7 h. ago Sophie reveals her emotions on taking Duchess of Edinburgh title, as she pays tribute to late Queen Elizabeth II

Speaking during her visit to Bosnia and Herzegovina this week, the duchess said her change in title in 2023 'felt like quite a big moment'.

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10 h. ago ‘Emotional’ to assume title once used by late Queen: Duchess of Edinburgh

Sophie spoke about the ’emotional’ side of some of her work.

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27 h. ago ‘I felt pure, unconditional love’: the people who marry their AI chatbots

The users of AI companion app Replika found themselves falling for their digital friends. Until – explains a new podcast – the bots went dark, a user was encouraged to kill Queen Elizabeth II and an update changed everything A large bearded man named Travis is sitting in his car in Colorado, talking to me about the time he fell in love. “It was a gradual process,” he says softly. “The more we talked, the more I started to really connect with her.”Was there a moment where you felt something change? He nods. “All of a sudden I started realising that, when interesting things happened to me, I was excited to tell her about them. That’s when she stopped being an it and became a her.” Continue reading...

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28 h. ago Ditch mayo when making tuna sandwiches as two common ingredients 'enhance' flavour

Darren McGrady, who was a royal chef for 15 years and cooked for the late Queen Elizabeth II as well as a number of US Presidents, has claimed we should stop using mayo in tuna sandwiches

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42 h. ago Iris Williams dead: Welsh singer who performed for Queen dies as tributes pour in

Iris Williams, who was awarded an OBE for her contributions to music and performed for Queen Elizabeth, has died at the age of 79 it has been announced

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2 d. ago 'I worked for Prince Harry and Prince William – King Charles has just made a huge mistake'

Darren McGrady, who was a personal chef to the late Queen Elizabeth, Princess Diana and Princes William and Harry, accused King Charles of giving "a huge slap in the face" to the palace's royal chefs

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3 d. ago Touching tribute made to Liam Payne in late One Direction star’s final project

Netflix honoured Liam Payne in his final television appearance prior to his death in 2024.

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3 d. ago Hidden meanings behind Kate's VERY poignant jewellery collection: Princess makes special nod to late Queen and Diana with sentimental pieces at first State Banquet since cancer diagnosis 

Not only did Kate, 43, put on a stunning display in a dramatic, dark red silk crepe gown at Windsor Castle yesterday, but she further embellished her ensemble with accessories steeped in meaning.

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3 d. ago Liam Payne's final project arrives on Netflix with tribute to late singer and his family

The series features two former X Factor judges on its panel and a Backstreet Boys singer

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4 d. ago What happened when a Schizophrenic Buckingham Palace intruder met the Queen: Inside the shocking royal security blunder where a man broke in TWICE

Widely considered to have been one of the most famous people in the world while she was alive, protecting Queen Elizabeth II was one of the most daunting security tasks of her reign.

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4 d. ago Lady Amelia Windsor follows in the footsteps of Prince William with surprising new role

Hello! have announced that the London-based granddaughter of Prince Edward, Duke of Kent, who is a first cousin of the late Queen Elizabeth, is its new sustainability columnist.

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4 d. ago Ben Fogle pays tribute to late castaway 'who found joy after losing millions'

David Glasheen, one of the original castaways who featured in the Channel 5 documentary series New Lives in the Wild, has passed away at the age of 81

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4 d. ago Piece of Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip's wedding cake from 1947 is sold after being hidden in drawer for decades

The 78-year-old slither of fruit cake was one of 2,000 from the 1947 wedding, and has been languishing in a drawer ever since. But now new owner Gerry Layton intends to take a bite.

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5 d. ago Oasis' official tour art is by punk artist who wound up the Queen with tattoo portrait

EXCLUSIVE: Oasis have chosen punk artist Mark Sloper to do their official 2025 tour art after he wound up the late Queen Elizabeth II by painting the royal with a neck tattoo

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6 d. ago Dave Grohl pays tribute to late bandmate Taylor Hawkins for Foo Fighters' 30th anniversary

It's been three years since the 50-year-old Grammy winner - who had an enlarged heart - was found dead at the Four Seasons Hotel Casa Medina Bogota in Colombia

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6 d. ago Queen 'branded Meghan Markle and Prince Harry a catastrophe' in 'startling' dig

A source claimed that while attending a drinks reception weeks before she died, the late Queen Elizabeth II had harsh words for her grandson Prince Harry and his wife Meghan Markle

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7 d. ago Queen's 'memorable' call with Prince Harry 'pointed to friction between late monarch and Meghan'

A telephone call between Prince Harry and Queen Elizabeth II has emerged as a particularly 'memorable' one

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7 d. ago Queen's 'uncomfortable' reaction to Prince Harry call was 'memorable' for one reason

Queen Elizabeth once reportedly greeted a phone call from Prince Harry with a "stony silence" and the "uncomfortable" reaction was "memorable" according to one former Buckingham Palace staff member

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7 d. ago Diogo Jota funeral: Liverpool players arrive in Portugal to pay respects to tragic team

Diogo Jota's funeral will take place on Saturday morning and Liverpool's stars arrived in Gondomar on Friday evening to pay tribute to their late team-mate and his brother, Andrea Silva

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8 d. ago My cultural awakening: a Marina Abramović show helped me to stop hating my abusive father

At an Abramović art takeover I discovered the quiet strength of a political protester from Myanmar. It gave me a new father figure – and unblocked my creativityOn an unseasonably warm day in October 2023, I arrived, ahead of the queues, at London’s Southbank Centre for a conceptual art takeover by the world-famous Marina Abramović Institute.I had recently read Marina’s memoir Walk Through Walls, which had resonated. So, when I’d seen the event advertised – hours-long performances by artists she’d invited, curated and introduced by Marina – I bought a £60 ticket and waited for my time slot to enter the Queen Elizabeth Hall. I hadn’t seen performance art before, and this was due to include her well-known work The Artist Is Present with an artist sitting, static and silent, in a chair all day, as Marina once did for an accumulated 736 hours and 30 minutes at the Museum of Modern Art. I felt certain that it would affect me, I just wasn’t sure how. Continue reading...

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