5 h. ago The Princess of Wales will join the King and Queen for carriage ride through Windsor as they welcome the Macrons during French state visit next week

The Princess of Wales will take a starring role by greeting President Emmanuel Macron and his wife Brigitte Macron as they land in London on Tuesday along with her husband Prince William.

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5 h. ago Princess and Princess of Wales to join King and Queen for Emmanuel Macron's state visit carriage ride

The King will reunite French president Emmanuel Macron with a horse he gifted to Elizabeth II during next week’s state visit

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6 h. ago Kate Middleton handed huge royal duty as Palace issues major update

The Princess of Wales is set to play a huge role alongside Prince William when French President Emmanuel Macron and his wife Brigitte travel to the UK on a state visit next week

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47 h. ago Japan's emperor says he will honor Japanese POWs who were held in Mongolia

Japan's Emperor Naruhito has announced plans to honor Japanese World War II prisoners during his visit to Mongolia next week

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48 h. ago 15 amazing pictures from King Charles III visit to Edinburgh for Royal Week

The King and Queen are in Scotland for Royal Week.

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3 d. ago King and Queen in Edinburgh for Royal Week as streets to close for garden party

The King will also visit Kirkcaldy later this week

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3 d. ago The stunning Angolan reporter whose beauty left Trump speechless in the Oval Office

Hariana Veras is a veteran reporter for the continent of Africa, but it wasn't her journalism that Donald Trump commended her on during her visit to the Oval Office last week.

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7 d. ago What life is REALLY like for Lucy Letby behind bars: £33 a week to spend on sweets and chocolate, more time outside her cell...and TWICE as many visits as other prisoners

Letby has been given a cleaning job and her privileged status allows her a visit every week - twice as many as standard prisoners, a source said.

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9 d. ago Donald Trump set for autumn state visit to UK as No10 denies Starmer 'over

The hand-signed formal invitation from the monarch to Trump for a second state visit, was hand-delivered last week to the White House.

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2 w. ago California is to examine its Amazon oil ties following pleas from Indigenous leaders from Ecuador

The California Senate has introduced a landmark resolution to have the state examine its crude imports from the Amazon, following a visit this week by Indigenous leaders from Ecuador who urged lawmakers to help stop oil expansion in their territories

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2 w. ago Still sport of the King: Windsor interest keeps Royal Ascot alive and kicking

As attendances at other meetings decline, the monarch’s presence makes Ascot a soft power asset for BritainAscot will mark the 200th anniversary of the first Royal procession at its showpiece race meeting next week. The intermittent noise of jets on the final approach to Heathrow will be one of the few deviations from the sights and sounds when George IV first trundled his way up the course in 1825. The king and queen will ride in the first of the horse-drawn carriages, their liveried attendants will be upright in the saddle and, as they pass the Royal enclosure, the gentlemen’s top hats will be doffed in the familiar mark of respect.There is little else, in sport or the wider world beyond, that remains just as it was in the immediate aftermath of the Napoleonic wars. Demand for the Royal Ascot experience also remains strong. Following a post-Covid surge, attendances are in decline at both the Derby and Cheltenham’s festival meeting in March. At Royal Ascot 2024, though, the year-on...

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3 w. ago New Zealand PM to meet Xi Jinping as former leaders warn against becoming an ‘adversary’ of China

Christopher Luxon’s visit to Beijing comes as former NZ PMs warn the country must not become part of defence arrangements ‘explicitly aimed at China’New Zealand’s prime minister will meet Xi Jinping on a formal visit to China next week, his office has confirmed, a week after an open letter signed by some of his predecessors warned against positioning New Zealand as an “adversary” of its biggest trading partner.Christopher Luxon is scheduled to travel to Shanghai and Beijing, before going to Europe. His office said he will meet Xi and China’s premier, Li Qiang, for a visit focused on trade, but which would also discuss “the comprehensive bilateral relationship and key regional and global issues”. Continue reading...

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