39 h. ago What REALLY happened to the Queen's missing millions? As Virginia Giuffre's hated ex

Despite the £12million reportedly paid by the late Queen on behalf of her son, Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, court documents put Giuffre's estate at around half a million Australian dollars.

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40 h. ago ANDREW NEIL: Starmer's shape shifting has left Britain with a government we didn't vote for. A reckoning is coming

To break one manifesto promise may be regarded as unfortunate. To break two in one week is not so much careless - as Oscar Wilde would have it - as par for the course.

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4 d. ago Damned by her own words: All the promises Rachel Reeves made on tax as Chancellor prepares to break them in Budget

Ms Reeves is widely expected to freeze income tax thresholds when she addresses the Commons at lunchtime, a move criticised as a 'stealth tax' that hits strivers on the quiet.

Economics

8 d. ago Voters could abandon centrist parties if budget fails, warns former cabinet secretary

Simon Case says voters will look elsewhere if chancellor cannot find solutions to tax, spending and debt problemsVoters will look elsewhere if Rachel Reeves does not use next week’s pivotal budget to show that “centre-ground” politicians can fix the UK’s entrenched economic problems, the former head of the civil service, Simon Case, has said.Case told the Guardian that at the time of last year’s general election, when he was still cabinet secretary, he believed Labour would be forced to break its manifesto promise to not raise taxes because of the state of the public finances. Continue reading...

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8 d. ago King Charles' beloved Scots home forced to shut down as statement issued

Balmoral Castle has been shut down to members of the public

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2 w. ago Timeline of Andrew scandals: From fresh Epstein bombshell to losing his ‘prince’ title

Late monarch’s middle child has seen his reputation damaged over his friendship with paedophile Jeffrey Epstein and a car crash BBC interview

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2 w. ago King hugs Second World War veteran, 105, at Windsor remembrance reception

Yavar Abbas moved the King and Queen to tears earlier this year by thanking the royal couple for attending a VJ Day event despite health issues.

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2 w. ago The Running Man review – Glen Powell sprints through fun update of Stephen King future

Full-tilt chase sequences, a punk aesthetic and a sugar-rush soundtrack, means there is plenty of enjoyment to be had as Edgar Wright goes back to King’s original 1982 novelEdgar Wright, that unstoppable force for good in cinema, has revived the sci-fi thriller satire last seen in 1987 with Arnold Schwarzenegger; it now stars Glen Powell and is adapted directly from the original 1982 novel written by Stephen King under his “Richard Bachman” pen-name, a futurist nightmare set in that impossibly distant year of 2025. The resulting film is never anything but likable and fun – though never actually disturbing in the way that it’s surely supposed to be and the ending is fudged and anticlimactic.Yet there’s plenty of enjoyment to be had. Wright accelerates to a sprint for some full-tilt chase sequences; there’s a nice punk aesthetic with protest ’zines being produced by underground rebels; and Wright always delivers those sugar-rush pop slams on the soundtrack, including, of course, the S...

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2 w. ago Palace 'considering giving Andrew Mountbatten Windsor new title' after late Queen's wish

Buckingham Palace is reportedly considering adding a hyphen to Andrew Mountbatten Windsor’s surname in line with the late Queen Elizabeth II’s wishes

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2 w. ago Reeves risks a 'Nick Clegg moment' by breaking all her election manifesto tax promises

The Chancellor used an interview to claim that while it would be 'possible' for her to stick with the commitments, it would require 'things like deep cuts in capital spending'.

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2 w. ago UAE says it will not join Gaza stabilisation force without clear legal framework

Move reflects wider regional doubts about terms of US-drafted plan to disarm Hamas Plans for a UN-mandated international stabilisation force charged with disarming Hamas inside Gaza face growing opposition after the United Arab Emirates said it would not participate because it did not yet see a clear legal framework for the force.Israel has already ruled out Turkey joining the force, and King Abdullah of Jordan has said Jordanian troops will not join. Azerbaijan, once mooted as a contributor, did not attend a planning meeting in Turkey last week and said it would not contribute unless a full ceasefire was in place. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago UAE refuses to join Gaza stabilisation force without clear legal framework

Decision reflects wider regional doubts about terms of US-drafted plan to disarm HamasPlans for a UN-mandated international stabilisation force charged with disarming Hamas inside Gaza face growing opposition after the United Arab Emirates said it would not participate because it did not yet see a clear legal framework for the force.Israel has already ruled out Turkey joining the force, and King Abdullah of Jordan has said Jordanian troops will not join. Azerbaijan, once mooted as a contributor, did not attend a planning meeting in Turkey last week and said it would not contribute unless a full ceasefire was in place. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Thousands gather at the Cenotaph for Remembrance Sunday as Britain to fall silent in tribute to our war heroes

THOUSANDS have lined the streets around the Cenotaph as the nation prepares to pay tribute to our fallen war heroes. Veterans have also gathered in Whitehall for Remembrance Sunday to remember the 886,000 British personnel who died in the First World War. The King - who is Commander in Chief of the Armed Forces and...

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3 w. ago Andrew Mountbatten Windsor's 'bizarre' £32,000 request blocked by King Charles

King Charles once blocked a “bizarre” £32,000 request from his brother Andrew Mountbatten Windsor, despite his mother Queen Elizabeth II previously passing it through

Economics

3 w. ago Life on Prince Andrew Road: How families could be stuck living on roads named after scandal

Prince Andrew Road and neighbouring Prince Andrew Close in Maidenhead were named in 1960 when Queen Elizabeth II gave birth to her third child.

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3 w. ago King Charles forced to 'sleep apart' from Queen Camilla due to little

King Charles has been forced to make some big changes to his lifestyle after a little-known health condition that affects the monarch has been revealed by a royal author

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3 w. ago Rachel Reeves reveals she's planning to increase income tax at the Budget

The move would break one of Labour’s core manifesto promises in an attempt to close the black hole in public finances Reeves’ government inherited

Economics

3 w. ago Deputy Labour leader says party must stand by income tax pledge

Lucy Powell says ‘trust in politics is essential’ amid signs the chancellor plans to break manifesto promise

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3 w. ago Labour's new deputy leader warns party not to break tax manifesto promise

Former Cabinet minister Lucy Powell says it is important for Keir Starmer's government to stand by the promises made before Labour's landslide election victory

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3 w. ago 'Handful' Andrew Mountbatten Windsor 'got away with more' and 'snatched toys'

A friend of the late Queen Elizabeth has spoken out about Andrew Mountbatten Windsor and claimed he was always quite a handful – even as a young child

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