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    Queen Camilla invites blind girl to tea

    Queen Camilla has invited a blind girl to have tea with her in the resplendent surroundings of Windsor Castle...
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    Happy 2024!

    Happy New Year to Canadian Content members. Here in the UK we are behind most of Europe and most of the continent has already seen in 2024 but there's less than an hour to go. London is going to put on Europe's biggest New Year fireworks display, with 12,000 fireworks.
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    Denmark's Queen Margrethe II abdicates

    Denmark's Queen has unexpectedly announced her abdication in her traditional New Year's Eve speech. Margrethe II will formally step down from the throne on 14th January. That will be exactly 52 years to the day of her ascension to the throne in 1972. The 83-year-old monarch will be succeeded...
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    Meteor flashes across UK night sky

    People across the UK have reported seeing a meteor flying through the night sky. Residents living in London, Birmingham, Reading, Norfolk and Shrewsbury reported seeing what many believed to be a shooting star, at around 2am on Saturday (30 December). Many people took to X, formerly Twitter...
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    Big Ben: New Year's Eve marks 100 years of live bongs on radio

    Big Ben: New Year's Eve marks 100 years of live bongs on radio Sunday 31st December 2023 BBC News By Noor Nanji, Culture reporter They are the UK's most famous chimes, and one of the most recognisable sounds around the world. Exactly a century ago, Big Ben's bongs were broadcast live to the...
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    Tornado damages 100 homes in Greater Manchester

    100 properties have been damaged by a tornado in Stalybridge, Greater Manchester, as Storm Gerrit hit Britain...
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    The Royal Family's very eventful 2023

    King Charles III's first full year on the throne featured family rifts, a historic coronation, and a row about his tie. From revealing memoirs to state visits, what are the stories that defined the royals in 2023?
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    Jacques Delors, founder of the modern EU, dies aged 98

    Jacques Delors, who served as the 8th President of the European Commission from 1985 to 1995, has died at the age of 98. As President of the Commission, Delors played a key part in the founding of the single market and the euro.
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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...