68 h. ago Removals van arrives at Royal Lodge as disgraced Andrew Mountbatten

A removals van arrived at Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor's Royal Lodge home this morning as the disgraced ex-prince prepares to leave the Windsor mansion.

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7 d. ago HMRC reveals LUNCHTIME was the busiest time to send a self assessment on Christmas Day

With the self assessment deadline looming, HMRC has revealed some taxpayers chose the festive period to file, with more than 4,500 people filing on Christmas Day.

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1 week ago Prince George facing huge change as mum Kate sets one condition

As Prince George prepares to become a teenager and start senior school, royal experts say the coming year will bring big changes for parents Kate and William and they have one big wish

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1 week ago Kate Middleton sets one condition as Prince George faces huge change

EXCLUSIVE: Royal experts say the coming year will bring big changes for parents Kate and William and they have one big wish as Prince George prepares to become a teenager and start senior school

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2 w. ago Edinburgh Hogmanay: 17 great pictures as people prepare to party in Princes Street to welcome 2026

Thousands of people are set to party the night away in Princes Street as Edinburgh welcomes in 2026.

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2 w. ago All hail future King George! Royal expert reveals the clever steps Kate and William took in 2025 to ensure the young prince, 12, is 'well prepared for his unique role'

According to Richard Fitzwilliams, George is making more appearances at events of 'particular significance' in a bid to acclimatise the future heir to media attention without overwhelming him.

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2 w. ago Packing a punch: the true story behind the first Zimbabwean film to qualify for Oscars

A small boxing academy helping street children in Victoria Falls has inspired an award-winning short featuring Hollywood actor Tongayi ChirisaTobias Mupfuti was eight years old when he found himself homeless and living on the streets of Victoria Falls after his father had rejected him and his mother was too poor to feed or clothe him or send him to school. He survived on food handouts from tourists shopping in the Zimbabwean resort town.Four years later, sick of being bullied and threatened, he asked a boxing coach to teach him the sport for self-defence – a decision that changed his life for ever. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Complete 'write off' as Miller & Carter cancels Christmas meal bookings

Families were turned away as they arrived for their Christmas Day lunches

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3 w. ago Don't let Christmas lunch derail your entire day: Experts reveal how to banish festive indigestion and painful bloating FAST... without popping pills

Feeling uncomfortably swollen and nauseous isn't on anyone's Christmas list-but it's something millions of Britons end up with every year.

Science

3 w. ago Mike Tindall explains why Prince Louis sits separately at Royal Christmas lunch

Princess Anne's son-in-law Mike Tindall has shared some insights about royal traditions, including the seven different tables at the festive feast

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3 w. ago Lonely this Christmas: Wimbledon pub offers free lunch in fight against loneliness

The Alexandra served 168 solo diners free of charge last Christmas — and is expecting to do similar this year. Josh Barrie reports

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3 w. ago My weirdest Christmas: I sat on a desk chair watching the strangest film I’ve ever seen

Away from our families, my flatmate and I hung out in his bedroom, Christmas lunch on our laps, watching a poorly written, jarringly inappropriate movieIn 2022, I was living in a flat in north London above a chicken shop, with two flatmates and a cockroach infestation (what did we expect, said the landlord, living above a takeaway?). My flatmate was from Lithuania, and was due to go home in January, and our other flatmate, his girlfriend, was away for Christmas. I’d been home to Canada the month before, so for Christmas Day itself it was just the two of us.I bought a small chicken to roast, and served it with stuffing I’d brought back from Canada – it’s the same concept as the stuffing in the UK but somehow fluffier and with more texture – and some pasta. I made brussels sprouts, trying to recreate a dish I like from a restaurant in my home town by cooking them with bacon, maple syrup, parmesan and a mayonnaise drizzle. It wasn’t very nice. We had some prosecco that my flatmate had ...

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3 w. ago Prince William left 'anxious' looks to make major parenting change with Prince George

The young royal joined his father, Prince William, at The Passage homelessness charity in London to help prepare festive meals and, in a touching moment, signed a guest book

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3 w. ago Pep Guardiola warns Man City stars not to get too fat over Christmas lunch

Guardiola has weighed his players and warned that any member of the squad who returns from a short festive break out of condition will not be involved at Nottingham Forest

Events

3 w. ago My weirdest Christmas: I took a family friend to A&E – and he went from peaky to barely responsive on the way

He insisted he was OK, but he didn’t look it, and when he tried and failed to eat Christmas lunch we knew it was time for a mercy dash to hospitalOur family friend has always been a larger than life figure. Witty, unsentimental – and not one to say no to another brandy. At family parties, he’s the one gossiping about the latest scandal to catch up with a local MP, or regaling us with tales of the outrageous philandering of various Sheffield Wednesday players over the past 40 years. He could make anything – a jacket potato, a broken relationship – funny, somehow.We would often spend Christmas morning with him and his family, before going our separate ways. But, one Christmas, about 10 years ago, when he was supposed to be meeting family abroad, he fell down the stairs, whisky in one hand, suitcase in the other, and broke his ribs. The hospital had patched him up and told him not to fly. So, here he was back with us in Sheffield, making the best of it, but looking increasingly peaky. ...

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3 w. ago Prince William brings his son to the same homeless shelter he first visited with Princess Diana

Prince William and his son, Prince George, have helped make Christmas lunch at a homeless shelter

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3 w. ago How you can enjoy Christmas lunch without feeling guilty: This is what Britain's top healthy eating gurus will have on December 25

One big advocate for healthy eating said, unapologetically, that if ever there was a time to 'let it all hang out', it was Christmas.

Science

3 w. ago Britain's most indulgent prison Christmas lunch with SEVEN choices of main course

A former prisoner who spent 12 years behind bars shares the festive fare given to inmates in UK jails - with menu choices varying dramatically across the country

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3 w. ago Royal fans spot touching gesture during Prince William and George's Christmas visit to homeless shelter

George, 12, followed in the footsteps of his father with his visit to the homelessness charity Passage for a Christmas lunch last week.

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4 w. ago Top tips from celebrities, chefs and critics for food shopping in London

Whether you’re doing the final big shop for Christmas lunch or contemplating a meal that doesn’t consist of turkey, here’s where to shop in London

Economics