Blair Memoir

• Blair memoir a hit, despite a few hard knocks

  "You are my 10th prime minister," Queen Elizabeth observes to Tony Blair when she meets him at Buckingham Palace on his first day in office in 1997, according to "A Journey: My Political Life," Mr. Blair's new memoir. "The first was Winston. That was before you were born." Tony Blair, the former British prime minister, leaving a studio in London on...

• No royal honour for Tony Blair, Queen upset by revelations in memoir

  The Queen plans to withhold granting Tony Blair an exclusive honour as she is said to be annoyed about indiscretions revealed by the former British PM in his memoirs, a media report said.Blair was in line to be appointed to the Order of the Thistle, the highest Scottish honour.But his reference to personal and private revelations in his autobiograp...

• Blair's memoirs: A political bestseller

  Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair's memoirs A Journey published barely three years after he left office, has become the fastest selling political memoir in publishing history. Described as a political best seller, it gives an insight into an extraordinary life. Blair when elected in 1997 won by the biggest victory in labour's history ...

• Dublin: Shoes, eggs hurled at former British PM Tony Blair

  Anti-war protesters hurled shoes and eggs at former British prime minister Tony Blair on Saturday as he arrived for the first public signing of his fast-selling memoir.Scores of demonstrators chanted that Blair had "blood on his hands" as he arrived at a Dublin book store. A shoe, eggs and other projectiles were thrown toward Blair as he emerged fr...