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British Foreign Secretary David Cameron, speaking alongside his American counterpart Antony Blinken, has said that Britain will continue to provide arms to little Israel in her struggle against Hamas. The two great allies reiterated their support for Israel as Lord Cameron met Blinken in...

The King has met Bank of England governor Andrew Bailey at Buckingham Palace to be presented with banknotes featuring his portrait. Charles III has been on the Throne for 18 months and the first banknotes featuring his portrait enter circulation on 5th June. The first coins bearing the King's...

Next door neighbours Britain and France have celebrated 120 years since the Entente Cordiale of 1904. In London, the Duke of Edinburgh stood in for his brother the King - who has cancer - to meet French troops at Buckingham Palace. Meanwhile, 200 miles away in Paris, British soldiers took part...

The opening of the East Wing of Charles III's birthplace is part of his desire to make royal residences more accessible to the public. The King has chosen not to make Buckingham Palace his official residence but it still remains the monarch's administrative headquarters where the King carries...

A French diver has embarrassed himself in front of President Macron during the inauguration ceremony of the 2024 Paris Olympics swimming pool...

A 12 year old has been arrested after a 12 year old was killed in a school shooting in Vantaa, near the Finnish capital Helsinki. There are 1.5 million licensed firearms in Finland with a population of 5.6 million. In comparison, Britain has 2 million licensed firearms with a population of 68...

The state religion of England is the Church of England and the Monarch is the Head of the Church of England. According to the Church of England the Thursday before Good Friday is Maundy Thursday and on Maundy Thursday the Head of the Church - the Monarch - should hand out special coins to...

Friendly England 2-2 Belgium Wembley Stadium Two of the world's five best international teams met each other tonight and cancelled each other out in an entertaining draw in London. England are ranked 3rd in the world and Belgium are ranked 4th with only World Champions Argentina (1) and...

Britain has some of the most harsh criminal sentences in the world. For example, if you are found guilty of murder in Britain you will almost certainly be jailed for at least 40 years without parole, in many instances sentenced to spend the rest of your life in prison with no possibility of...

Yesterday (20th March) marked 50 years since Ian Ball attempted to kidnap Princess Anne, Queen Elizabeth II's daughter. Apparently when Ball told her to get into his car she replied: "Not bloody likely." Ball was taken down by a boxer who punched him in the face and he was later awarded the...

British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has urged the public to get behind Princess Catherine after it emerged that her private medical records were breached by staff at the London Clinic, which is where she had abdominal surgery recently...

Leo Varadkar has announced his resignation as Toiseach (PM) of the Republic of Ireland and as leader of the Fine Gael (Irish for "Family of the Irish") party. Varadkar took to office in June 2017 until June 2020 and again from December 2022, the country's 14th Toiseach since it seceded from the...

Queen Camilla has conferred city status on the Isle of Man capital Douglas. The Isle of Man is not part of the UK but is a British Crown Dependency in the Irish Sea between England and Northern Ireland. With a population of 84,000 the island depends on Britain for its defence and the King is...

King Charles III is determined to attend his second Trooping the Colour - the ceremony that marks the monarch's official birthday. Last year Trooping the Colour was on the 17th June and the King attended the event on horseback as his mother did for most of her reign. However, this year's...

Former US President Barack Obama today had a private meeting with British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak at 10 Downing Street. It is not known what the politicians of the two allied nations discussed. The woman in yellow is the US ambassador to Britain Jane Hartley.

Elon Musk laughed at British liberal Matthew Stadlen who once claimed he feels safe in London and would never be mugged - before he was mugged. Stadlen then claimed he was mugged by a white man, when it actually appears to have been a black man.

It was clear to see that the future King and his younger brother no longer see eye to eye at last night's memorial event to their mother Princess Diana. It's believed the last time the two brothers were in the same room was during their father's Coronation last year...

A study has found that the UK has more giant redwoods than their native USA. Introduced 200 years ago into Britain the world's largest tree is under threat in the USA but is thriving in Britain's cooler climate. There are 80,000 of the trees in California but half a million of them in Britain.

Huge Royal Navy aircraft carrier HMS Prince of Wales has led a flotilla of 15 NATO ships in a show of strength against Russia. NATO has recently grown in size and strength with Finland joining in 2022 and Sweden joining just days ago. The organisation has shown off its impressive firepower to...