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Camilla meets unsung pandemic heroes - and a robot - in East Sussex

The Duchess of Cornwall visited a pharmacy warehouse, a food bank and a homeless charity in East Sussex on Tuesday to meet those helping support the British public during the COVID-19 pandemic. She started her afternoon in Uckfield at the head office of Kamsons Pharmacy, a family-owned group of 77 pharmacies that employs almost 1,000 people. As one of the only healthcare providers whose doors…
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She-Wolves: England's early queens explored in Helen Castor lecture

Women have always struggled with how the world sees them in positions of power, and historian and author Dr Helen Castor compared some of England’s early royal women to modern politicians in an online lecture this week. Pointing out “the precedent set by the Tudor queens in England was partial and pragmatic,” Castor explained how women learned that they “could rule, but…
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America's response to the Sussex interview

It was a television event that was almost as hyped-up as the Super Bowl, with some Americans even hosting viewing parties. But despite many in the States being more supportive of Team Sussex than in the UK, Sunday’s Oprah interview still had a mixed response in the…
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Meghan on Thomas Markle: "I genuinely can’t imagine doing anything to intentionally cause pain to my child"

Last night’s Oprah interview has revealed much about the Duke and Duchess of Sussex’s time in the Royal Family, but one topic that remained unclear was Meghan’s relationship with her father, Thomas Markle. Today CBS This Morning released previously unaired clips from the interview, including one of the duchess talking about her family. “There was such an obsession about…
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Queen Elizabeth II

"It didn't hurt at all" - The Queen takes the unusual step of speaking out on her heath, sharing her vaccination experience

The Queen has shared what it was like to get her COVID jab during a candid video conversation with health officials leading the deployment of the vaccine across the United Kingdom. Saying it “didn’t hurt at all,” Her Majesty, who was vaccinated along with the Duke of Edinburgh in January, also said the public should “think about other people rather than…
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