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 17-year-old…
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

King Juan Carlos transferred out of intensive care

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27th August 2019
King Emeritus Juan Carlos has been transferred out of the intensive care unit after his condition improved following major cardiac surgery over the weekend. The former King of Spain had a triple heart bypass – an operation which has been described as successful. The…
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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Features

The Times apologises to the Duchess of Cambridge's hairdresser

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25th August 2019
The Times has issued an apology to the Duchess of Cambridge’s hairdresser after publishing an incorrect article in March. Richard Ward, who styled the Duchess of Cambridge’s hair on her wedding day, was accused of breaching Catherine’s confidence in a recent Relative Values magazine feature in the newspaper. The Times has since published a correction, saying that in actual fact, Mr…
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