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Outrage and shock after Prince William's trees are deliberately poisoned

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29th November 2025
A criminal investigation is under way after a cluster of young willow trees planted on Prince William’s Dartmoor estate were deliberately poisoned with a powerful herbicide – an act described by conservationists as “sabotage” and “deeply disturbing”. The story, first reported by The Guardian, concerns a restoration scheme on Duchy of Cornwall land designed to stabilise peat…
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The Duchess of Kent’s horrific injury that almost ended her musical career revealed

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26th November 2025
Long before she became known for handing out the trophies each year at Wimbledon, the Duchess of Kent had another defining role: musician. But her devotion to the piano almost ended abruptly, her daughter Lady Helen Taylor has disclosed, after a freak accident that left her mother’s fingertip hanging by a thread. Speaking in a new interview for Tatler, Lady Helen recounted the moment a family…
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How can it be right for one unelected Prince to override democracy?

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26th November 2025
Earlier in the week, Prince Albert II of Monaco exercised a power almost unseen in modern Europe: he refused to sign a bill passed overwhelmingly by the National Council to liberalise abortion. While the action is entirely within Monaco’s constitution, it raises uncomfortable questions about the balance between monarchy and democracy in the 21st century. The proposed legislation was carefully…
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Constitutional questions arise as Royal Assent Is refused in rare use of monarch’s veto

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24th November 2025
In a rare intervention that underscores the enduring authority of Europe’s remaining absolute monarchs, Prince Albert II of Monaco has refused to sign a bill that would have legalised abortion in the principality, abruptly halting a reform passed by a large parliamentary majority. The bill, approved in May by 19 votes to 2 in the National Council, proposed allowing terminations up to 12 weeks…
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