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The King and Queen have chosen a coronation day photograph taken at Buckingham Palace for their Christmas card this year. The formal image, showing Charles and Camilla in the palace throne room following the coronation, contrasts with the relaxed family group photo selected by the Prince and Princess of Wales. The monochrome image chosen by the Prince and Princess of Wales shows the family, all wearing plain shirts, arranged around […]

The details have emerged in court documents Queen Elizabeth II wanted the Duke and Duchess of Sussex to continue to have “effective security” after they quit as working royals, court documents have revealed. The details emerged in the legal judgment given in Harry’s High Court libel case against Associated Newspapers Limited (ANL) on Friday. The duke is suing ANL over a February 2022 article about his legal challenge against the Home Office following a decision to change […]

It means the final four are Sam Thompson, Tony Bellew, Nigel Farage, and Josie Gibson Marvin Humes has left I’m A Celebrity…Get Me Out Of Here! after receiving the fewest public votes. The JLS singer was eliminated from the ITV reality show – leaving just Sam Thompson, Tony Bellew, Nigel Farage, and Josie Gibson in the Australian jungle who will be taking part in the infamous celebrity cyclone. Humes said the experience was […]

Friday night's vote at the Security Council saw the US use it's veto to block the proposal Britain chose to abstain on a United Nations resolution demanding an immediate humanitarian ceasefire in Gaza that was only blocked by the US. Thirteen of the 15-member security council voted in favour, but the action was blocked because of Washington’s veto on Friday. UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres had warned of a “humanitarian catastrophe” in Gaza as he […]

Rishi Sunak is facing fresh pressure over his beleaguered Rwanda policy after it emerged the cost of the scheme has already reached £240 million, despite it never being used. The Government spent a further £100 million in the 2023-24 financial year while flights remained grounded amid a series of legal setbacks, on top of the £140 million previously paid out. According to a letter from the Home Office to committee chairs, ministers […]

One in four people are likely to give a second-hand gift to relatives or friends this Christmas, new research suggests. A survey of 2,000 adults by Royal Mail found that half said they would be happy to receive a second-hand or regifted present, with only one in four taking umbrage. Most of the one in four respondents who plan to give second-hand gifts said they would tell the recipient, with […]

Boris Johnson has denied claims that he used the phrase “let the bodies pile high” during the Covid-19 pandemic. The former prime minister dismissed as “absurd” the claim by former top aide Dominic Cummings in his 233-page witness statement to the UK Covid-19 Inquiry published after he had given verbal evidence on Thursday. He told Lady Hallett’s probe: “I am accused — by the usual sources — of saying that […]

An inquest into the death of a headteacher who is thought to have killed herself following an Ofsted inspection is to conclude. Ruth Perry’s family say she took her own life after a report from the watchdog downgraded her Caversham Primary School in Reading from its highest rating to its lowest over safeguarding concerns. Her sister, Professor Julia Waters, previously said Ms Perry had experienced the “worst day of her […]

Campaigners are staging a blockade at a defence company’s shipyard in Glasgow in protest over its ties to Israel as they call for a ceasefire. The blockade at the entrances to the BAE Systems site in Govan in Glasgow has been organised by a local group in co-ordination with Workers for a Free Palestine. They are urging BAE to end their ties with Israel and cease all weapons, defence and […]