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 …
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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. …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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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It’s a picture that has been burnished into the collective memory. Queen Elizabeth II smiling, a little frail, clutching her late husband’s shepherd’s crook while a roaring fire blazed behind her, just 24 hours before she died. We all remember the time, and indeed the place: September 8, 2022, at …
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King Charles III’s decision to open his royal residences to the public indicates he has realised ‘the need for the monarchy to evolve’, a royal expert has claimed. Earlier this week, in an unprecedented move, His Majesty, 75, announced that Balmoral Castle – the late Queen’s favourite retreat in Scotland, will …
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Royal Mail has come under fire from small businesses and greetings card firms over plans to slash daily second-class letter deliveries. The company revealed plans yesterday to scrap the deliveries on Saturdays and cut the service to just five times every two weeks. But critics including the Federation of Small Businesses …
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A five-bedroom mansion once owned by a scammer who fleeced the Royal Mail out of £70million has gone up for sale after being seized. Complete with a detached pool house, the sprawling property is the former home of Narinder Sandhu, 62, who used the proceeds of an elaborate postage scam to buy …
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