Celebrities: Liz Truss maintains a political friendship with a cat – Panorama

Liz Truss, 47, British Prime Minister candidate, has a political friendship with a cat. According to her own statement, she gets along well with cat Larry, the legendary house cat in the seat of government Downing Street. “I already have an extremely positive relationship with Larry. I think he sneaks up on me a lot and I’m one of his favorite cabinet members,” the foreign secretary told GB News. One goal of her application is to deepen this friendship. Truss wants to succeed Boris Johnson, and her opponent is former Treasury Secretary Rishi Sunak.

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Elizabeth II, 96, Queen, now signs autographs on coins. To mark her 70th jubilee, the British Mint has issued commemorative coins bearing the monarch’s signature for the first time. The £5 coins are to be minted in three different designs, each to commemorate the Queen’s charitable commitments, the Commonwealth and the Orders of Merit distributed by the Royal House. The simple variant costs 13 pounds 815.50 euros), the golden 2865 pounds (3400 euros).

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Marcus Mumford, 35, rock singer, processes abuse experiences musically. “Like a lot of other people – and I’m learning more about it the further we go and the more I play it for people – I was sexually abused as a child,” the Mumford and Sons frontman said in one GQ-Interview about his new song. He was six years old then. “It wasn’t in the family and it wasn’t in the church, which some people might assume. But I hadn’t told anyone about it in 30 years.” His mother only found out about the abuse through the song.

Dimitri Flores, presidential candidate in Panama, survived a helicopter crash. “We must thank God that we are still alive”, he said in one of RadioPanama published video, which he recorded himself after the accident. It shows a visibly battered Flores and another passenger. Both are in the jungle of Panama, behind them the wreckage of their helicopter can be seen. A total of six people were in the helicopter. “There are broken legs and arms, wow,” said the politician. According to the BBC, he is running as an independent candidate in the 2024 presidential election.


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