2 h. ago The secret meanings behind the jewellery Queen Camilla wore while visiting the Pope

Camilla, 78, joined King Charles , 76, for a historic visit to Rome this week and it appeared the Queen was thinking of her loved ones throughout.

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3 h. ago Zelenskyy at Downing Street for talks with Starmer and ‘coalition of willing’ after meeting King Charles – Europe live

Volodymyr Zelenskyy set to press case for using frozen Russian assets to fund Ukraine’s defencesA forthcoming trip by German foreign minister, Johann Wadephul, to China has been cancelled amid growing fears that Beijing’s restriction on semiconductor and rare earth exports could paralyse the country’s car industry.“We are postponing the journey to a later time,” the spokesperson told a regular press briefing on Friday. “The Chinese side was ultimately able to confirm only the appointment with the Chinese foreign minister, and could not confirm any other additional appointments,” a foreign ministry spokesperson said. Continue reading...

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4 h. ago Volodymyr Zelenskyy meets King Charles ahead of summit in London

Volodymyr Zelenskyy meets King Charles ahead of summit in London  Sky News

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4 h. ago Zelenskyy meets King Charles before discussion with Starmer and ‘coalition of the willing’ over military support – Europe live

King Charles hosts Volodymyr Zelenskyy at Windsor Castle before meeting to consider using frozen Russian assets to fund Ukraine’s defencesA forthcoming trip by German foreign minister, Johann Wadephul, to China has been cancelled amid growing fears that Beijing’s restriction on semiconductor and rare earth exports could paralyse the country’s car industry.“We are postponing the journey to a later time,” the spokesperson told a regular press briefing on Friday. “The Chinese side was ultimately able to confirm only the appointment with the Chinese foreign minister, and could not confirm any other additional appointments,” a foreign ministry spokesperson said. Continue reading...

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4 h. ago King Charles greets Zelensky with ceremonial welcome at Windsor Castle

The Ukrainian leader received a royal salute before inspecting the troops

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4 h. ago Ukraine's President Zelensky gets ceremonial welcome as he meets King Charles at Windsor Castle

The visit came ahead of a meeting between the Ukrainian president, Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer and other European leaders

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4 h. ago King Charles welcomes Volodymyr Zelensky for private audience at Windsor Castle in show of support for Ukraine

King Charles invited Ukraine's President for a private audience at Windsor Castle, before Volodymyr Zelensky joins a meeting of the 'Coalition of the Willing' with Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer .

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5 h. ago King Charles meets Zelensky at Windsor after change to hide Andrew embarrassment

King Charles is continuing with his royal duties as he meets with Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky - just hours after Prince Andrew was dealt a fresh blow of humiliation as a banner featuring his heraldic insignia was removed

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5 h. ago Victoria and David Beckham ‘extend olive branch’ to Brooklyn amid family feud

Rumours of tension have circulated for nearly a year, fuelled by Brooklyn and his wife Nicola Peltz’s absence from a series of significant Beckham family events

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7 h. ago Huge clue Beckham family feud is thawing as David and Victoria throw support behind son Brooklyn

DAVID and Victoria Beckham have publicly thrown their support behind their eldest son Brooklyn in a rare social media move that has tongues wagging. Brooklyn, 26, showed off his kitchen skills in a new Instagram video, flipping fluffy buttermilk pancakes to Eric Clapton’s Wonderful Tonight.  While he’s been keeping his distance from the famous family...

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7 h. ago David Beckham avoids wife Victoria's 'ire' after following King Charles' lead

David Beckham has become the first non-royal to guest edit an edition of Country Life magazine

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8 h. ago Victoria Beckham declares 'not as posh as you think' amid David relationship insight

It came as Victoria reflected on her post-Spice Girls days and her relationship with former footballer David

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11 h. ago ‘It’s scary how many St George’s flags there were’: Blood Orange on coming home to Essex and mourning his mother

After grief brought Dev Hynes home, he reconsidered the county that shaped him. The result is a masterful new album – made with a little help from Lorde and Zadie SmithDevonté Hynes is telling me how he came to be living back in his childhood home in Ilford, east London, at the age of 37, after his mother had fallen ill. “It was a surreal experience,” he says of the sudden move from Brooklyn, where he makes music as Blood Orange, to sleeping in the bedroom where he once put up posters of David Beckham and the Smashing Pumpkins. “Physically, you’re bigger: your shape has changed. But the space is the same. The memories are the same.”Hynes came back to England to be by the bedside of his mother in hospital, and stayed at home a while after she died in 2023. This tragic disruptionproduced his fifth full-length release, Essex Honey, a clear contender for album of the year. It’s a record grounded by grief but fizzing with the memory flashes that came with returning home to the edge of Es...

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15 h. ago Prince William 'could strip Andrew of all his titles when he ascends the throne and "banish" him from the Royal Family', sources claim

The Prince of Wales (pictured, with Prince Andrew) is understood to be unhappy with the compromise brokered by his father King Charles last week.

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16 h. ago Prince paranoid? Andrew 'is convinced King Charles is trying to force him out of Royal Lodge and give it to Queen Camilla'

The disgraced prince, 65, is refusing to move out of the lavish 30-room property near Windsor Castle , despite pressure from MPs and the public to relocate to a more humble home.

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17 h. ago Victoria Beckham's olive branch to estranged son Brooklyn as he shares new video

Spice Girls icon Victoria Beckham and her husband David have been in a reported feud with their eldest son Brooklyn and Nicola Peltz

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19 h. ago Thawing relations? Victoria and David Beckham hint at family reconciliation after months of feuding as they both praise estranged son Brooklyn's skills in the kitchen

Brooklyn, 26, who is the eldest son of Victoria, 51, and David, 50, has been estranged from the Beckham family since earlier this year amid a feud.

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22 h. ago Moment Prince William and Prince Andrew feud was laid bare with frosty exchange

Prince Andrew was essentially forced to relinquish his royal titles last week as King Charles and Prince William's relationship with the disgraced Duke comes to light

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24 h. ago David Beckham admits wife Victoria broke down in tears over major family decision

Ex-England star David Beckham has opened up on a major life decision he made after retiring from football, admitting that his wife Victoria "wasn't over the moon" about it

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25 h. ago A rift that took 500 years to repair: King Charles prays with the pope

Joint prayer in Sistine Chapel is symbolic act of rapprochement between Catholic church and Church of England after centuries of divisionAlmost every British schoolchild is taught that Henry VIII, the swaggering Tudor king driven by lust and his quest for an heir, broke away from the Roman Catholic church in 1534 after the pope refused to annul his marriage to Catherine of Aragon.Henry created the Church of England, appointed himself its supreme governor, divorced Catherine and married Anne Boleyn (who lasted just three years before she was beheaded for treason). Continue reading...

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