The themes and topics covered range from the tiniest of insects to outer space By Matt Drake Published: 19:35 EDT, 8 April 2024 | Updated: 20:17 EDT, 8 April 2024 It may look like the Royal Mail is running out of ideas with its latest set of commemorative stamps. For …
Read More »Praise for estranged Dad, Tom Markle… Big love for ditched BFF Jessica Mulroney… And sharp words about ‘fairy tale weddings’! What Meghan’s hit blog, The Tig, tells us today on the anniversary of its closure…
She’s already a well-respected blogger, having experienced great success with The Tig before meeting – and marrying – her Prince Charming. So, it might have come as no surprise when, just a few weeks ago, the Duchess of Sussex unveiled a new lifestyle site named American Riviera Orchard. The new …
Read More »Villagers’ fury as councillors give the green light to double the charge to cross historic Hampshire toll bridge which residents used for free for generations
Villagers have reacted with fury to councillors giving the green light to double the charge to cross an historic toll bridge which residents have used for free for generations. Despite angry locals blasting the £1 crossing at Eling Toll Bridge being doubled to £2 and introducing charges for previously exempt …
Read More »It’s discreet, stylish and very, very British – so no wonder hit Netflix show The Gentlemen has reached for the Royal fashion wardrobe beloved of Charles and Kate…
Netflix’s The Gentlemen outfits tell a quintessentially British story – of a second son inheriting a family estate that, as he discovers to his horror, has declined into rack and ruin. Needless to say, it is also a story of Barbour jackets, wellies and Prince of Wales checks. According to …
Read More »My turn now…The royal mother-daughter pairings who like to share their favourite outfits. (But which of them looks best…?)
When it comes to favourite outfits, why not get a little extra wear down the generations? This applies to royal mother-daughter pairings just as much as anyone else, including the late Queen and Princess Anne, Queen Mary of Denmark and Princess Isabella and Queen Letizia of Spain and daughter Princess Leonor. A …
Read More »Inside Prince Andrew’s isolating past few years as royal outcast after infamous Newsnight interview that Netflix turned into hit drama Scoop
For years, Prince Andrew has been fighting to rebuild his image, first because of his relationship with paedophile Jeffrey Epstein and then after his car-crash Newsnight interview. Netflix’s film Scoop, about his Newsnight interview with Emily Maitlis and based on the book by ex-BBC producer Sam McAlister, came out yesterday. …
Read More »Disbelief as undermanned Royal Navy spends £2.4million on ‘diversity and inclusion team’ – as ‘furious’ Defence Secretary Grant Shapps wages war on ‘woke’ equality policies in the military
The Royal Navy has splashed out £2.4million on dedicated diversity and inclusion staff in recent years at a time when defence budgets are more constrained than ever, ministers have admitted. Defence Secretary Grant Shapps is waging war on what he sees as ‘woke’ and wasteful diversity pushes, including internal jobs …
Read More »Royal Navy ship to be sent to Gaza as part of £9.7m aid package from Britain amid fears a catastrophic famine could kill thousands of Palestinians
By Tom Cotterill Published: 19:18 EDT, 6 April 2024 | Updated: 20:28 EDT, 6 April 2024 Britain is to deploy a Royal Navy warship to help get more aid into Gaza, the UK has announced. Alongside the vessel, which is not being named for security, the Government announced a £9.7million …
Read More »The insider’s guide to Balmoral for those who missed out on a £100 ticket! ROBERT HARDMAN on what it’s really like inside – and what tourists won’t see as it opens its doors for the first time…
For all the portraits, busts and fine furniture, I have no doubt that it will be the personal stuff which lingers longest in the public’s memory. As in any stately home, it is the tell-tale signs of family life — a wedding photo, perhaps, or even a trampoline in a …
Read More »Royal Navy deals major blow to drug cartels in the Caribbean after seizing a 200kg haul of cocaine and other narcotics worth almost £17m
HMS Trent intercepted the drugs during two operations in Caribbean region Operating in area since end of 2023, warship has seized drugs worth £307m British sailors, Royal Marines and US Coast Guard were all involved in seizures By Francine Wolfisz Published: 19:08 EDT, 5 April 2024 | Updated: 19:12 EDT, …
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