings, shops and train stations across the country, thousands of street parties have been planned and huge crowds are expected to flock to Diamond Jubilee festivities in a country emblazoned red, white and blue.

LONDON, June 1 (Reuters) – Britain embarks on four days of
pomp, pageantry and patriotism on Saturday to mark Queen
Elizabeth’s 60th year on the throne, with the monarchy’s
popularity surging and celebrations bringing cheer to a nation
struggling in harsh economic times.

“Union Jack” flags fluttered from buildings, shops and train
stations across the country, thousands of street parties have
been planned and huge crowds are expected to flock to Diamond
Jubilee festivities in a country emblazoned red, white and blue.

LONDON (Reuters) – When Britons sing “God Save the Queen” over four days of celebrations to mark Elizabeth II’s 60 years on the throne, monarchists may have cause to roar the line “long to reign over us” more heartily than ever.

Polls show the much-loved 86-year-old sovereign remains enormously popular and cherished by Britons, but questions linger about the future of the monarchy when she is gone and her already 63-year-old son Charles becomes king.

LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s Supreme Court ruled on Wednesday WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange can be extradited to Sweden over alleged sex crimes, but gave him two weeks to seek to reopen the case.

Judges at Britain’s highest court rejected by a majority of 5-2 Assange’s argument that a European arrest warrant for his extradition was invalid.

LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s Supreme Court will rule on Wednesday on whether to allow WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange’s extradition to Sweden over alleged sex crimes, the latest chapter in the saga of the self-styled Internet whistleblower and bane of Washington.

Swedish prosecutors want to question Assange over claims of rape and sexual assault made by two female former WikiLeaks volunteers, and he has been fighting a lengthy legal battle against extradition since his arrest in Britain in December 2010.

LONDON (Reuters) – The Supreme Court will rule on Wednesday on whether to allow WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange’s extradition to Sweden over alleged sex crimes, the latest chapter in the saga of the self-styled Internet whistleblower and bane of Washington.

Swedish prosecutors want to question Assange over claims of rape and sexual assault made by two female former WikiLeaks volunteers, and he has been fighting a lengthy legal battle against extradition since his arrest in Britain in December 2010.

LONDON, May 25 (Reuters) – Britain’s Queen Elizabeth will
celebrate 60 years on the throne next month along with huge
crowds expected for a pop concert at Buckingham Palace, a grand
procession through the streets of London and a 1,000-strong
flotilla along the River Thames.

The Diamond Jubilee comes just over a year after the royal
wedding of Prince William, the queen’s grandson, to Kate
Middleton, a spectacular display of pomp and pageantry which has
boosted the monarchy’s popularity at home and abroad.

LONDON (Reuters) – Prime Minister David Cameron gave the job of ruling on a multi-billion dollar takeover by News Corp to a minister he knew supported the deal, an inquiry heard on Thursday, reigniting accusations he was in hock to Rupert Murdoch.

Jeremy Hunt, the Culture Secretary who was handed the task of deciding whether to support Murdoch’s $12 billion bid for BSkyB, had previously sent a memo to Cameron detailing his view that the takeover would be good for Britain.