Are the Balmoral tests a real tactic used by the royal family? Did Thatcher loathe her time spent at the castle? And did Prince Philip really tell Charles to marry Diana? Let’s unpick the historical truths of episode 2… (This article contains spoilers for season 4, episode 2 of The Crown) …
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HOMES in a part of Oxfordshire were left without post for weeks because of a shortage of postal workers. People in Wallingford and Didcot slammed Royal Mail after months of postal delays, with some letters and parcels taking two weeks to be delivered. Conservative MP for Wantage David Johnston, who …
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A gran who lost her limbs to sepsis is set to become one of the first people in Scotland to trial a life-changing bionic hand programmed by an iPad. Marguerite Henderson hopes she will be given the artificial hand, which mimics natural wrist rotation in time for Christmas. The invention …
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Beautiful stained glass Nativity scenes on 2020 Christmas stamps – The Catholic Universe 15 49.0138 8.38624 arrow 0 bullet 0 4000 1 horizontal https://thecatholicuniverse.com 300 0 1 THE NEWS SITE YOU’LL HAVE FAITH IN We use cookies to ensure that we give you the best experience on our website. If …
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For many people, Christmas is the most wonderful time of the year. It is normally a time when we get a chance to get together with our families, share presents, enjoy good food and fill our homes with Christmas decorations to brighten them up in these darker months. Cities usually …
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Percy and Penny will be working all hours this month and next, but they will not be earning overtime. Each of the two “autobagging” machines at Marks and Spencer’s Donington distribution centre — named after the retailer’s trademark pig sweets — allows staff to pack 1,000 items an hour; three …
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If you have ordered online gifts for Christmas and they are coming from abroad, then the chances are they will arrive through East Midlands Airport (EMA) in time for the big day. That latest electronic gadget coming from the Far East or fashion item from the US, will join approaching …
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Friends of Prince Charles launched a blistering attack on The Crown last night, accusing producers of the hit Netflix drama of ‘trolling on a Hollywood budget’. Some of the Prince’s closest confidantes have accused the streaming giant of exploiting the Royal Family’s pain for financial gain and raged that ‘fiction …
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With the expectation of being the best Black Friday ever, the 2020 edition of the shopping event can contribute to a considerable increase in carbon emissions, worsening global warming, due to the large amount of deliveries. This is what a report released by the price comparison site Money points out. …
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Like the previous three series of The Crown, the latest is riddled with factual errors. Here, Royal historian Ian Lloyd highlights some of the worst examples. DIANA AND CAMILLA’S LUNCH ‘DISASTER’ TV VERSION The two women in Charles’s life are shown meeting for lunch at the London restaurant Menage a …
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