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A poll in mid-April indicated that nearly two-thirds of Britons were not interested in the ceremony, unlike last year when Elizabeth celebrated her record 70th year on the throne. Britain’s King Charles III and Britain’s Camilla, Queen Consort look at members of the Bearer Party transferring the coffin of Queen …

A letter mailed in 1916 arrived at its intended address in London more than 100 years later. Photo courtesy of the Norwood Society/Twitter Feb. 20 (UPI) — A London man who received a letter addressed to a former resident of his home was shocked to discover it had been mailed more …

A cyber incident that led to severe disruption to Royal Mail's international export services was said to be caused by Lockbit. Source link

A person at home in Edinburgh watches Prince Harry, the Duke of Sussex, being interviewed by ITV’s Tom Bradby, during ‘Harry: The Interview,’ two days before his controversial autobiography ‘Spare’ is published, on Jan. 8.Jane Barlow/The Associated Press Prince Harry has said he had made public his rifts with the …

Peter Morgan’s lengthy Netflix drama about the British monarchy, The Crown, has now completed its fifth and penultimate season. It has strengths, but the further it progresses the more glaring its weaknesses—and its less than socially uplifting intentions—become. The show has fictionalised real events, many of them controversial and difficult …

It is December 23, which means there are just two days left to Christmas, and it is also Day 23 of the strike action that started in December. It is envisaged that the protests will continue till December 25. December 23 Strikes and Protests People from some of the major …

LONDON Britain is facing a fresh wave of industrial action, including by nurses, postal workers and university lecturers, sparked by a bitter cost-of-living crisis triggered by soaring inflation and a deteriorating economy. The annual inflation rate in the UK jumped to 11.1% in October from 10.1% in September, its highest …

Royal Mail worker Leila delivers mail in Balham, London, Jan. 12, 2021. | Kirsty O’Connor / PA via AP Jon Tait is a former sports journalist and postal worker, now working for the U.K.’s largest public sector trade union. In this op-ed, he discusses the dispute between postal workers and …

Postal workers at Britain’s Royal Mail will strike for six days in December around the busy Christmas holiday period in an ongoing pay dispute, their union said on Thursday. The workers will now strike on Dec. 23 and 24, in addition to Dec. 9, 11, 14 and 15, the …

Britain’s Royal Mail said on Tuesday that members of its largest labour union, the Communication Workers Union (CWU), will strike for two days in November. Royal Mail, owned by International Distribution Services Plc , said the CWU notified it that they plan to call on members who collect, sort and …