April 15, 2003: Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip prior to The Queens Company Grenadier Guards ceremonial review at Windsor Castle. The photographer reported that the Queen and Prince Philip were smiling because of the sight of a swarm of bees that had clustered on a chair. A royal beekeeper was called in to remove the bees. [Chris Young, Pool, via The Associated Press] Safe, convenient cycling routes help A recent letter claimed that Victoria will never reach European levels of cycling because European cities have dense medieval cores that were shaped long before the automobile. In fact, most European cities were rebuilt and expanded during the post-war period, and car use grew rapidly through the 1960s and 1970s.