HMS Queen Elizabeth

The role had been filled by army or airforce officers in the Afghan era, an admiral indicates where Britain thinks it will fight next.

The United Kingdom has the right to sail its latest aircraft carrier anywhere in the world international law permits and will do so, it said.

Britain’s Carrier Strike Group’s F-35 stealth jets have carried out their first counter-Islamic State combat missions from HMS Queen Elizabeth, the British Ministry of Defense said.

LONDON (AP) — Queen Elizabeth II made a quick visit Saturday to the Royal Navy’s flagship aircraft carrier that bears the name of her eponymous forebear, ahead of its maiden operational deployment.

British warships billed as the “largest concentration of maritime and air power to leave the U.K. in a generation” will depart next month.

Japan will join France, and the United States in a series of land and sea drills for the first time in May next year, offering a counterweight to increased Chinese military activity in the Indo-Pacific region, the Sankei newspaper said on Sunday.

The RN’s two new super carriers have come alongside one another for the first time as the UK hosts NATO leaders for a major conference. 

ISTANBUL (AP) — Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan started a three-day visit to Britain by praising the country Sunday as “an ally and a strategic partner, but also a real friend.”

LONDON (AP) — Queen Elizabeth II opened a summit of the 53-nation Commonwealth on Thursday, and backed her son Prince Charles to be the next leader of the association of Britain and its former colonies. In a ceremony at Buckingham

A Somali migrant and Dutch national living in the UK discussed killing Her Majesty The Queen with a fellow Islamic State jihadist supporter, a court has heard.

LONDON (AP) — Queen Elizabeth II has attended the commissioning ceremony of Britain’s new aircraft carrier, which is named after the monarch.

Theresa May repeatedly broke down in tears and struck a “crisis of confidence” after losing her majority in parliament.

The man charged with a terrorist sword attack outside Buckingham Palace had written a note reading, “The Queen and her soldiers will all be in hellfire”, before launching the attack.

LONDON (AP) — Britain’s new flagship aircraft carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth has arrived at its home port in southern England to great fanfare.

Contents: UK to send warships to South China Sea, as China’s neighbors militarize; South China Sea countries build larger navies, preparing for war with China

LONDON (AP) — Queen Elizabeth II is set to receive an increase in the official funding she receives each year. Buckingham Palace said Tuesday the “sovereign grant” will be 82.2 million pounds ($104.8 million) next year — an increase of

The Royal Navy is set to launch its largest and most powerful warship ever Monday.