Usually it is the most poignant of departures, but there will be no such wrench when the Queen leaves Balmoral later this month. Her stay in Scotland has been all too brief and stripped of many of the pleasures that make summer days on Royal Deeside so memorable. Unable to welcome …
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One is downsizing: The Queen and Prince Philip move in to Royal bolthole at Sandringham after leaving Balmoral more than three weeks early before Her Majesty’s return to work in October Queen and Prince Philip will leave Balmoral three weeks early for Sandringham Palace officials in the process of creating …
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Royal Navy aircraft carrier Queen Elizabeth could set out on its first mission with more American than British planes on board HMS Queen Elizabeth could deploy around 20 US F-35 jets under one scenario The Ministry of Defence is expected to rely on US jets to fill a gap in …
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Royal Mail could stop delivering Saturday letters as it reveals it has delivered 1.1 billion fewer letters year-on-year The UK delivery service has faced resistance over plans to deliver fewer letters Royal Mail saw a drop of 1.1 billion letters year-on-year in five months to August It could scrap its …
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* UK ramps up no-deal preparations as EU trade talks stall * German exports rise in July but remain below pre-crisis levels * Technology leads sectoral declines, defensives rise * French electricity giant EDF sinks as output falls Sept 8 (Reuters) – European shares fell on Tuesday on fears that …
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For more than a year, it has been the millstone around Prince Harry’s neck, a gold‑plated slice of taxpayers’ largesse that reeked of privilege and entitlement. But to Harry and Meghan, the £2.4 million of public money — our money — that was lavished on renovating Frogmore Cottage, only for …
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HOLLYWOOD HOPES: Meghan in a Halloween costume, aged seven The deal struck by the Duke and Duchess of Sussex with Netflix is designed to deliver Meghan’s ultimate dream – an Oscar. The couple, who live in an £ 11million mansion near Los Angeles, last week announced their plans to conquer …
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By Sarah Sands for the Mail on Sunday Give them their due, Meghan and Harry appear to have played a blinder with their Netflix deal. We have wondered about the valuation they place on their celebrity: it turns out to be about £100 million, if reports are to be believed. …
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Donald Trump demanded to stay in Buckingham Palace during a state visit despite being told that the royal household was under extensive renovations. President Trump was first invited for a formal state visit by the Queen in January 2017, but it was not until the summer of 2019 that he …
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As a six-year-old growing up in Paris, Prince Philip often arrived at school half an hour early. While he waited for his fellow pupils, he spent the time cleaning blackboards, filling inkwells, straightening the classroom furniture, picking up litter and watering the plants. It was his British nanny, Emily Roose, …
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