Hundreds of elite cops who usually work protecting the royals and senior politicians are set to be deployed at Notting Hill Carnival this year. The personal protection officers are being brought in over fears of violence or crowd-crushing at the three-day street party. They will work alongside approximately 7,000 Met Police officers at …
Read More »Just the other day, a former Buckingham Palace switchboard operator was reminiscing about working for the late Queen Elizabeth. One afternoon, a call had come through from Prince Harry in the US and he wanted to speak to his grandmother. The procedure was to ring the Queen’s private number and …
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An Indian tourism board has ruthlessly mocked the Royal Navy over one of its F-35B stealth jets which has been stranded in the country for more than a fortnight. The £88m warplane, dubbed one of the world’s most hi-tech, was forced to make an emergency landing at Thiruvananthapuram airport, in Kerala, …
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By TOM COTTERILL Published: 12:22 EDT, 2 July 2025 | Updated: 12:24 EDT, 2 July 2025 One Vladimir Putin’s deadly attack submarines has been shadowed by the Royal Navy as it prowled off the English coast. The RFN Novorossiysk, a heavily-armed Kilo-class sub, was detected as it made its way through …
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By MARK NICOL DEFENCE AND DIPLOMACY EDITOR Published: 12:29 EDT, 2 July 2025 | Updated: 12:45 EDT, 2 July 2025 The head of the Royal Navy has been sacked following an inquiry into his extra-marital affair with a female colleague, the Ministry of Defence has confirmed. Admiral Sir Ben Key …
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Sipping a brew and speaking to those who served in the Armed Forces is where we spend the latest episode of the Parched Pea Podcast. John ‘Gilly’ Gillmore takes the microphone along to the Sandbags café. Taking place each week at St George’s Church in Lune Street it gives military …
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Ben ‘Budgie’ Burgess answered Ukraine’s call to fight for the country’s freedom in the face of Russian military aggression (Picture: East2West News) A final farewell has been paid to a highly regarded British drone pilot who joined Ukraine’s fight ‘because he truly believed in freedom.’ Ben ‘Budgie’ Burgess, 33, from Portsmouth, …
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Postal workers working for Britain’s Royal Mail have faced almost 2,200 dog attacks over the past year, marking a 2% annual increase in such incidents. This equates to roughly 42 dog attacks targeting postal workers per week — with some causing permanent injuries and leading to disabilities, according to data …
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Prince Harry has said his wife Meghan, was ‘the most trolled person in the world’ during a surprise appearance at a conference in New York. The Duke of Sussex was speaking at the Nexus Global Summit in the Big Apple this week in front of 350 next-generation philanthropists, social entrepreneurs, artists, …
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The Royal Family’s official Instagram account has given an extraordinarily cheeky response to a video of Jamie Laing and his wife Sophie Habboo apparently lampooning Meghan Markle’s twerking video inside Buckingham Palace. The couple, who are expecting their first baby together, filmed themselves recreating Harry and Meghan’s infamous ‘Baby Mama’ dance on the Grand Staircase built …
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