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The surprising reason Zara Tindall avoids Wimbledon's Royal Box

Zara Tindall was once again among the familiar faces at Wimbledon this week, but eagle-eyed royal fans may have noticed she was not seated alongside Queen Camilla and other members of the Royal Family in the famous Royal Box. Instead, Zara and her husband, Mike Tindall, watched the action on Centre Court from nearby VIP seating during day ten of the Championships. The couple were seated…
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King Charles quietly makes two of Britain's most powerful appointments

The King has approved the appointments of two of the country’s most senior judges, marking a significant change at the top of England and Wales’ judiciary. Sir Colin Birss has been appointed Master of the Rolls, the second most senior judicial office in England and Wales after the Lady Chief Justice, while Lord Justice Warby will become the new President of the King’s Bench…
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Princess Anne backs ambitious new pledge for Armed Forces community

Princess Anne joined veterans and charity leaders on Wednesday as she celebrated the tenth anniversary of the Veterans’ Foundation, recognising a decade of support for serving personnel, veterans and their families across the UK. The Princess Royal attended the milestone celebration at the Honourable Artillery Company in London, where she met veterans, ambassadors and representatives from…
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The King grants Royal Prerogative of Mercy to the last woman executed in the UK

King Charles III has granted a posthumous conditional pardon to Ruth Ellis, the last woman to be executed in the United Kingdom, more than 70 years after her death. The pardon, granted under the Royal Prerogative of Mercy on the advice of Justice Secretary David Lammy, recognises what the Government described as the “historic injustice of the death penalty” in Ellis’s exceptional…
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