Royal Navy warship monitors Russian vessels in English Channel

A Royal Navy warship has begun monitoring two Russian naval vessels as they transit through the English Channel, as Boris Johnson met with Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky amid what the pair described as “ongoing Russian aggression”. The French military said on Monday that it had monitored two Russian ships, the …

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The Queen’s touching letters to royal fans

Max Mumby/IndigoGetty Images The Queen has been writing moving “thank you” cards to royal fans who sent Christmas wishes to her this year, as she spent her first festive period without her husband, the Duke of Edinburgh. One of the letters was shared by a fan on her Instagram account. …

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The postage stamp is mailed into the digital age

Royal Mail Lamp Box used in Scotland. Image by Rab-k. CC BY-SA 4.0 The humble postage stamp dates back almost 200 years. The stamp, variations to the design aside, has remained relatively stable. Now a new innovation is to come to postage stamps used in the UK: barcoding, as The …

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Royal Mail in the UK Renews Stamps in the Digital Age | Life

Founded over 500 years ago, Royal Mail has experienced the most turbulent times of the last decade, especially in 2013. — AleksandrVrublevskiy / Shutterstock pic via ETX Studio London, February 1-Royal Mail in the UK today rolled out stamps with special new digital capabilities as historic postal operators seek to …

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