December 28, 2007. Parliament in Nepal voted to abolish the monarchy, as part of a peace deal with Maoist rebels.
BBC News article
Almost 80% of people questioned in a telephone poll for the BBC said Britain should retain its monarchy.
BBC News article
December 25, 2007. The Queen used her Christmas message to highlight the needs of vulnerable people in society.
Telegraph articles
BBC News article
New York Times article
December 24, 2007. Queen Elizabeth II will pay tribute to Britain's armed forces in her annual Christmas message.
Telegraph article
More on Nepal:
New York Times article
December 23, 2007. Caving into Maoist demands, Nepal's politicians agreed to abolish their country's 240-year-old monarchy.
BBC News article
Nepal News article
With the launch of The Royal Channel on YouTube, the British monarchy has once again demonstrated its adaptability to modernity.
BBC News article
Telegraph articles
December 22, 2007. Historian David Starkey, having concluded his popular Monarchy TV series, feels that the Queen is "poorly educated" but that her son and heir could be the saviour of the monarchy.
Guardian article and interview
Telegraph interview
When the Queen delivers her message at 3pm on Christmas Day it will be exactly 50 years since the young monarch first addressed her subjects via the new medium of television.
Telegraph articles
December 21, 2007. The Earl and Countess of Wessex have named their son James Alexander Philip Theo.
Daily Mail article
BBC News article
Buckingham Palace press release
December 20, 2007. A beaming Countess of Wessex left hospital with her newborn son.
BBC News article
Hello! article
Sky News article
Queen Elizabeth II reaches a new milestone as she overtakes Queen Victoria to become the oldest British monarch.
Times article
Yahoo! News article
BBC News article
December 19, 2007. Republican politicians dismiss them as irrelevant, but Czech monarchists are serious.
Prague Post article
December 18, 2007. The Earl and Countess of Wessex are thrilled at the birth of their son.
Hello! article
December 17, 2007. The Countess of Wessex gave birth to her second child, a boy, the Queen's eighth grandchild, in Surrey.
Telegraph article
BBC News article
ITN News article
King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia pardoned a rape victim sentenced to 200 lashes for having been alone with a man.
BBC News article
Queen Elizabeth II will soon overtake her great-great-grandmother Queen Victoria as Britain's oldest monarch.
Telegraph article
December 14, 2007. Nepal's politicians may agree to abolish the monarchy prior to elections in order to resolve a deadlock with Maoists.
Reuters article
December 13, 2007. Left-wing playwright Sir David Hare revealed that the BBC approached him (to his credit, unsuccessfully) for critical commentary to be aired when the Queen dies.
Telegraph article
December 10, 2007. An Orthodox priest called for Russians to take monarchy seriously.
Interfax Religion article
Canadian monarchists criticized the government's decision not to invite the Queen to Quebec's 400th anniversary celebrations next year.
CTV article
The French government hopes to recover the remains of Napoleon III, but the emperor's British custodians are not impressed.
Telegraph article
December 7, 2007. A German historian claims to have discovered evidence that "Mad" King Ludwig II of Bavaria was murdered.
Telegraph article
December 5, 2007. Tens of thousands of Thais lined the streets of Bangkok to celebrate their King's 80th birthday.
BBC News pictures
A sixtieth birthday exhibition at Windsor Castle next year will chronicle the life of Prince Charles.
Telegraph article
December 4, 2007. Australia's new prime minister broke tradition by refusing to swear allegiance to the Queen at his inauguration.
Daily Mail article
Celebrations are taking place in Thailand to mark the 80th birthday of King Bhumibol Adulyadej, the world's longest serving monarch.
BBC News article
December 3, 2007. Pearls which belonged to Marie Antoinette are to be auctioned.
Telegraph article
December 2, 2007. Australia's new Liberal leader made it clear he will not support a republic.
Sydney Morning Herald article
December 1, 2007. Born a member of the British Royal Family, Prince Charles Edward Duke of Saxe-Coburg & Gotha (1884-1954) found himself on the wrong side of two world wars.
Daily Mail article