The Queen has admitted to feeling frail for the first time but managed a smile as she returned to work at Windsor Castle despite scandals engulfing Princes Charles and Andrew that threaten to overshadow her Jubilee year. Her Majesty, 95, leaned on a walking stick as she told incoming Defence Services Secretary …
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Full statement from both parties in Andrew’s case Here is the full text of the statement regarding the out of court settlement reached between the Duke of York and Virginia Giuffre. The statement was included in a letter submitted to US judge Lewis A Kaplan: ‘Virginia Giuffre and Prince Andrew …
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Almost 15million people were left waiting for post over the Christmas period with many missing important documents, health appointments, parking fines and bills. Royal Mail has blamed staff absences caused by Covid, but campaigners are demanding action, including fines. More than half of those affected (54 per cent) went at least …
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It has been more than two decades since Prince Andrew and Jeffrey Epstein first crossed paths. That meeting would set in motion years of damaging allegations, embarrassing interviews and eventually a US lawsuit against the Queen’s third son. Over the next 23 years, Epstein would go on to abuse and …
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The original was thought to have belonged to Edward the Confessor, who was canonised by the Catholic Church in 1161, but was destroyed after the execution of Charles I in 1649. The current version was made for Charles II in 1661. It was only in 1911, when George V came …
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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 …
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The mother of a baby who was raped by a ‘manipulative and conniving, predatory paedophile’ has said he should have been jailed for life after he offended again within months of being released from prison. Former Royal Navy Chief Petty Officer Geoffrey Rooney was jailed for 14 years in 2015 …
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A hatmaker beloved by the Royal Family has won a two-year legal battle to stop a 65 foot phone mast being erected in the heart of a historic village. Milliner to the stars Vivien Sheriff – whose designs have been worn by the Duchess of Cambridge and Princess Eugenie – …
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Having secured one key element of his future – his mother’s blessing for Camilla to be Queen at his side – Prince Charles is ready to settle another, and it is no less weighty an issue. According to royal sources, as king, Charles will live at Buckingham Palace. For years …
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‘I want to spend the rest of my career doing nothing but uplifting our communities’ Awkwafina has finally addressed longstanding criticism for her employment of a “blaccent”, but people aren’t satisfied with her explanation. Awkwafina, real name Nora Lum, has often come under fire for her appropriation of black vernacular, …
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