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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The Yorks

Prime Minister Boris Johnson refuses to say whether he has confidence in Prince Andrew

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25th August 2019
Prime Minister Boris Johnson has refused to comment on whether he has confidence in the Duke of York to fulfil his duties as a working member of the British Royal Family. Speaking at the G7 summit in the French town of Biarritz, the Prime Minister avoided a question posed to him by the BBC’s Chief Political Correspondent Vicki Young. Asked if he has confidence in Prince Andrew, Mr Johnson…
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