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In front of Buckingham Palace yesterday The Band of the Grenadier Guards and La Garde Republicane marched together to celebrate 120 years of friendship between two old enemies Britain and France. In scenes reminiscent of the Coronation, but on a much smaller scale, the two former warring...

More coverage of the UK/US meeting. Cameron and Blinken met for talks in Washington as the two best buddies continue to sort out the world's mess. During the talks Britain urged the US to approve a further £47 billion of aid to Ukraine and vowed to continue to sell £35 billion of weapons to...

No, it doesn't. It's just the same but with a different monarch on the coins.

It's like that but they have to chisel a lot of metal to overtake the coins from the longest reign in our history. In Britain there are 28 billion coins in circulation (I've just Googled it), almost all from the long reign of the mighty Queen Elizabeth II. It may take weeks or months before we...

They're out there. Canada and Britain have started circulating coins featuring their new monarch. It's just a matter of time until you get one. It's a gradual process. The Elizabeth II coins are still legal tender. And there must be millions of coins in circulation in both countries.

King Charles III may attend more public engagements by the end of the month, according to Buckingham Palace. It could be viewed that the British monarch is responding well to his cancer treatment. Recently the King, who is Head of the Church of England, shook hands with well-wishers as he...

Great band. The only bad thing about them is that the Gallagher brothers are Manchester City fans.

Pet Shop Boys - "Dancing Star" (2024) (Official Video)

Sleep Token - "Vore" The London heavy rockers are back with a new album and hopes of making it big

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...

Could we have babies in space?

I think you have more than the rest of the world combined.

Pet Shop Boys - "Dancing Star" (2024) Going strong for 43 years, Neil Tennant and Chris Lowe are Britain's most successful music duo having sold more than 50 million records worldwide. They are one of the big guns in pop music, with massive hits like West End Girls (1984) and It's a Sin (1987)...

Paul Weller - "Soul Wandering" (2024) The former lead singer of late 70s early 80s mod rockers The Jam is back with new work The new album "66" is out on 24th May, the day before Weller's 66th birthday...

As part of his desire to give the public more access to royal residences, the King is opening Balmoral to the public for the first time. Visitors will now be able to tour this magnificent palace in Aberdeenshire, where Queen Elizabeth II died. Over many years, Balmoral was a favourite retreat...

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...