Copenhagen’s streets were filled to the brim with excited crowds as Denmark today welcomed the former Crown Prince Frederik and Crown Princess Mary as its new King and Queen.
But the story was starkly different 52 years ago to the day, when Margrethe II became Queen on January 14, 1972.
Archive photos show the young princess, then 31, stood at the balcony at Christiansborg Palace – just like her son did today – as the then-Prime Minister Jens Otto Krag
Cancer targets are being ‘merged’ instead of scrapped, a health minister insisted today.
Under plans yet to be formally announced, the NHS will adopt just three targets on treating and diagnosing patients quicker. Currently, trusts are assessed against 10 different measures.
Will Quince, who sits underneath Health Secretary Steve Barclay, argued that it was the ‘right thing to do’.
But he also acknowledged it was ‘something that the NHS in Wales did back in 2018’.
It comes after the Tories
Granddad Greg Hoar is still driving around in the beloved family Morris Minor he passed his driving test in – in 1976.
Greg’s grandmother was 78 years-old when she bought the classic British two-door car brand new in 1967 for £628 – £10,000 in today’s money.
Amy Hoar drove it for almost a decade until her eyesight declined and it was lent to her then 17-year-old grandson.
Greg, now 64, has kept hold of the vehicle for 47 years, clocking
