A Royal Navy warship came within a ‘hair’s breadth’ of crashing into a huge oil tanker after an untrained officer was left in charge and failed to spot it – as the lieutenant who put her there tried to cover up the near-disaster. Lieutenant Euan Playford-Johnston left an inexperienced colleague on …
Read More »New 50p coin marking the 80th anniversary of the D-Day landings has been unveiled by the Royal Mint
A new coin marking 80 years since the D-Day landings has been unveiled by the Royal Mint. The design of the ‘tails’ or reverse side of the 50p coin was revealed ahead of the anniversary on June 6. It was designed by David Lawrence with support from Imperial War Museums …
Read More »LIZ JONES: King Charles and William, give Harry and Meghan the best anniversary gift they could imagine: Welcome the Firm’s biggest assets back into the fold
This was the headline, four months before Meghan married Harry: ‘Why I’m proud to be a Meghanomaniac…we need some Markle sparkle!’ Let’s quote the piece: ‘The first I knew I was smitten was when Meghan used the term ‘my rescue pups’ on national, prime-time TV to describe her beloved dogs …
Read More »Fears over the future of second-class Royal Mail deliveries are growing amid a proposed £3.5 billion takeover of the postal service
Royal Mail has already urged regulators to let it cut second-class services in half By Emily Hawkins City Reporter Published: 20:38 EDT, 19 May 2024 | Updated: 21:01 EDT, 19 May 2024 Fears over the future of second-class Royal Mail deliveries are building amid a proposed £3.5billion takeover of the …
Read More »Second-class post ‘will be cut to just three days a week if billionaire Daniel Kretinsky completes £3.5bn takeover of Royal Mail’
Second-class post will be cut to just three days a week if billionaire Daniel Kretinsky completes his £3.5billion takeover of Royal Mail, according to reports. The businessman, who has been nicknamed the ‘Czech Sphinx’ for his inscrutable nature, is planning on taking the UK’s 500-year-old postal service into full foreign ownership …
Read More »King Charles did not meet with Prince Harry as he was busy rewarding senior peer who masterminded his Coronation and Queen Elizabeth II’s funeral, EMILY PRESCOTT reveals
It was a packed day of royal engagements that kept the King from meeting Prince Harry during his whistle-stop visit to the UK. Now I can reveal that one of the items of business which kept the monarch from seeing his son was rewarding the senior peer who masterminded both …
Read More »Prince Edward ‘forever grateful’ for ‘overwhelming’ and ‘touching’ support from royal chaplains after death of late Queen – as he recalls ’emotional’ months
The Duke of Edinburgh has said he will be ‘forever grateful’ for the ‘outpouring’ of comfort and support the royal family experienced after the death of the late Queen. Prince Edward, 60, opened up about the death of Queen Elizabeth II while deputising for his brother King Charles as Lord …
Read More »Royal National Park: Motorcyclist, 19, dies after crashing into a traffic barrier
By Olivia Day For Daily Mail Australia Published: 08:12 EDT, 18 May 2024 | Updated: 08:24 EDT, 18 May 2024 A 19-year-old motorcyclist has died after crashing into a traffic barrier. Emergency services were called to Sir Bertram Stevens Drive in the Royal National Park, about 30km south of Sydney’s …
Read More »Lady Gabriella Windsor’s heartbreak: How the royal is marking wedding anniversary without her beloved husband Thomas Kingston – five years after they dazzled in glorious Windsor nuptials, writes CLAUDIA JOSEPH
The daughter of Prince and Princess Michael of Kent today faces her fifth wedding anniversary without her beloved husband by her side. Instead of waking up with her late husband Thomas Kingston at their flat in Notting Hill, west London, Lady Gabriella Windsor has moved back in with her parents …
Read More »Queen Elizabeth and Princess Margaret glow as new mothers in previously unseen photos of the royal family – which also include an ethereal portrait of Kate Middleton
Remarkable unseen photos of Queen Elizabeth and Princess Margaret as young mothers are being unveiled to the public for the very first time. The Royal Portraits: A Century of Photography exhibition, which opens today at The King’s Gallery in Buckingham Palace, showcases images including the late monarch, her sister, Princess …
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