It’s not quite what they’re used to in the Palace kitchen. But the Prince and Princess of Wales put their cooking skills to good use today on a royal visit to a primary school. William and Kate looked right at home as they helped prepare food around a campfire at a …
Read More »French delivery company strikes deal with Post Office in blow to Royal Mail
This exclusivity, which dated back to the spin-off of the Post Office in 2012, ended under the terms of a new partnership signed in 2020, which allowed the company to open up its network to other providers. The Post Office has since also struck click and collect deals with Amazon …
Read More »‘Last Royal Navy veteran of Dunkirk’ dies aged 102: Tributes pour in for great-grandfather who signed up to be a sailor on his 18th birthday – one year before WW2 broke out
Tributes have been paid to a soldier believed to be the last Royal Navy veteran of the Dunkirk evacuation who has died aged 102. Lawrence Churcher was posted to HMS Eagle at the start of World War Two and landed in France in May 1940 to help get ammunition to …
Read More »Kretinsky is buying up broken France. British businesses should do the same
Kretinsky clearly does not see it that way. Last week, he agreed a €1bn (£860m) deal to take control of the loss-making IT services unit of the technology company Atos. It adds to a growing portfolio in France. Only last month, he won control of the ailing supermarket chain Casino …
Read More »Princess Royal watches Scotland’s 32-21 defeat at the hands of France at Six Nations rugby match
Anne it’s all over: Princess Royal watches Scotland’s 32-21 defeat at the hands of France at Six Nations Championship rugby match Princess Anne, 72, watched in the wings in the Stade de France on Sunday France stormed to victory, leaving Scotland’s dream of a Grand Slam in tatters By Gemma …
Read More »Au revoir timbre rouge! Next day delivery goes digital in France
A row in France is brewing over retirement but it’s not what you think. On 1 January 2023 the iconic ‘timbre rouge’ – or red stamp – clocked off for good and the policy to abolish it has stirred up controversy in the republic. The timbre rouge has long guaranteed …
Read More »European markets open to close, data, news and earnings
The British pound has dropped below $1.14 for the first time since 1985 as a combination of dollar strength and recession warnings weighed on the U.K.’s currency. Sterling fell as low as $1.135 at 8:50 a.m. London before rising slightly to $1.1378, marking a fresh 37-year low. It followed the …
Read More »Welcome to Liz Truss’ Britain. Everyone’s going on strike – POLITICO
Press play to listen to this article LONDON — As Liz Truss gets down to work as Britain’s new prime minister, she faces an immediate problem. Half the British workforce appears to be going on strike. Across the country, rail workers, barristers, dockhands, bus drivers, garbage collectors, Amazon employees, and …
Read More »Video shows how construction of Royal Caribbean cruise ship Utopia of the Seas is well under way
By gross tonnage, these behemoths are the five biggest cruise ships on the high seas: 1. WONDER OF THE SEAS – ROYAL CARIBBEAN Launched in 2022, the record-breaking ship has a gross tonnage of 236,857, and measures 362m (1,187.8ft) in length and 64m (210ft) in width. With 2,867 staterooms, she …
Read More »Danish Royal family give Tour de France seal of approval as they watch the cycling in Copenhagen
The Tour de France kicked off in Denmark’s capital Copenhagen yesterday under the approving faces of the Danish Royal family. The most famous cycling race in the world took a trip to Scandinavia to start the 2,000 mile race. The three-day ‘Denmark Grand Depart’ follows the tradition of the Tour’s …
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