A British boy who said he was kidnapped and taken to a ‘spiritual commune’ by his mother and grandfather six years ago was ‘brainwashed’ while living with them, his family in England have said, as they prepare to be reunited with him within days.
Alex Batty, from Oldham, Lancashire, was just 11 when he did not return from a holiday to Spain with his mother Melanie, then 37, and grandfather David, then 58, in 2017. A picture of a luxury
Royals from all over the world have headed to Sweden to mark the 50th Jubilee of King Carl XVI Gustaf.
While grand gowns have been worn by princess and queens from Denmark, Sweden and the Netherlands, it’s a young prince that stole the show yet again.
Prince Oscar of Sweden, seven, adorably won over crowds as joined his family to celebrate his grandfather’s Golden Jubilee celebration in Stockholm, for the second day in a row.
The little royal, whose elder
In Walter Isaacson’s new biography, Elon Musk, a mere page and a half is devoted to introducing Musk’s grandfather, a Canadian chiropractor named Joshua N. Haldeman. Isaacson describes him as a source of Musk’s great affection for danger—“a daredevil adventurer with strongly held opinions” and “quirky conservative populist views” who did rope tricks at rodeos and rode freight trains like a hobo. “He knew that real adventures involve risk,” Isaacson quotes Musk as having said. “Risk energized him.”
But
Camilla’s paternal grandfather was accused of “violently assaulting” his first wife, documents kept at the National Archives show.
The late adored father of the Queen, Major Bruce Shand, was the son of writer Philip Morton Shand and his first wife Edith Marguerite Tippet.
Mr Morton Shand, who came from a wealthy background and was educated at Eton, Cambridge, the Sorbonne and Heidelberg University, married London-born Ms Tippet, a descendant of Essex farmers, in April 1916.
But only a few months
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
The devastated grandfather of Arthur Labinjo-Hughes Peter Halcrow (above), 61, of Dunkeld, Perthshire, said Emma Tustin and Thomas Hughes have ‘forfeited their right to live’
The devastated grandfather of Arthur Labinjo-Hughes has said ‘no punishment could be enough’ for the youngster’s evil killers as he reconsiders his opposition to the death penalty.
Peter Halcrow, 61, of Dunkeld, Perthshire, said Emma Tustin and Thomas Hughes have ‘forfeited their right to live’ and should ‘never see the light of day again’ following
