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Maggie Smith in Hedda Gabler, 1970 on a Royal Mail stamp (Royal Mail/PA). PA Media. Then prime minister Tony Blair, Dame Maggie Smith and Pierce … Source link

A set of four stamps reflecting subjects close to the heart of King Charles III, such as diversity and the Commonwealth, has been unveiled to mark the 74-year-old monarch’s Coronation on Saturday. Royal Mail said the stamps illustrate the Coronation ceremony as well as some of the causes Charles has …

P roduction of the first coins of the King for circulation has started at the Royal Mint, beginning the transition from Queen Elizabeth II to her son’s portrait on the nation’s coinage. The move represents the biggest change to UK coinage since decimalisation, with a memorial 50 pence in honour …

Bernadette Christie, of Grand Prairie, Alta., sleeps along a fence barricade as she and others camp out overnight in a tent to watch all the Queen’s funeral ceremonies unfold near the gates of Buckingham Palace, in London, on Sept. 15.Nathan Denette/The Canadian Press Bernadette Christie has had a front-row view …

A number of retailers and venues are closing for the Queen’s funeral while hospital appointments, court hearings and cultural and sporting events are being cancelled. Monday, September 19 is now a bank holiday, with businesses encouraged to give workers an opportunity to mourn the death of Queen Elizabeth II, Britain’s …

Queen Elizabeth, Prince Charles, Camilla Duchess of Cornwall, Anne Princess Royal, Vice Admiral Sir Timothy Laurence, Prince William, Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, Prince George and Princess Charlotte, attend a service of thanksgiving for late Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, at Westminster Abbey in London on March 29.POOL/Reuters Queen Elizabeth made …