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The remains of French musketeer d'Artagnan (1611-1673) may have been found in a Dutch church. D'Artagnan was immortalised in the 1844 Alexandre Dumas novel "The Three Musketeers"...

Ancient ceremony takes place as new Archbishop of Canterbury is enthroned Sarah Mullaly is only the 106th Archbishop of Canterbury. So you can see how rare this is. It's like a Coronation. The 106th Archbishop of Canterbury knocked on the door of Canterbury Cathedral pleading to be let in as...

Sarah Mullaly has been enthroned as the 106th Archbishop of Canterbury - and the first woman to take the role. In typically eccentric British tradition, Mullaly had to knock on the door of Canterbury Cathedral to be let in, a tradition which, of course, dates back centuries. Mullaly - a former...

Sarah Ferguson, the ex-wife of Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor (formerly Prince Andrew before his brother the King stripped him of that title), no longer holds the Freedom of the City of York after the King stripped her of the title. King Charles III has stripped her of the title because of her...

King Charles III has awarded a former hospital patient with the George Medal for outstanding bravery in stopping a man detonating a bomb in a hospital. Nathan Newby, a patient at a Leeds hospital, spent several hours with the would-be attacker Mohammad Farooq, even hugging him to keep him calm...

"In the skies the skylarks rise above the sounds of war. Since that day I knew they'd stay with me forever more..." From the new single "Days We Left Behind" Sir Paul McCartney was born in Liverpool in 1942 at the height of the deadliest and most devastating war in history. As a young boy he...

Paul McCartney - "Days We Left Behind" (2026) The new single from the former Beatles vocalist and bassist... New album "The Boys of Dungeon Lane" is released 29th May. The album is inspired by his childhood in a deprivated post-war Liverpool...

Starmer has only ordered British naval might to the Strait of Hormuz because the United States has been scathing of lack of support from her closest ally. Starmer has been embarrassed into action by the United States. But hopefully a flotilla of Royal Navy autonomous minesweepers and drone ships...

Britain sends robotic ships to Iran Britain's Royal Navy is to send its fleet of unmanned robotic minesweepers and drone boats to the Strait of Hormuz in response to US calls for assistance. The Royal Navy currently has three autonomous minesweepers and will soon have 20 autonomous drone...

Iowan heavy metal band Slipknot's turntablist Sid Wilson, 49, and Kelly Osbourne, 41, have broken off their engagement. Sid - both of whom's parents are British despite being born in Des Moines - proposed backstage during last July's Black Sabbath concert at Villa Park in Birmingham as Kelly's...

Blink 182 - "What's My Age Again" (1999) The Californian punk trio had a No2 US and No10 UK hit with this song about youthful immaturity.

Pomp and ceremony: Britain welcomes Nigerian President like no other country can On a glorious spring day British soldiers glittered in the spring sunshine in front of the stage where their King and Queen greeted the Nigerian President and First Last. The world's sixth-richest country has...

Nigeria has Africa's largest economy. Britain has the world's sixth-largest economy, 11 times larger than Nigeria's. Nigeria has 236 million people has Britain has 70 million. Crazy.

This evening Their Majesties King Charles III and Queen Camilla and Nigerian President Bola Tinubu and First Lady Oluremi Tinubu agreed closer relations between the two Anglophone nations during a lavish banquet at Windsor Castle attended by 160 people. Britain is to give Nigeria £746 million...

Trump: "US-UK relationship was the best until Starmer came along" United States is still angry at Britain for feeble support in Iran war USA says Britain should exploit North Sea oil and condemns Britain for damaging her beautiful countryside by installing wind turbines US President Donald...