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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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. …
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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 …
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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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The Royal Family is to rally round the Queen (pictured at the traditional Christmas Day Church service at Church of St Mary Magdalene in 2019) this week as those closest to the Monarch have vowed that she won’t be alone for her first Christmas without the Duke of Edinburgh The …
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Has Edward stopped riding at Windsor to avoid Prince Andrew? Earl of Wessex is not seen on a horse in Windsor Great Park for at least four months Prince Edward has not been seen riding in Windsor Great Park for at least four months Edward is normally a regular fixture …
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Pictured: Prince Philip joking with crew of Royal Yacht Britannia on Christmas Day 1956 (the last time the Queen spent December 25 alone) Never-before-seen photograph of Prince Philip was taken on Christmas Day 1956 Taken thousands of miles away as the Queen prepared for her festive broadcast Image is a poignant …
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Ministers have repeatedly insisted that millions of the Chinese-made kits are lying in warehouses across the country, and that the problem lies in distribution rather than supply. But on Friday night, the pharmaceutical negotiating services committee, which represents all 11,200 pharmacies in England, said UKHSA had privately warned that it …
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