The Duchess of Sussex has agreed “financial remedies” with the Mail on Sunday newspaper, bringing to an end a bitter, three-year legal battle. The Sunday newspaper printed a statement on its front page acknowledging that the Duchess had won her copyright infringement claim after the paper and the Mail Online …
Read More »Judges told postmen are now postal operatives in gender-neutral language makeover
Judges have been told to refer to postmen as “postal operatives” in a push for the court system to use gender-neutral language. The Equal Treatment Bench Book, most recently revised this month by the Judicial College, provides guidance to judges to ensure defendants, victims and witnesses are handled fairly. It …
Read More »The Royal Family spend their Christmas together yet far apart due to the risk of Omicron
As the Queen acknowledged, the curse of Covid had once again upset her family’s festive plans. But just like the rest of us – separated and scattered – the Royals were determined to make the best of it yesterday. Normally the 95-year-old Monarch’s nearest and dearest descend en masse on …
Read More »Queen makes NO mention of Meghan, Harry or Andrew in her speech
The Queen made no reference to Andrew, Harry or Meghan, but praised Charles, Camilla, William and Kate in her Christmas message. The 95-year-old monarch commended the Prince of Wales, his wife the Duchess of Cornwall, and the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge for their climate activism, while not making even …
Read More »Kate Middleton delights fans with surprise piano performance with Tom Walker
The Duchess of Cambridge gave millions of Britons a Christmas treat on TV tonight as she played the piano to accompany singer Tom Walker with a poignant song performed by candlelight at Westminster Abbey. Kate, who has tickled the ivories since she was a child, recorded the song with Walker …
Read More »Royal Caribbean cruise ship refused entry to Curacao and Aruba after Covid outbreak
A Royal Caribbean cruise ship has been refused entry to two islands after dozens of vaccinated crew and passengers tested positive for Covid just days after setting sail. The Odyssey of the Seas will not be allowed to make port at Curacao and Aruba, two of just three stops in …
Read More »Queen’s Christmas plans: Princess Anne’s husband Sir Timothy Laurence tests positive for Covid
EXCLUSIVE: Queen’s Christmas plans thrown into further disarray as Princess Anne’s husband Sir Timothy Laurence, 66, tests positive for Covid meaning the pair WON’T join her at Windsor EXCLUSIVE Princess Anne’s husband Sir Timothy Laurence has contracted Covid-19 It means Her Majesty is unlikely to spend Christmas Day with her …
Read More »RICHARD KAY: What became of the royal children in this delightful newly found Christmas portrait?
Formal photographs seldom say too much, but every so often they say everything. A little over 50 years ago, the camera clicked on a family group in the shadow of St George’s Chapel at Windsor Castle. It was Christmas Day and the royal children had just emerged from divine worship. …
Read More »Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Cinderella shuts down as Covid ‘puts paid to joy’
Andrew Lloyd Webber has decided to shut down Cinderella, his latest musical, until February at the earliest, blaming “this wretched virus” for putting paid to “the joy of entertaining audiences”. Covid also forced the cancellation of the Royal Opera House’s Christmas ballet, Nutcracker, until the New Year, with reports suggesting …
Read More »Forty-four Royal Caribbean’s Symphony of the Seas cruise passengers test positive for COVID-19
Forty-four passengers onboard Royal Caribbean’s Symphony of the Seas cruise tested positive for COVID-19 after the ship docked in Miami on Saturday. The cruise line also announced that one of the passengers onboard a prior cruise itinerary had tested positive for the Omicron variant. ‘We were notified by the CDC …
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