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Pizza Express investigated Prince Andrew's alibi — here's what it found

Pizza Express carried out its own internal investigation into the former Prince Andrew’s infamous claim that he was at its Woking restaurant on the day Virginia Giuffre alleged he sexually assaulted her. During his widely criticised 2019 Newsnight interview, Andrew insisted he had spent the afternoon of 10 March 2001 at Pizza Express in Woking with his daughter, Princess Beatrice, before…
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Why Princess Anne's latest royal engagement could change the experience of crime victims

Princess Anne has officially opened a new trauma-informed support hub in Edinburgh designed to help victims and witnesses of crime give evidence without attending court in person. The Princess Royal, who serves as president of Victim Support Scotland, visited the charity’s new national office at Broadside House on Powderhall Road on 30 June as part of Royal Week in Scotland. During the…
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King Charles makes the biggest break with royal tradition of his reign

Clarence House is to become the King’s official London residence in one of the most significant constitutional shifts of Charles’s reign, ending nearly 190 years in which Buckingham Palace has served as the monarch’s principal home. The decision means King Charles and Queen Camilla will remain at Clarence House even after the £369 million refurbishment of Buckingham Palace is…
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If ever a wedding dress summed up its wearer, it's the gown chosen by Sophie, Duchess of Edinburgh

If ever a royal wedding dress summed up its wearer, it was the gown chosen by Sophie Rhys-Jones for her marriage to Prince Edward on 19 June 1999 at St George’s Chapel, Windsor. Subtle, elegant and classic, this was the final Windsor bridal dress of the 20thcentury and it saw in a new era with style. Sophie and Edward’s big day might have been a modern marriage but it had an air of…
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