Botswana for their dateand stay.
Prince Harry booked a stay at the bush camp Meno a Kwena in August 2017, buying two plane tickets from London to Johannesburg, before boarding a private two-hour flight to Maun International Airport.
there’s plenty more to enjoy in Botswana. Read on for 12 surprising facts and compelling reasons to follow in the royal couple’s footsteps...
1. It has more elephants than anywhere else
The African elephant is found in greater numbers here than anywhere else on the planet. Poaching is pushing these gentle giants to the brink across the continent, but Botswana’s conservation efforts have seen its population triple over the last 30 years to as many as 160,000. Indeed, they are so numerous that earlier this year the country made the controversial decision to overturn a ban on elephant hunting.
Botswana has more elephants than anywhere else in the worldCredit: getty
2. It has a thriving metal scene
Yes, really. Proving heavy metal isn’t just the preserve of caucasian head-bangers is Botswana’s booming underground scene, which has moved into the mainstream more recently thanks to bands like Overthrust, whose brand of death metal has graced the stages of European music festivals.
3. And one of Africa’s healthiest big cat populations
You don’t have to have the eyes of a hawk to spot big cats in Botswana, particularly Chobe National Park, which is one of the best places in Africa to see leopards, lions and cheetahs. Their bountiful numbers have made the country one of the best safari destinations in Africa.
The country is also a sanctuary for big cats like this lion
Botswana has set aside 45 per cent of its land for protection, which is one of the reasons why the country has such an abundance of wildlife.
5. There’s plenty of space
With just 3.5 people per square kilometre, Botswana is one of the world’s least crowded countries. Just the tonic if you live in bustling Britain, which, by contrast, is one of the most crowded, with a claustrophobic 262 inhabitants per square kilometre.
6. It’s home to the Okavango Delta
One of the Seven Natural Wonders of Africa, the Okavango Delta also enjoys World Heritage status – and it’s easy to see why. Spreading out across 15,000 sq km, this dramatic delta provides a vital habitat for some of Botswana’s most celebrated wildlife, including the African elephant, Nile crocodile, spotted hyena and black rhino.
The vast Okavango Delta is one of the Seven Natural Wonders of Africa
7. There’s a “Louvre” in the desert
World Heritage status has also been bestowed upon Tsodilo, which Unesco describes as the “Louvre of the Desert”. And with good reason: this corner of the Kalahari Desert is home to one of the highest concentrations of rock art in the world. Revered by the Hambukushu and San communities, Tsodilo boasts some 4,500 paintings, some of which are 100,000 years old.
Tsodilo boasts 4,500 odd rock paintings earning it the nickname "Louvre of the Desert"Credit: ALAMY
8. It’s landlocked, but you can go on a cruise
And not just any cruise: a cruise down the Chobe River, one of Africa’s richest waterways. Teeming with wildlife – from hungry hippos to boisterous buffalo – a boat trip down this life-giving river gives passengers the chance to quaff a G&T whilst watching elephants go for a dip. To experience all of this in unabashed luxury, book a cabin aboard the opulent Zambezi Queen, which plies this limpid waterway.
A cruise up the Chobe River offers the chance to see hippos
9. It boasts one of the world’s largest salt flats
The Makgadikgadi Pan is all that remains of the defunct Makgadikgadi Lake, which once covered an area the size of Switzerland. Tourists can traverse the arid salt flats on quad bikes by day and watch zebra and wildebeest migrating across it by night.
The Makgadikgadi Pans
10. It’s one of the freest countries in Africa
According to Freedom House, there are only eight countries in Africa that can truly be described as free – and Botswana is one of them. The other seven are: Cape Verde, Senegal, Tunisia, Ghana, Benin, Namibia and South Africa.
11. It’s big on rhino conservation
Another beleaguered African species, the rhino, which is hunted for its horn, is the star attraction at the Khama Rhino Sanctuary in the east of the country. Home to white and black rhinos, the reserve’s inhabitants are closely monitored by conservationists, who are keen to boost the number of rhinos living in Botswana.
Rhino populations are facing a poaching crisis, but Botswana is working to protect themCredit: AP/FOTOLIA
12. You don’t need a visa
At least not if you’re travelling on a British passport, which allows travellers to spend up to six months exploring the country
Professor Rayson Huang Li-sung, a prominent chemist and the first Chinese vice chancellor of the University of Hong Kong, died peacefully in Britain on Wednesday. He was 94. The only alumnus turned vice chancellor to date for the 104-year-old HKU, Huang led the institution as its 10th chief from 1972 to 1986, through the economic downturn and political uncertainty that were plaguing the then British colony. "Dr Huang made great contributions to Hong Kong, in academic, social and political arenas alike," incumbent vice chancellor Professor Peter Mathieson told students, alumni and staff in an email on Sunday. Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying expressed profound sadness. "He was actively involved in the work for Hong Kong's return to the motherland." Born on September 1, 1920, in Shantou , Guangdong, Huang was educated at Munsang College, where his father Rufus Huang was the founding principal. He studied at HKU from 1938 to 1942 with the help of a government scholarship, majoring in chemistry. In 1944, he went to Oxford University on a Rhodes Trust Scholarship, attaining a doctorate before starting postdoctoral research at the University of Chicago, where he met and married his wife Grace. She died in 1999. Violin making was among his many hobbies. From 1951, Huang began two decades of teaching in the Malay peninsula, at the University of Malaya - now the National University of Singapore - in Singapore followed by Kuala Lumpur. He became vice chancellor of Nanyang University in Singapore in 1969, but returned to Hong Kong in 1972 to serve as vice chancellor of his alma mater. In his autobiography, A Lifetime in Academia, Huang recalled having to "resort to putting pressure on the [students'] union to bring them to order". Undergrad, the union's newspaper, had published a report accusing an officer of taking bribes, without substantial evidence. Huang decided HKU would stop collecting annual fees for the union until it retracted the article. "He wasn't the kind of vice chancellor who maintained a close relationship with students," former HKU pro-vice-chancellor Rosie Young said. Bank of East Asia chairman David Li Kwok-po remembered his close friend of many years with fondness. "He was a very smart and sharp person, while at the same time a very good leader," Li, whom Huang had appointed as HKU treasurer, said . Politically, Huang served on the Legislative Council and the Basic Law drafting committee. Fellow committee member Martin Lee Chu-ming hailed him for facilitating a Basic Law provision on allowing universal suffrage in 2007 at the soonest, five years earlier than suggested by other proposals. To Lee, Huang was unflappable even amid national crises. "Huang telephoned me on June 4, 1989. He asked me whether he should resign from the drafting committee. He was too saddened," Lee said, referring to the Tiananmen Square bloodshed. Huang stayed on upon Lee's advice. He left in 1994 for Britain, where his sons, Christopher and Freddie, were university scholars. "It was the second time, in half a century, I took leave of Hong Kong - this place on earth with so many dear friends which I hold in lasting affection."
Reporting by Jeffie Lam, Stuart Lau and Enoch Yiu, SCMP
Fugitive businessman Jho Low, accused of orchestrating a multibillion-dollar fraud of a Malaysian sovereign wealth fund, has agreed to forfeit over $100 million worth of luxury real estate as part of a wide-ranging settlement with U.S. prosecutors.
That includes two posh London apartments, two New York City condos—one on the city’s famed Billionaire’s Row—and a contemporary mansion in Los Angeles, all of which U.S. prosecutors accused Mr. Low of buying with stolen money from a multibillion-dollar heist, known as the 1MDB scandal, the U.S. Department of Justice announced on Wednesday.
The collection of lavish properties are only a slice of some $700 million in assets, including a private jet, fine art and diamond jewelry, that Mr. Low has agreed to give up, according to court documents filed this week.
Mr. Low, 37, has denied all charges against him. He said in a statement that the settlement did “not constitute an admission of guilt, liability or any form of wrongdoing by me.”
The three U.S. homes were already headed to the market as part of prior agreements between Mr. Low and federal prosecutors, Mansion Global has previously reported.
One of them, a lavish penthouse atop the Mandarin Oriental Residences by Central Park South, a stretch of Midtown Manhattan referred to as Billionaire’s Row for its superlatively expensive apartments, is already in contract, according to listing records on StreetEasy.
The three U.S. homes were already headed to the market as part of prior agreements between Mr. Low and federal prosecutors, Mansion Global has previously reported.
One of them, a lavish penthouse atop the Mandarin Oriental Residences by Central Park South, a stretch of Midtown Manhattan referred to as Billionaire’s Row for its superlatively expensive apartments, is already in contract, according to listing records on StreetEasy.
A forfeited four-bedroom Manhattan penthouse of fugitive financier Jho Low is already in contract with a buyerThe four-bedroom penthouse went into contract earlier this month, asking $30 million—approximately $500,000 less than Mr. Low bought it for in 2011.
Agents for Mr. Low are expected to help the U.S. government manage and dispose of the assets, including his five homes, the Justice Department said.
But the intermediaries are likely to face an uphill task selling off the properties for figures close to what Mr. Low originally paid, as both New York City and London are in the midst of a downturn in their prime housing markets. For example, Mr. Low’s other New York City property is located on the second floor of a historic pre-war building in Manhattan’s trendy SoHo neighborhood. The apartment, which features 14-foot ceilings, decorative interior columns and built-in bookshelves, is asking $9.2 million—several million less than the $13.8 million Mr. Low purchased it for back in 2014, according to a listing for the property and court documents.
A historic SoHo apartment Mr. Low purchased for $13.8 million in 2014 is now listed for $9.2 million.It’s not just a change in market conditions that presents a hurdle for those charged with unloading the properties, as some have fallen into disrepair.
For instance, the sprawling Los Angeles mansion, set on 1.2 acres off the city’s Sunset Strip, “will need full restoration,” according to a listing for the property with Ernie Carswell and Christopher Pickett, both of Douglas Elliman. The brokerage has declined to comment on the property. The Los Angeles house, which prosecutors said Mr. Low purchased with embezzled funds, is on the market for $24 million—less than two-thirds of the $39 million the businessman paid in 2012, according to property records and court documents.
Meanwhile, the sale of Mr. Low’s London properties face a similarly daunting market, as higher transfer taxes in the U.K. paired with a rancorous political environment ahead of Brexit have combined to depress home values in the city’s center since 2014.
It’s not clear how much Mr. Low paid for the two London apartments, which include a 12,000-square-foot penthouse and a nearby flat, both in the city’s posh Mayfair neighborhood. Federal prosecutors claim he wired at least £35 million to a U.K. bank account for the purchase of the penthouse atop Stratton House in 2010, according to court documents.
But the developer of the building, Grafton Advisors, claims the lavish aerie set a record nine years ago at over £4,000 per square foot, according to Grafton’s website. That would mean a final sale price at the time of over £48 million. At the moment, there are no publicly listed apartments priced that high in London.
Mr. Low, who is reportedly in self-imposed exile in China, is accused of orchestrating the theft of $4.5 billion from the 1Malaysia Development Berhad, known as 1MDB. U.S. prosecutors maintain that he laundered the ill-gotten gains through banks around the world and used the funds to run a lavish lifestyle.
“Thanks to this settlement, one of the men allegedly at the center of this massive scheme will lose all access to hundreds of millions of dollars,” said U.S. Attorney Nicola T. Hanna of the Central District of California in a statement on Wednesday. “This settlement agreement forces Low and his family to relinquish hundreds of millions of dollars in ill-gotten gains that were intended to be used for the benefit of the Malaysian people, and it sends a signal that the United States will not be a safe haven for the proceeds of corruption.
The widow of a high-flying academic has been handed victory in a court battle with her dead husband’s parents over her £430,000 home.
Kings College London medical statistician, Dr Kun Liu, died aged 31 in 2015, leaving everything to his bride of just three weeks, Xuan Wu.
However, the doctor’s death sparked a bitter legal row between his widow and his Chinese parents, who claim they had ‘ploughed much of their retirement savings into getting him on the property ladder’
The parents of an academic who died from cancer have contested his widow's inheritance because he “promised” they could move in with him.
Dr Kun Liu, a medical statistician at Kings College London, died aged 31 in 2015, leaving everything to his bride, Xuan Wu, having married her in hospital less than a month before his passing. He signed a will by “marking a cross on a document prepared by a solicitor”, leaving his new wife their £430,000 home in south Croydon, the Central London county court heard.
However, she is now embroiled in a bitter legal dispute with Kun’s Chinese parents, who claim they lent him large amounts of money to purchase the property that would give him “the best opportunity to succeed in life”.
Weidong Liu and Yali Kang claim to have given their son over £325,000 since 2012, but thought he would repay them.
Kun met Xuan Wu, his future bride, when he was studying in Manchester in 2005
They have travelled across the world to put their case against their daughter-in-law who wedded their son in November 2015.
Kun, who had achieved a PhD at Manchester University, even “invited them to retire to the UK and live with him”, claimed Mr Nickless, the parents barrister.
“This money came from their life savings and money borrowed from their family, ” he explained.
“Alternatively, they say they are entitled to repayment of the sum they lent to Kun.”
But Ms Wu, 34, is fighting the legal claim, disputing that the money was ever intended as a loan.
Her barrister, Max Thorowgood, said the young couple became engaged in 2012 “with the consent of their parents”.
“She says the larger payments were gifts made by his parents on account of her engagement to Kun Liu, and that her parents made similar payments,” he argued.
Kun and his future bride met when he was studying in Manchester in 2005 and she alleges they began to live together from that date, eventually becoming engaged in 2012.
However, Kun's parents claim that until 2014 they were unaware of the depth of feeling between their son and his girlfriend.
Picture shows Weidong Liu outside Central London County Court
His father told the court that he and his son had an “understanding” that Kun should not take up with with a serious girlfriend while studying.
Mr Liu added that him and his wife had spent a lot of money on their son’s academic career, describing him as an “excellent student”.
But in April 2015, the family received the devastating news of his cancer diagnosis, although his parents say they only learnt about his terminal illness the day after the hospital wedding ceremony.
Just over a week later, they flew to the UK to see their son for the last time. The hearing continues.
They handed over part of their retirement pot because 'it was for the good of their family to enhance his prospects as much as possible', they claimed.
And they hoped that one day they might move to the UK after retiring and live with their son in his home.
But Xuan Wu said she doubted whether his parents would ever have come to the UK - or even obtained a visa.
Dr Liu’s parents jetted to the UK to give evidence in support of their case – but their claim was rejected by Judge Parfitt after a five-day hearing
The widow had told the judge Dr Liu’s parents ‘exaggerated the amount of money provided by them’, and that her own parents also contributed about half the cash.
The judge accepted that Dr Liu, as a ‘dutiful son’, might well have thought that his parents would eventually retire to England.
But such retirement plans were separate from the house-buying project, he found, and there was no fixed intention that he should repay the cash from his parents and they ‘were ultimately excluded’ in his will, the judge ruled.
‘This is harsh for them, but of itself suggests that at least by but of itself suggests that at least by the time of the property’s purchase and thereafter, Dr Liu did not regard himself as under any financial obligation to his parents,’ he said.
But Judge Nicholas Parfitt has now handed the wife victory, saying that the academic considered his ‘moral obligation’ was to his young widow, not to his elderly parents.
Central London County Court heard the young couple had swapped marriage vows in hospital on November 27 2015, just three weeks before he died.
Shortly before his death, the frail doctor had made his last will ‘by marking a cross on a document prepared by a solicitor,’ naming his 34-year-old widow as his sole heir.
Howeverhis parents, Weidong Liu and Kali Kang, later challenged their dead son’s move and claimed the house the widow had inherited belonged to them in reality.
But Judge Nicholas Parfitt has now handed the wife victory, saying that the academic considered his ‘moral obligation’ was to his young widow, not to his elderly parents.
Why was Albert Einstein so brilliant? He had a superhighway running through the center of his noggin. (Associated Press)
The Chicago-based MacArthur Foundation recently came out with this year's "genius grants." There's a new movie about another genius, Steve Jobs. It's time for you to get smart, unless you already know these 10 facts about geniuses:
1. "Genius" is a vague, debatable term. But in the 1920s, Stanford professor Edward Terman used IQ scores to select more than 1,000 children as subjects in his Genetic Study of Genius. The participants — nicknamed "Termites" — have generally remained unidentified.
But among them were Edward Dmytryk, who directed the film "The Caine Mutiny," and Norris Bradbury, who ran the Los Alamos National Laboratory. Two children whose IQ scores didn't meet Terman's standards were William Shockley and Luis Alvarez. Those rejects grew up to win the Nobel Prize in Physics.
2. Shortly after Albert Einstein died on April 18, 1955, his brain was sliced and diced and photographed in an effort to see what made him so darn smart. But it wasn't until 2010 that newly rediscovered photos and advances in brain research offered some answers to that question. Certain sections of Einstein's brain were more developed, and it had more wrinkles and loops and ridges — which is good in a brain — but the key may have been his huge corpus callosum, the dense network of nerve fibers that connects the different areas of the brain. Einstein, as it turns out, had a superhighway running through the center of his noggin, likely explaining his astonishing creativity and genius.
3. Vivien Thomas, a 19-year-old black man in Nashville, Tenn., found his hopes of going to college dashed by the Depression in 1930. So he took a job as a lab assistant to white surgeon Alfred Blalock of Vanderbilt University. Despite Thomas' lack of higher education, he became a brilliant surgical technician and research partner who helped Blalock develop pioneering methods of treating shock and operating on the heart. Yet for years Thomas was classified as a janitor and paid at that level when he was doing the equivalent of postgraduate work. Thomas even worked as a bartender at Blalock's parties to earn extra money. Ultimately, Thomas' vital role in the medical breakthroughs was widely recognized, and he received an honorary doctorate from Johns Hopkins in 1976.
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4. Eureka moments are strokes of genius that have produced a number of scientific breakthroughs, including Alexander Fleming's discovery of penicillin and Philo Farnsworth's invention of the television. When Swiss inventor George de Mestral pulled burrs from his dog in 1941, his aha moment not only eventually gave the world Velcro, but also one of the first examples of biomimetics, or biological mimicry.
5. When Polish physicist and chemist Marie Sklodowska married Frenchman Pierre Curie and became "Madame Curie," she handled the grocery shopping and cooking with scientific precision. But the woman who would win two Nobel Prizes was confused by a recipe and had to ask her sister a difficult question: What exactly is a "pinch"?
Marie Curie, center, is seen with her two daughters, Irene and Eve, in this undated photograph. The physicist and chemist known as "Madame Curie" won two Nobel Prizes but reportedly didn't understand a common kitchen measurement. (Chicago Tribune)
6. Hedy Kiesler Markey received a patent in 1942 for her work with George Antheil to develop a frequency-hopping technique allowing radio-controlled torpedoes to avoid detection and jamming. The technological advance had major implications beyond World War II, fostering development of wireless communications. Markey was brilliant in another field as well, performing in movies under the name Hedy Lamarr.
7. It seemed like a great idea: a Nobel Prize sperm bank. But the 1980 brainchild of Robert K. Graham, who made millions off shatterproof plastic eyeglasses, quickly ran into trouble when he announced that the first Nobelist to donate was none other than William Shockley, an inventor of the transistor and also a notorious racist who promoted voluntary sterilization for less-intelligent people.
Though it survived until 1999 and produced 215 babies, the Repository for Germinal Choice, as the bank was officially known, couldn't shed the taint it was a Nazi-like scheme to create a master race. It also never persuaded more than a few Nobelists to donate. The bank's operations couldn't have instilled great confidence either. The catalog used colors to mask donor identities but was rife with misspellings. How could a prospective mother envision her own baby Einstein coming from a donor named Corral, Turquois and Fucshia?
8. Hungarian physician Dr. Ignaz Semmelweis had a controversial medical theory that many of his fellow doctors refused to accept. Frustrated, Semmelweis lashed out publicly and was fired from his job. Ultimately, he was committed to a mental asylum, where the guards reportedly beat him and he died in 1865. Semmelweis' unpopular brainstorm: that doctors should wash their hands before treating patients.
9. If you find yourself a bit bored at your next meeting of Mensa International, the club for people with IQs in the highest 2 percent, maybe it's time to apply to the Top One Percent Society or even the Triple Nine Society, representing the 99.9th percentile. If that proves less than stimulating, you may be ready for the Prometheus Society, which restricts membership to the 99.997th percentile and up, or the Mega Society, for those with an IQ of 176 or more, the top 99.9999th percentile of the population. Then again, being a genius, you know there are serious doubts about the accuracy of tests trying to measure IQs above 140.
10. Physicist Tsung-Dao Lee has wrestled with such complex issues as parity violation and nontopological solitons, but when the Columbia University professor shared the 1957 Nobel Prize, his favorite Chinese restaurant in New York put up a sign with a simple explanation for his triumph: "Eat here, win Nobel Prize."
A married couple were killed in a light aircraft crash as they made a surprise visit to see family during the holiday weekend.
David and Margaret-Ann Rous were on an Easter getaway when their private plane crashed into hills during bad weather in the Scottish highlands.
The pair had arranged a secret visit using Mr Rous’s light aircraft to see his wife’s mother and sister on an island in the Inner Hebrides on Saturday.
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Newlyweds: Dr Margaret-Ann and David Rous died when their light aircraft crashed into a Scottish hillside while flying from their home in Dundee to make a surprise to see family on the the Hebridean isle of Tiree
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The couple – who had been married for less than a year – were found in the wreckage of the aircraft
But when the couple failed to turn up at the island’s airstrip and radar contact could not be made with the plane, a search party was scrambled.
The wreckage of the plane and the couple’s bodies were found in hills in Argyll six hours later as aviation experts said the flight may have encountered poor visibility.
Shocked residents on the island of Tiree paid tribute to the ‘wonderful’ Dr Rous, 37, who had been married to the 28-year-old structural engineer for three years.
The couple lived in a £260,000 semi-detached house in Newport-on-Tay, just across the river from Dundee where Dr Rous worked as a family doctor.
Neighbours said that despite Mr Rous often working away from home, the couple frequently held parties for them to make friends.
Dr John Holliday, Tiree’s local doctor for almost 30 years, said: ‘I had known Margaret-Ann since the 1980s. She captivated everyone that knew her. She was absolutely gorgeous in every way. She became a much-loved GP in Dundee and I have no doubt that she was a wonderful doctor with her charm and great empathy.
Surprise visit to see family: The couple were flying in Mr Rous's Piper Cherokee from Dundee, where they lived, to Tiree, where Dr Rous grew up, to spend the weekend with her mother and sister
‘She immediately touched the hearts of everyone who came into contact with her.’
Paying tribute to Mr Rous, originally from Gillingham in Kent, he added: ‘He was a really nice man and a very talented structural engineer with a bright professional career ahead of him.
‘Together they made a fine couple. We can only imagine what the family must be suffering.
‘A cloud has fallen over Tiree, but the island community will come together as it always does at times like this.’
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Private jet: The couple were flying in a Piper Cherokee light aircraft (like the one above) when tragedy struck
The tragedy unfolded after the couple set off from Dundee Airport in Mr Rous’s single-engine Piper Cherokee plane on Saturday.
Radar contact was lost at around 1.50pm as they travelled over the remote Beinn nan Lus area of Glen Kinglass.
Coastguard and Royal Navy helicopters, as well as an air ambulance, were called, and found the wreckage at 8pm on the northern side of Glen Kinglass, above Loch Etive.
The Air Accidents Investigation Branch is now examining possible causes of the crash.
Local aviation expert David Howitt said that the conditions were poor at the time, adding: ‘I have been taking weather readings here for 50 years, and on Saturday the weather was very, very dubious. There was some very poor visibility.’ Source: the Mail
The celebrity chef's iconic Fat Duck was named the eighth best restaurant in the world in the annual poll by luxury magazine Elite Traveler.
And his London eatery, Dinner by Heston Blumenthal, at the Mandarin Oriental hotel, also scraped through into the top 25.
Alinea, run by the uber-talented Grant Achatz has retained its crown for the fourth year running as the best restaurant in the world, the Elite Traveller list revealed.
Experimental chef Heston's restaurants join six other British establishments in the list which includes The Ledbury, which serves contemporary French cuisine at 12; sophisticated Indian restaurant Amaya, coming in at 92.
Restaurant Andrew Fairlie in Scotland’s famous Gleneagles Hotel just scraped in the list at 98th place.
The US has 19 of the best restaurants in the world, followed by France which boasts 14 and the UK, which has a mere eight.
Young talent: Chef Grant Achatz has three Michelin stars for his Chicago restaurant Alinea
Spain has eight in the list while Italy has seven and Australia had five.
Germany, Japan and China have six restaurants respectively which made it into the top hundred.
These include Mizai in Kyoto, Japan which placed at number 15, Aqua in Wolsberg, Germany, which came in at number 21 and Hong Kong's Amber.
Switzerland, Mexico, Belgium, Singapore and Brazil all had two restaurants each in the list.
Three restaurants in South Africa - The Test Kitchen, Cape Town (44); Tasting Room at Le Quartier Francais, Franschhoek (85), and Rust en Vrede, Stellenbosch (87) - were considered the best in the country.
Denmark, Austria, Norway, Ireland, Monaco, India, Canada and the UAE all had one restaurant in the top 100 list.
The awards also awarded its chef of the year accolade, which this year went to Swiss chef Daniel Humm, chef and co-owner of Eleven Madison Park, which came in a fourth in the list and The NoMad in New York City, which placed 89th.
Queen arrived at St George's Chapel alongside the Duke of Edinburgh and was dressed in a bright blue coat and hat
Couple were joined by family members including Princess Beatrice, the Countess of Wessex and Autumn Phillips
They were greeted by the Dean of Windsor, the Right Reverend David Connor, who led the Easter Day service
Yesterday the Countess of Wessex and Princess Beatrice were not exactly fly-away style winners with their feathered hats as they joined the Queen at Windsor for an Easter Sunday service.
Sophie, 50, wife of Prince Edward, wore a beret-style percher hat topped with large, dark plumes, while Beatrice, 26, the elder daughter of the Duke of York and Sarah Ferguson, opted for an unusual blue creation.
With them, and sporting a slightly more subtly coloured hat embellished with a large rose, was Autumn Phillips, 36, wife of the Queen’s grandson Peter Phillips.
Lady Louise Windsor, the countess’ 11-year-old daughter, made up the four royal ladies.
After arriving at the chapel, the royal couple were greeted by other members of the royal family including Princess Beatrice and Sophie, Countess of Wessex
The Queen and Prince Philip were joined by the rest of royal family as they attended a traditional Easter Sunday church service at Windsor Castle today.
Today's church service marked a busy weekend for the Queen, who attended a Maundy Day service at Sheffield Cathedral on Thursday.
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The female members of the royal family including Lady Louise Windsor, the Countess of Wessex, Autumn Phillips and Princess Beatrice, all walked together and chatted as they made their way to the chapel
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Resplendent in a turquoise coat by Stewart Parvin and matching hat, the monarch was all smiles as she arrived at Sheffield Cathedral for the traditional ceremony.
Joined by the Duke of Edinburgh, Her Majesty was there to present 'alms' to 89 women and 89 men.
Historically, this sum of £5.50 in the Red Purse is made up of £3 for clothing, £1.50 in lieu of provisions and £1 for the redemption of the Sovereign's gown.
Many of male members of the royal family followed behind as they walked to the chapel, including Prince Edward and his nephew Peter Phillips
Prince Andrew and Princess Anne, dressed in mint green, were followed on their way to church by Daniel Chatto, husband of Lady Sarah Armstrong- Jones, daughter of Princess Margaret
