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Will Kate Middleton conspiracy theorists now eat their words? Celebrities and social media speculators begin climbdown after sharing wild claims about Princess of Wales – as fans demand Kim Kardashian delete ‘insensitive joke’ after cancer revelation

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Celebrities and social media conspiracy theorists today began a climbdown after sharing wild claims about the Princess of Wales – as pressure grows on Kim Kardashian to delete an ‘insensitive’ joke she made on Instagram. 

Kate’s announcement last night that she has cancer followed weeks of cruel speculation on platforms including X, Instagram and TikTok, where trolls shared mocking posts and memes about her whereabouts.  

The news sparked grovelling apologies from the likes of left-wing journalist Owen Jones and the

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UK will keep EU’s safety mark in Brexit climbdown – POLITICO

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LONDON — British businesses will be allowed to continue to use the European Union’s safety mark indefinitely, the U.K. government announced Tuesday — in a climbdown from previous post-Brexit plans.

Ministers pledged to introduce a competitor assurance mark to the EU’s “CE” (Conformité Européenne) when Britain left the bloc in 2020, but the planned introduction of the “UKCA” mark has been delayed on three separate occasions.

After those postponements, the new U.K. safety mark was intended to mandatorily replace the

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