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MP fears for bet365 jobs after ‘hammer blow’ Budget

Sir Gavin Williamson has not held back Harry Taylor, Press Association Political Staff and Rob Andrews 10:52, 03 Dec 2025 John Coates, Denise Coates and Peter Coates An MP has warned the Government’s new tax policies on online gambling threaten the success of one of Britain’s biggest betting companies – …

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How one little girl’s gesture helped save the ‘badly damaged’ Royal Family: Royal author on the heartfelt moment that helped pull the monarchy back from the brink after Diana’s death – and the TV Interview that changed everything

‘Dodi dead, Di badly injured,’ read the front page of the first edition newspapers that morning. The news that Princess Diana had died in a car crash in Paris broke in the early hours of the morning on August 31, 1997. While the public woke up to the news on the …

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Prince Philip ‘exploded’ and told Tony Blair’s aide to ‘f*** off’ when they asked if Prince William and Prince Harry would walk behind Princess Diana’s coffin, royal author claims

Following the death of Princess Diana, pressure was mounting on the Royal Family to publicly acknowledge her passing. But behind the scenes Prince Charles was ‘paralysed’ with guilt, and the Queen and Duke of Edinburgh were trying their hardest to protect their grandsons, according to a royal author.  In his 2018 book …

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The Queen never bowed to anyone during her 70-year reign, except once… Decades ago at a special state funeral, the monarch broke the ultimate royal tradition and bowed her head to the coffin as it went past – but it was for a very important reason…

The Royal Family is so steeped in tradition and protocol that its members were taught royal etiquette by household staff from a young age. But amongst the plethora of long-established rules that need to be followed, the most important one has always been to bow (or curtsey) to the monarch.  …

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‘No love lost’ between the Spencers and the Windsors: ‘Stark divide’ was laid bare after Earl Spencer attended Harry’s Invictus service while the Royal Family stayed away, expert says

The divide between the Spencers and the Windsors was highlighted by those who did and didn’t attend Prince Harry’s Invictus Games service, an expert claimed today. Harry gave warm hugs to his uncle Earl Spencer and aunt Lady Jane Fellowes at St Paul’s Cathedral before the event to celebrate the …

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The insider’s guide to Balmoral for those who missed out on a £100 ticket! ROBERT HARDMAN on what it’s really like inside – and what tourists won’t see as it opens its doors for the first time…

For all the portraits, busts and fine furniture, I have no doubt that it will be the personal stuff which lingers longest in the public’s memory. As in any stately home, it is the tell-tale signs of family life — a wedding photo, perhaps, or even a trampoline in a …

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