The King’s 20-year-old niece wants to pursue a career in the military, which could make her the first female Royal since her late grandmother to do so. Lady Louise Windsor, daughter of Prince Edward and Sophie and granddaughter to Queen Elizabeth II, has ‘fallen in love’ with army cadets, a …
Read More »Is this the end of 1p and 2p coins? Royal Mint abandons around £4million worth of copper coins in warehouses across the UK as Treasury officials consider scrapping coppers altogether
By Tash Mosheim Published: 19:55 EDT, 25 August 2024 | Updated: 20:03 EDT, 25 August 2024 The Royal Mint has abandoned around £4million worth of copper coins in warehouses across the UK. Roughly 260 million excess 1p and 2p coins are sitting in cash centres, outnumbering those currently in circulation. …
Read More »Dramatic moment Royal Navy soldiers intercept speedboat and seize cocaine worth £40m in Caribbean
By Ed Holt Published: 12:01 EDT, 25 August 2024 | Updated: 12:07 EDT, 25 August 2024 This is the dramatic moment the Royal Navy intercepted a speedboat and seized cocaine worth £40m. In the footage Royal Navy soldiers can be seen leaving the HMS Trent on multiple smaller vessels, where they …
Read More »Royal Family raked in £1.3million in farm subsidies over two years – with the King raking in more than £765,000
By Natasha Livingstone Published: 19:05 EDT, 24 August 2024 | Updated: 19:47 EDT, 24 August 2024 The Royal Family raked in £1.3 million from generous government farm subsidies in two years, The Mail on Sunday can reveal. King Charles was one of several high-profile landowners to benefit from the payments, …
Read More »Jigsaw fashion tycoon who played as royal ‘matchmaker’ for Wills and Kate charged with sheep cruelty offences on £12million country estate
By Sam Merriman and Cameron Charters Published: 18:21 EDT, 24 August 2024 | Updated: 18:27 EDT, 24 August 2024 The multi-millionaire founder of luxury fashion chain Jigsaw has been charged with animal cruelty offences on his £12million country estate, The Mail on Sunday can reveal. John Robinson, who played a …
Read More »Royal Fail! Postal workers are delivering less than 80 per cent of first-class post on time
By Daily Mail Reporter Published: 20:45 EDT, 23 August 2024 | Updated: 20:53 EDT, 23 August 2024 Royal Mail has missed it targets again, delivering less than 80 per cent of first-class post on time. The company said 79.1 per cent of first-class mail arrived within one working day in …
Read More »Mystery of Fergie’s London flat: £4million Belgravia home owned by Duchess has been lying empty – so, could it become her and Andrew’s new home if Charles ousts them from the Royal Lodge?
As Prince Andrew and Sarah Ferguson wrestle with King Charles to hold onto their beloved Windsor lodge, just an hour away lies a potential solution to the thorny problem of where they should live. Fergie is the owner of a £4million apartment in one of London’s most sought-after addresses, which has …
Read More »Royal Mail is forced to close postbox because snails keep EATING people’s mail
By Rory Tingle, Home Affairs Correspondent For Mailonline Published: 07:03 EDT, 21 August 2024 | Updated: 07:03 EDT, 21 August 2024 Royal Mail has been forced to close a country postbox after discovering snails have been eating the mail. The red box on the B1341 in Adderstone, Northumberland, has been closed …
Read More »Postcard Arrives to Address Over 120 Years After It Was Mailed
You might complain about the mail being slow, but how about over a century for a simple postcard to arrive at its address? That is what happen to a man in Wales as he was sorting through his mail and found a postcard marked with a date from 121 years …
Read More »Hungry snails force closure of postbox
A postbox in a remote part of Northumberland has been closed because of snails crawling through the flap and eating the mail. The Royal Mail box in Adderstone has been out of use since last month thanks to a hungry snail family. A sign on the front of the red …
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