Meghan Markle may never come back to the UK as she ‘simply doesn’t care’ what the British public think, a royal biographer has claimed. The Duchess of Sussex , 40, who lives in a $14 million mansion in Montecito, California having stepped back from royal duty in 2020, has ‘no …
Read More »Astonishing plan to turn Tower of London’s royal moat into flower meadow
The last time they planted flowers here, the display became — overnight — one of the most wildly popular visitor attractions of modern times. Except that the flowers on that occasion were 888,246 ceramic poppies. And the whole installation was uprooted and sold off soon after the end of events …
Read More »Video shows Clapham postmen staggering in street after ‘accidentally eating HASH BROWNIES’
Postman Pot! Royal Mail launch probe into video showing delirious looking Clapham posties staggering in street after ‘accidentally eating HASH BROWNIES’ they were unable to deliver to address Postmen stagger after they were said to have accidentally eaten hash brownies One postman can be heard telling colleagues that he consumed ‘four’ …
Read More »PRESS DIGEST-Financial Times – Jan 26
The following are the top stories in the Financial Times. Reuters has not verified these stories and does not vouch for their accuracy. Headlines Royal Mail to axe 700 jobs in overhaul that will hit profits. https://on.ft.com/3u0PGh0 Temasek buys UK testing group Element in $7 bln deal. https://on.ft.com/3o0OnLc UK banks …
Read More »London midday: FTSE maintains gains as Royal Mail rallies on update
London stocks had maintained gains by midday on Tuesday, having taken their opening cue from a positive close on Wall Street, with Royal Mail pacing the advance after a well-received update. The FTSE 100 was up 0.8% at 7,357.44, having slumped 2.6% on Monday amid growing tensions between Russia and …
Read More »My View: Postal workers ensure we have red-letter days | Opinion
Maybe it’s from our English forebears, whose Royal Mail Service was started in 1516, that our nation’s founders were inspired to establish the U.S. Post Office, which they did definitively by making sure it was part of our federal Constitution (Article II, Sec. 8, #7). Since then, the U.S. Postal …
Read More »Royal Mail delivery chaos impacts more than 250,000 homes
A staff sickness crisis at the Royal Mail has hit deliveries for more than 250,000 homes across the country. During one week in January it was reported that up to 15,000 employees – nine per cent of the workforce – were off sick, severely impacting on the postal service. There …
Read More »London worst hit by the Royal Mail delivery crisis
L ondon has been struck down by the Royal Mail delivery crisis – with one in three of the worst affected postcodes in the UK lying in the capital. Of the 56 worst-hit areas, 18 of them were in London due to 38 delivery offices struggling to cope with what …
Read More »Prince William stays silent when asked if he supports Prince Andrew
Prince William declined to comment today as he was asked by a TV reporter whether he supported his disgraced uncle Prince Andrew while on his first joint engagement of the year with wife Kate. The Duke of Cambridge was leaving the Foundling Museum at Brunswick Square Gardens in London when …
Read More »The Queen was RIGHT to axe Prince Andrew for the sake of the monarchy, says AN WILSON
Prince Andrew has finally been stripped of his honorary military titles, and of his royal patronages. He has also agreed to no longer to use the honorific HRH. The Queen has been extremely reluctant to wield the axe but, as her predecessor Henry VIII knew, monarchs sometimes need to use …
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