POLITICO Europe’s most-read stories of 2023 – POLITICO

How one in TWELVE women carry mutation that increases the risk of blood clots when taking the Pill… so why DON’T doctors test for genetic quirk before dishing out the contraceptive willy-nilly?

Harry and Meghan hope for ‘year of redemption’ after challenging 2023 with couple eyeing up move to LA because the duchess is ‘popular’ in Hollywood, sources say

One is amused! Kate can’t stop giggling as Bradley Walsh opens Royal Variety Performance with awkward joke about being snubbed for an MBE and OBE at star-studded show (but viewers are NOT impressed with his hosting skills!)

Migration is derailing leaders from Biden to Macron. Who’s next? – POLITICO

Where the world wants to spend Christmas: Fascinating map reveals it’s LONDON that’s No.1 overall (though Americans would prefer a festive break in Vienna)

Dignity in the face of Scobie’s poison pen: William and Kate receive a standing ovation as they arrive at Royal Variety Show – while the royals’ tormentor-in-chief shamelessly continues to twist the knife

Kate Middleton and Prince William ignore fallout from Omid Scobie race row as they arrive hand-in-hand at the Royal Variety Performance

A Sussex silence even more damning than the ‘royal racist’ stink bomb: MAUREEN CALLAHAN’s devastating takedown of Harry and Meghan’s cowardly refusal to denounce lying Scobie’s noxious slurs

Two senior royals ‘mistakenly’ identified in Omid Scobie’s book as having ‘concerns’ over Archie’s skin colour are now named on UK TV: Monarchy ‘utterly dismayed’ as officials take legal advice – fury grows at ‘translation error’ and ‘spiteful’ stunt