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  1. Blackleaf

    The King meets David Beckham

    The King has met former Manchester United and England footballer and confessed royalist David Beckham at a fashion design awards ceremony. Beckham, 48, owns two football clubs: English club Salford City and American club Inter Miami. Nowadays, Beckham is the Ambassadorial President of the...
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    The Coronation of His Majesty King Charles III

    The Prince and Princess of Wales have released behind the scenes footage as they prepared for Charles III's Coronation. The footage shows the five royals dressed in all their finery for the biggest royal event in Britain since the Coronation of the King's mother Elizabeth II in 1953. Prince...
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    The Coronation of His Majesty King Charles III

    North Korea is republic.
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    Charles III shows off his heirs in new photo

    Those photos were taken in Buckingham Palace. Charles III is only the third monarch to have been born at Buckingham Palace, on 14th November 1948, the other two being William IV (21st August 1765) and Edward VII (9th November 1841). Edward VII is the only monarch to have been born and died at...
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    Charles III shows off his heirs in new photo

    It seems like people declare themselves to be anything they want to be nowadays, even though they aren't it - "I have a penis, but I'm a woman" - and then you get roundly abused from the reality-denying liberals for pointing out the truth.
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    2023 Eurovision Song Contest

    Results Last year's winner Ukraine finished sixth with 243 points, and last year's runner-up UK finished 25th with 24 points. Ukraine's Tvorchi ("Creatives") - made up of Ukrainian keyboardist Andrii Hutsuliak and Nigerian vocalist Jeffery Kenny - met at medical school in Ukraine.
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    2023 Eurovision Song Contest

    Ukraine Eurovision act's city Ternopil attacked before performance Tvorchi held up a sign displaying the name of their hometown while participating in the Eurovision Song Contest The home city of Ukraine's Eurovision act was hit by Russian missiles moments before the band took to the stage in...
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    2023 Eurovision Song Contest

    In a glorious Eurovision Song Contest final in the great city of Liverpool, Sweden are victorious, drawing level with Republic of Ireland with the most wins - seven (1974, 1984, 1991, 1999, 2012, 2015, 2023). Loreen also becomes only the second person to win it twice (2012, 2023) after Republic...
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    2023 Eurovision Song Contest

    Sweden win Eurovision for record seventh time Sweden have drawn level with Republic of Ireland with most Eurovision wins after winning it for a seventh time. Finland finish second after receiving the most public votes, but Sweden win after receiving the most combined public and jury votes...
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    2023 Eurovision Song Contest

    Sweden lead by 131 points, but still only on jury votes.
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    2023 Eurovision Song Contest

    Finland gave 12 points to Sweden. Norway gave 12 points to Finland. Sweden gave 12 points to Finland.
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    2023 Eurovision Song Contest

    A good lead for Sweden, with Italy second and Israel third. UK are third bottom with 10 points, Croatia second-bottom with 3 points and Germany (the country I voted for) bottom with 0 points. These are just the jury votes. We still have the public votes, and then things can change quite...
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    2023 Eurovision Song Contest

    Sweden on 140 points. Italy second with 74. Still a long way to go.
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    2023 Eurovision Song Contest

    Another 12 points for Sweden and they have a good lead. These are just the jury votes. We still have the public votes yet. Sweden in the lead with Israel second.
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    2023 Eurovision Song Contest

    Surprise surprise, Latvia give Estonia 12 points. Nothing for UK. Ten for Sweden. Sweden have just received another 12 points from another country. It's already looking like favourites Sweden are going to win for a joint-record seventh time. Last year's runners-up UK have started poorly...
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    2023 Eurovision Song Contest

    Sweden take the lead straight away with 12 points from Ukraine. UK get four points.
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    2023 Eurovision Song Contest

    And here's the host nation UK, performing in the semi-final. We performed last in tonight's final. That may help us as it sticks more in voters' memories.
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    2023 Eurovision Song Contest

    Now we have a performance from Sonia, the UK's 1993 Eurovision entry that finished second behind Ireland, as people around the planet continue to vote. Sweden are the favourites and will draw level with Ireland with most wins if they win. If the UK wins it will draw level with Sweden with...
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    2023 Eurovision Song Contest

    I quite like the entry from Finland, being performed tonight in this video. They are the second favourite behind Sweden... But I voted just voted for Germany (I had problems voting on my mobile so I resorted to using my old landline phone to vote)... As voting continues - and this is the...
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    2023 Eurovision Song Contest

    I don't recall Israel, Moldova, Norway, Australia, Armenia, Albania, Serbia and Ukraine being in the EU, but they are still in Eurovision. I don't think being in the EU is a requirement for being in Eurovision.