Prince William received a “very large sum of money” from Rupert Murdoch’s media company to quietly settle a phone-hacking claim, according to new documents presented to court. Murdoch’s News Group Newspapers (NGN) – publishers of the Sun and the now defunct News of the World – made the payment in 2020 after the Prince of […]
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A bill giving King Charles the power to personally strip titles from anyone, without parliamentary interference gets its second reading in the Commons on Friday (Dec 9). Should the bill progress all the way to royal assent, where the King gets to sign it with one of his “bloody pens”, he may well have the […]
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While the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge may very well be on a charm offensive during the royal visit to Jamaica, Andrew Holness, the Prime Minister of Jamaica, told them on Wednesday that Jamaica wishes to cut all ties to the monarchy. And Jamaica is not alone in this, other Caribbean nations are also likely […]
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Chancellor of the exchequer Rishi Sunak is under fire for being “missing in action” in California while British businesses battle against the Omicron variant’s devastating impact on Christmas spending and the UK’s economy. The Bank of England shocked markets with an unexpected hike in interest rates today (December 16) to 0.25%, increasing the cost of […]
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The private jets that carried world leaders to Glasgow are departing with thousands of negotiators left behind and tasked with diffusing the climate change ticking time-bomb. “It’s one minute to midnight on the doomsday clock, and we need to act now,” Boris Johnson told delegates at Cop26, shortly before telling the world he would be […]
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The UK’s international standing has been hammered by the explosive revelations about the Royal Family coming from the Harry and Meghan interview with Oprah Winfrey. The Queen released her address to 54 nations to mark Commonwealth Day only hours before the interview was broadcast in the US, in which the monarch stressed the importance of […]
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The royal family are proving their worth to the government this week as troubles around the palace steal the media’s attention from a series of significant events and important stories. Claims that the Duchess of Sussex bullied palace staff dominate today’s front pages ahead of this weekend’s US broadcast of Harry and Meghan’s Oprah Winfrey […]
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The British press has focused on the Queen’s reaction to the “shock” announcement by Prince Harry and the Duchess of Sussex of their “transition” away from the Royal family – with every newspaper front page – bar one – captured by the story. “They didn’t even tell the Queen” states the Mirror about the Sussex’s […]
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