Features

John Bercow: Suspending Parliament is a ‘constitutional outrage’

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28th August 2019
The Speaker of the House of Commons, John Bercow, has called the planned suspension of Parliament a “constitutional outrage” in an extraordinary intervention. In an angry statement, the Speaker said: “I have had no contact from the Government, but if the reports that it is seeking to prorogue Parliament are confirmed, this move represents a constitutional outrage. “However it is…
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State & Ceremonial

Date of the next Queen’s Speech revealed as the Privy Council are due to meet at Balmoral

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28th August 2019
Boris Johnson’s first Queen’s Speech will take place in mid-October it can be revealed. The date will be formally confirmed during a meeting of the Privy Council at Balmoral Castle later today. The move to hold a Queen’s Speech in October, thus suspending Parliament, is thought to part of a complicated manoeuvre by the government to exit the European Union. The decision to suspend…
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The Yorks

Prince Andrew urged to 'come clean'

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27th August 2019
In yet another significant twist in the Jeffrey Epstein case, one accuser has urged the Duke of York to ‘come clean’. Virginia Giuffre made the comments after a court hearing on Tuesday after previously accusing Epstein of sex abuse and alleged that as a…
History

VIDEO: Newly unearthed footage shows how the BBC broke the news of Lord Mountbatten's assasination​

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27th August 2019
Newly unearthed archive footage shows how the BBC interrupted normal broadcasting to break the news of Lord Mountbatten’s death 40 years ago. As it was a Bank Holiday Monday, the BBC was airing a special comedy double-bill featuring Bob Hope at the time the announcement was made. The decision was made to interrupt the programming to announce Lord Mountbatten’s death at around…
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Spain

Infanta Cristina visits King Juan Carlos in Intensive Care Unit

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26th August 2019
King Emeritus Juan Carlos has been visited in the Intensive Care Unit by his youngest daughter, Infanta Cristina. Cristina arrived at the Quirónsalud University Hospital in Pozuelo de Alarcón on Monday afternoon to visit her father, alongside her children, Juan Valentín, Irene and Miguel. Infanta Christina stayed at the hospital for around half an hour, and left without making any comment…
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