Sometimes they were asked to perform at the palace of the English ruler Queen Elizabeth, or later,King James the First.

VOA: special.2010.01.06

One of Blackbeard's ships, Queen Anne's Revenge, was discovered under seven meters of water near Beaufort fifteen years ago.

VOA: special.2011.07.26

Hundreds of the things Blackbeard used on Queen Anne's Revenge can be seen at the North Carolina Maritime Museum.

VOA: special.2011.07.26

These include the Red Queen from Alice in Wonderland which opens in the United States this week.

VOA: special.2010.03.05

Manny and his love,Ellie, voiced by Queen Latifah, are waiting for their first baby mammoth to arrive.

VOA: special.2009.06.12

Actors,politicians, musicians as well as thousands of fans attended to say goodbye to the Queen of Salsa.

VOA: special.2009.04.19

Years later her love for the blues would earn her the title "Queen of the Blues."

VOA: special.2009.06.12

That was Helena Bonham Carter as the Queen, and Oscar-winner Geoffrey Rush as the speech therapist.

VOA: special.2010.12.13

She says that when she discovered the songs of British pop stars David Bowie and Queen, she realized these different things could go together.

VOA: special.2009.02.27

She compares wearing a hairpiece to other beauty queen traditions, like false eyelashes and hair weaves.

VOA: special.2011.04.05

The queen of France,Marie de Medici, hired him to create a series of twenty-four paintings.

VOA: special.2010.06.23

They included musician Yo-Yo Ma, figure skater Kristi Yamaguchi and Queen Noor of Jordan.

VOA: special.2010.06.28

The queen would soon give birth to Caesar's child, a boy named Caesarion.

VOA: special.2011.02.16

One of the songs in "Mamma Mia" is "Dancing Queen" from nineteen seventy-six.

VOA: special.2010.03.19