Prince William's wife Catherine on Saturday carried out her last public engagement before giving birth to their first baby, at Queen Elizabeth II's official 87th birthday celebrations. The monarch was without her 92-year-old husband Prince Philip, who is spending a second week in hospital recovering from exploratory abdominal surgery. Kate, who is eight months pregnant, travelled to the Trooping the Colour military parade in a carriage, while William rode on horseback, wearing his uniform as honorary colonel of the Irish Guards, as he did to their wedding in April 2011.

Queen Elizabeth II's husband Prince Philip was "in good spirits" as he spent his 92nd birthday in hospital recovering from exploratory abdominal surgery, Buckingham Palace said Monday. The royal patriarch is expected to stay in the private London Clinic for up to two weeks following an operation last Friday, and will spend the following two months convalescing, the palace said. "His Royal Highness The Duke of Edinburgh is progressing according to plans at this early stage. He is comfortable and in good spirits," a brief statement said.

London, Jun 2 (EFE).- Queen Elizabeth II is celebrating on Sunday the 60 anniversary of her coronation in 1953, an event she reportedly intends to commemorate in private with her family at Windsor Castle on the outskirts of London. In contrast to her lavish Diamond Jubilee - commemorating the 60th year of her reign celebrated last year - the six decades since her coronation will be marked more discretely with a religious ceremony in the castle chapel.

Prince Harry, in the dress uniform of his British army regiment, paid tribute Friday to US soldiers killed in Iraq and Afghanistan on day two of a US tour dedicated in good part to war veterans. With white-gloved hands behind his back, he strolled alone through rows of white headstones in a section of the sun-kissed Arlington National Cemetery reserved for those who died in America's most recent wars.