2 h. ago Queen Elizabeth ‘snubbed airport terminal opening after relative stopped from taking guns on plane’, royal cousin claims

Queen Elizabeth II allegedly refused to open an airport terminal after her cousin was stopped from bringing his guns onto a plane.

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3 h. ago Late Queen ‘refused to open airport terminal’ after relative stopped with guns

Lord Ivar Mountbatten revealed what the monarch quipped when he was banned from taking his guns on a flight from Bristol as he travelled to Balmoral.

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9 h. ago Late Queen Elizabeth refused to open airport terminal after relative was barred from taking guns on plane, royal cousin claims

The late Queen refused to open an airport terminal after her relative wasn't allowed to bring his shotguns on board a plane at the airport, he has claimed.

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12 h. ago AMANDA PLATELL: Prince William needs to man up. His new obsession suggests he has forgotten everything the late Queen stood for... this is why I fear for the future

What damage will William's tendencies and insistence on privacy wreak when he takes the Crown? Could the Prince's obsession with protecting his own family eventually do for the Monarchy?

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17 h. ago Royal secrets behind the State Opening of Parliament, from the late Queen's trick for wearing the heavy crown jewels to the poignant moment Charles filled in for his mother

During her 70-year reign, Queen Elizabeth II presided over every State Opening of Parliament, bar three. She faced the task of reading out planned government business while wearing her crown.

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3 d. ago Late Queen’s brutal assessment of key royal laid bare after tense first meeting

When the late Queen first met Duchess Sophie, her first impression of her soon-to-be daughter-in-law also called out the behaviour of another major royal

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5 d. ago Nicola Sturgeon predicts Queen's death was 'beginning of the end' for monarchy in UK

The former first minister praised the late Queen's "mystique" which she claimed other members of the Royal Family lack.

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5 d. ago Stacey Dooley met the Queen braless and made bold move to avoid flashing monarch

Stacey Dooley once met the late Queen Elizabeth without wearing a bra and took some drastic measures to make sure she didn't accidentally give her an eyeful

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6 d. ago Prosecutors won't charge Chicago officers who fired nearly 100 times during a deadly traffic stop

Prosecutors say five Chicago police officers who fired their guns nearly 100 times during a 2024 traffic stop and killed a 26-year-old man won’t face criminal charges

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6 d. ago Chasing the Dark by Ben Machell review – the original ghostbuster

An entrancing biography of Tony Cornell, who displayed a scientist’s commitment to impartiality as he investigated the paranormalMy first and only experience with a Ouija board occurred when I was 11, at a friend’s house. It was good, spooky fun until it wasn’t. I recall movement and the start of a message before we recoiled from the board. Later that evening, I learned that my grandfather had died. While I realise now that a boy with a terminally ill relative and a lurid imagination was not the most reliable witness, I remember wanting to believe that I’d had a brush with the uncanny.When Times journalist Ben Machell’s dying grandmother bequeathed him a crystal ball, he began idly searching for mediums and happened across the work of a man named Tony Cornell. Between 1952 and 2004, Cornell worked (unpaid and to the detriment of two marriages) for the Society for Psychical Research (SPR). Weeding out deception and delusion from accounts of paranormal activity to find out w...

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7 d. ago Nicola Sturgeon says the late Queen asked for 'gossip' about Alex Salmond sex claims

In her memoir called Frankly, Nicola Sturgeon candidly lifts the lid on the highs and lows of her time in office, and talks about Queen Elizabeth II, who reigned for 70 years

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8 d. ago Is Prince Louis following in Prince Harry's comedic footsteps? The young royal shares a sense of humour with the Duke of Sussex and the late Queen

In Channel 5's Lipreading the Royals, forensic lip reader Khalil Anwar commented on a previously unheard exchange between William and Harry at their father's wedding to Camilla.

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9 d. ago Meghan Markle's 'inappropriate' living request 'firmly denied' by late Queen

When the Duchess of Sussex reportedly set her sights on living in one particular royal home, the late Queen is said to have dashed her hopes, according to an expert

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1 week ago The late Queen's stinging first impression of the Duchess of Edinburgh which was actually a compliment, royal author reveals

Today, Sophie is one of the most trusted and resourceful members of the Royal Family and she has taken on evermore important duties since King Charles III's ascension to the throne.

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1 week ago ‘Gross abuse of state power’: defiance grows over UK ban on Palestine protest group

More than 200 have been arrested for alleged support of Palestine Action – and hundreds more are expected to protest on Saturday At 81, Deborah Hinton, a former British magistrate who was honoured by the late Queen Elizabeth II for services to the community, seems an unlikely terrorist suspect. In the quiet town in south-west England where she lives, much of her retirement is spent walking along the cliffs, raising funds for the nearby cathedral choir, and supporting local charities.But last month she was detained in a police cell for seven hours, fingerprinted and had a DNA swab taken from her mouth. It was the first time she had ever been arrested, and the experience left her “in a state of trauma” and “shaking uncontrollably”. She could face a jail sentence of six months under UK terrorism legislation. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Princess Beatrice's original name was rejected by the late Queen for being too 'yuppie'

Princess Beatrice could have been named something different if Queen Elizabeth II hadn't stepped in a rejected the original moniker her parents chose for her.

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1 week ago Princess Beatrice’s original name 'rejected by Queen for being too yuppie'

Princess Beatrice, who is celebrating her 37th birthday today, almost went by another name when she was a baby, before the late Queen Elizabeth stepped in

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1 week ago Queen Elizabeth and Queen Mother conducted exorcism at Sandringham, claims royal biographer

The late Queen Elizabeth and her mother, the Queen Mother, were said to have held an exorcism at Sandringham House in the months after a string of paranormal encounters

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1 week ago Tourette's sufferer from iconic TV show reveals he shouted 'F*** the Queen' when he met Elizabeth and the late monarch's surprising response

Youth worker John Davidson, who has been diagnosed with Tourette's Syndrome, has recalled the moment he met the late Queen Elizabeth II - and blurted out some rather choice words.

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1 week ago 'I accidentally swore at late Queen and her response blew me away'

Most people, when they encounter royalty, are on their best behaviour. But the stress of such a big occasion triggered youth worker John Davidson’s condition, leading to an awkward moment

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