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Prince Harry, Meghan Markle to honor Queen after Balmoral snub
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle plan on honoring the first anniversary of Queen Elizabeth II’s death “in their own way” after not making the invitation list for the royal family’s forthcoming Balmoral Castle gathering.
“They will of course acknowledge and pay their respects to Her Majesty in their own way,” a source with direct knowledge tells Page Six exclusively while confirming that the couple “haven’t received any information or invitation to plans marking the anniversary of her death.”
However, the
Prince Harry, Meghan Markle won’t join royals to honor Queen Elizabeth II
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle were reportedly not invited to join the royal family at Balmoral Castle to honor the first anniversary of Queen Elizabeth II’s death.
Multiple sources claim the Duke and Duchess of Sussex received no “outreach” from senior royals to attend the tribute event on September 8 despite the couple’s plans to appear in Düsseldorf, Germany for their Invictus Games the day after.
“If they are not included in any of those plans they will find a
Why the king is still King – POLITICO
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LONDON — Queen Elizabeth II saw it all coming.
After seven decades as the United Kingdom’s head of state, her majesty knew better than perhaps anyone else the qualities that make for a good prime minister. Boris Johnson, she seemed to have decided, didn’t have them.
“It was such a remarkable event, to witness the eye roll of Queen Elizabeth II,” recalled Andrew Gwynne, a British member of parliament.
King Charles III’s ‘Make Britain Great Again’ village – POLITICO
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POUNDBURY, England — The town of Poundbury may be located three hours south of London, but aesthetically it feels as if it’s centuries removed from the dense, modern British capital.
The experimental development’s streets are lined with quaint but elegant brick homes straight out of a
From spy chief to Prince Harry’s bête noire — the many lives of UK Cabinet Secretary Simon Case – POLITICO
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LONDON — The past year has seen unprecedented turbulence in Downing Street. Three prime ministers; four chancellors; more than 100 police fines for those attending lockdown parties in No. 10.
Boris Johnson was forced out as U.K. prime minister over the endless scandals. Liz Truss swiftly followed after crashing the U.K. economy. But as 2023 dawns, the man at the center of both tumultuous operations still stands tall at
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The year 2022 will go down in the history books. And it includes a chapter few wanted to see written: War returned to Europe.
On February 24, Russian President Vladimir Putin sent his tanks rolling into Ukraine, marking the start of a brutal conflict that, 10 months later, shows no signs of ending anytime soon. The early weeks of the war saw a wave of refugees flood the EU
The tragedy of King Charles III – POLITICO
LONDON — It was during his first address as king — the speech he’d waited his whole life to make — that Charles III acknowledged he will have to give up some of the things that have given him the most satisfaction.
“My life will of course change as I take up my new responsibilities,” he said, a little more than 24 hours after his mother died at Balmoral Castle, bringing to an end the reign of the only monarch
Queen Elizabeth’s glamorous life with celebrities in photos
During Queen Elizabeth II’s record 70 years on the throne, she’s met an array of international luminaries.
Since Queen Elizabeth II was crowned at Westminster Abbey on June 2, 1953, the second-longest reigning monarch — behind France’s King Louis XIV, who took the throne at age 4 — has become acquainted with an impressive array of luminaries, from American presidents to Oscar-winning actors to fashion giants.
Here are the most iconic photos of A-listers bowing down to Her Majesty the
The Queen of the World
Queen Elizabeth II’s longevity alone places her in the pantheon of royal greats. At the time of her death, at Balmoral Castle today, she had served 70 years as Queen—the longest of any sovereign in the English monarchy’s 1,000-year history. But it is not simply her longevity that marks her for greatness, but her ability to stay relevant as the world changed around her.
She was the product of ancestral inheritance but was more popular than any of her
The short unhappy life of Elizabeth Windsor – POLITICO
To provide the United Kingdom with the monarch she felt it needed,
Queen Elizabeth II sacrificed an ordinary life and the other things most of us take for granted.
BY OTTO ENGLISH
ILLUSTRATIONS BY DAKOTA RANDALL FOR POLITICO
Otto English is the pen name used by Andrew Scott, a writer and playwright based in London.
LONDON — Like Oscar Zoroaster, the eponymous Wizard of the fictional land of Oz, Elizabeth Alexandra Mary Windsor, who has died aged 96, led a