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What’s got readers writing in today? (Picture: Metro.co.uk/Getty/Rex/PA) While the majority of readers take a dim view of the way Lady Susan Hussey treat Ngozi Fulani at a palace reception, one says the charity boss was being ‘obtuse’ for not giving a straight answer. Another points to the ‘vilification’ of Meghan Markle after she spoke…
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Today’s hot topics (Picture: Metro.co.uk/PA/Shutterstock/Getty) Starting on a lighter note (pun unintended, ahem), one of our readers reveals how his transport choice has him channelling his inner Bowie. Staying with trains, the Mick/Mike/Michael Lynch tough-sounding name debate continues, with one reader offering some nomenclature insight. Elsewhere, plans to expand London’s Ultra Low Emission Zone has…
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They will still be able to stand in for the King but this happening is ‘highly unlikely’, a royal expert says (Picture: Getty Images) Prince Andrew and Prince Harry will still be able to stand in for the King but appear to have been bumped down the pecking order in a royal revamp. Charles III…
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Camilla is known as Queen Consort – rather than just The Queen Max Mumby/Indigo/Getty Images) Queen Consort Camilla’s royal cipher, which will be appear on her personal letters, cards and gifts was recently revealed. It features the initials ‘CR’ below a representation of the Crown, incorporating ‘C’ for Camilla intertwined with ‘R’ for Regina, which…
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Happy birthday to the King (Picture: Eddie Mulholland – WPA Pool/Getty Images) When the now King Charles III was born on this date (November 14) back in 1948, his arrival would have signalled great changes to the world ahead. With World War Two still fresh in the minds of the nation, his birth would’ve been…
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King Charles laid a wreath at the Cenotaph on Remembrance Sunday (Picture: Reuters) The UK fell silent as the King laid a wreath on Remembrance Sunday for the first time since the Queen died. The King honoured the nation’s war dead as he laid a wreath at the Cenotaph in remembrance of all those who…
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Spiders, eggs and KFC (Pictures: Metro.co.uk) We know, we know, everything is a bit miserable at the moment, isn’t it? It’s dark by 4pm, the floor is too wet to actually wear those Sambas you – and everyone else – bought and no one has enough money to be excited about Christmas. On the bright…
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The fifth season of The Crown focuses on the fall out between Charles and Diana’s split (Picture: Getty) As she stands amongst the rubble of her once grand castle, Imelda Staunton’s Queen Elizabeth II looks particularly small. She surveys the damage in her large duffle coat, her face etched with sadness. She is alone, vulnerable,…
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A new batch of actors appear as the royal family in season five (Picture: Keith Bernstein/Netflix) Does everyone have their popcorn at the ready? The Crown season 5 is on the verge of being released on Netflix, and we can already predict the media storm it’s going to spark. The new series, which follows the…
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It’s high time we questioned what Britishness means (Picture: Getty Images) Last week, the chair of the Government’s Social Mobility Commission said that ethnic minority pupils should be taught to sing the national anthem in schools. At a lecture at Oxford University, Katharine Birbalsingh suggested that shying away from teaching the national anthem leaves non-white…
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