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    King's Christmas speech: Charles focuses on shared values in time of conflict

    The King's 2023 Christmas speech:
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    At last, Last Christmas is Christmas number one

    Wham!'s Last Christmas has been crowned this year's Christmas number one, 39 years after it was first released. The festive classic beat Sam Ryder to the top spot after one of the most open races in years. Mariah Carey was third, with Noah Kahn's Stick Season fourth. It's the first time George...
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    Winter solstice celebrations take place at Stonehenge

    Footage shows people taking part in the winter solstice celebrations at the Stonehenge prehistoric monument on Salisbury Plain in Wiltshire.
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    It's a man and woman, you idiots!

    "This boiled my piss hard..."
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    Princess of Wales delivers Christmas message

    The Princess of Wales has revealed what Christmas means to her in a new heartwarming message to promote her upcoming carol service ‘Royal Carols: Together At Christmas'. The duchess will express sincere gratitude to all those helping young children to “feel safe, valued and loved” in a...
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    Princess Eugenie reveals how she has food delivered

    Appearing on the podcast Table Manners, the King's niece Princess Eugenie, who is 11th in line to the Throne, revealed how she and her husband Jack Brooksbank have food delivered... to Kensington Palace. The Princess, 33, also told of her love for her life in Portugal with her husband and two...
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    The King buys 800 freezers for struggling families

    King Charles's freezers help save food for a million meals BBC News 18th December 2023 The King visited the charity that distributes surplus food from supermarkets By Sean Coughlan Royal correspondent The donation of freezers by King Charles has helped a food charity double the amount of...
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    Defining the Far Right

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    Are you watching, Harry and Meghan?

    The Princess of Wales, the future Queen, serving her country and making a little boy happy... https://m.youtube.com/shorts/_H5QCXv6-MM
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    Prince of Wales salutes new naval officers at passing out parade

    The Heir to the Throne saluted more than 100 new Royal Navy officers at the Royal Naval College in Dartmouth, Devon, on Thursday. As usual, Britain's next monarch, Prince William, 41, performed his national duty with aplomb and a cheery grin.
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    British intelligence agency GCHQ reveals 2023 Christmas codebreaker challenge

    How many of these can you solve? Each Christmas, the UK intelligence agency GCHQ launches a codebreaking challenge aimed at testing problem solving skills. This year's puzzle is aimed at children between the age of 11 and 18 and features a variety of brainteasers including codebreaking and...
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    King Charles III makes first appearance on Canadian and Australian coins

    Canada and Australia have minted their first coins featuring their new monarch King Charles III.
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    The moment King Edward VIII announced his abdication to the nation

    On 11th December 1936, King Edward VIII - the great-uncle of King Charles III - announced his abdication to the British people and the British Empire. Upon his abdication, his younger brother - King Charles III's grandfather - became King George VI. The former King Edward VIII died in Paris in...
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    Colossal sea monster unearthed in UK

    The skull of a colossal sea monster has been extracted from the cliffs of the Jurassic Coast in Dorset. It belongs to a pliosaur, a ferocious marine reptile that terrorised the oceans about 150 million years ago. The 2m-long fossil is one of the most complete specimens of its type ever...
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    Princess of Wales holds third Royal Carol Service

    Catherine, the Princess of Wales, 41, hosted her third special Christmas carol event on Friday. The Together at Christmas event, which is quickly becoming a British Christmas tradition, 'is a moment to bring people together at Christmas time and recognise those who have gone above and beyond...
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    The King drinks mulled wine and has a banter with Santa

    King Charles III enjoyed some mulled wine and had a banter with Santa on a gloomy and cold December day at Highgrove, the King and Queen's family home in Gloucestershire...
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    Big Four royals put on a show of unity against Harry and Meghan

    The King and Queen have posed for a photograph alongside the Prince and Princess of Wales in a show of Royal unity in the wake of Harry and Meghan's Endgame attacks. Courtesy of British TV channel Talk TV...
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    Queen Camilla invites children to decorate Royal Christmas tree

    Queen Camilla invited some little helpers to decorate the Christmas tree at Clarence House. During the event, supported by Helen & Douglas House and Roald Dahl's Marvellous Children's Charity, Her Majesty treated the children to some festive surprises, as well as a visit from Father Christmas...
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    Britain cancels talks with Greece in row over the Elgin Marbles

    A diplomatic row has broken out between Britain and Greece after British Prime Minister Sunak decided to cancel his meeting with Greek Prime Minister Mitsotakis the day after Mitsotakis declared that Britain should return the Elgin Marbles...
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    The Pogues frontman Shane MacGowan dies aged 65

    Shane MacGowan, the lead singer of The Pogues, has died at the age of 65. The London folk band are famous for their 1987 megahit "Fairytale of New York", which has since become a Christmas classic, played on radio stations many times a day throughout the country over the Christmas period.