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Queen Elizabeth II ends nostalgic Malta trip

VALLETTA, Malta

Queen Elizabeth II on Saturday wrapped up a nostalgic visit to Malta, her one-time home, where she joked that Canada’s youthful new leader had made her feel old.

The British monarch has close ties to the Mediterranean island, where she lived between 1949 and 1951 while her husband, Prince Philip, was in the Royal Navy.

On Saturday she crossed the Grand Harbor in the capital, Valletta, in a traditional Maltese wooden boat. She alighted at the spot where her father, King George VI, landed in June 1943 to present Malta with the George Cross in honor of citizens’ bravery in withstanding a World War II siege by the forces of Italy and Nazi Germany.

It’s the only time a country, rather than an individual, has received Britain’s highest civilian award for valor.

During her three-day visit, the monarch opened a summit of the 53-nation Commonwealth of Britain and many of its former colonies.

She was toasted at a banquet by Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, whose father, Pierre, governed Canada for more than a decade from 1968.

The queen thanked 43-year-old Trudeau “for making me feel so old.”

30 years after art heist, museum hopes to get de Kooning piece back

TUCSON, Ariz.

This weekend marks 30 years since thieves made off with a valuable painting from the University of Arizona Museum of Art.

The museum still hopes the painting will be returned. It wants to remind the public by displaying the empty wooden frame that once held Willem de Kooning’s “Woman-Ochre” in the middle of gallery at the museum on campus. A sketch composite of a man and woman suspected of stealing the painting Nov. 29, 1985, sits next to the frame.

Authorities: Lindsay Lohan’s stepmother removed from plane

NEW ORLEANS

A coast-to-coast flight was diverted to New Orleans to remove singer Lindsay Lohan’s stepmother, authorities said Saturday.

Kate Major-Lohan, who is married to Lindsay Lohan’s father, was removed from a JetBlue plane Wednesday, Col. John Fortunato, spokesman for the Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s Office, confirmed in an email. Major-Lohan was turned over to the FBI, he said.

Associated Press