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The King has made ex-Prime Minister David Cameron a life peer to allow Prime Minister Rishi Sunak to appoint Cameron as the new Foreign Secretary in Sunak's Cabinet reshuffle, with Cameron clearly delighted at his unexpected promotion. Cameron was Prime Minister from 2010 until 2016, when he...

King Charles III, of course, today led Britain's national commemorations on Remembrance Sunday as Britain remembered and thanked her war dead. The King, just three days before his 75th birthday, along with other royals and politicians, laid a wreath at the Cenotaph on Whitehall in central...

Anne, Princess Royal, accompanied by her husband Vice Admiral Sir Timothy Laurence, led the Armistice Day ceremony at the Armed Forces Memorial within the National Memorial Arboretum in Alrewas, Staffordshire, for Remembrance Day. As is tradition since 1919 following World War One, two minutes...

The King and Queen have unveiled statues of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip ahead of the annual Royal British Legion Festival of Remembrance. The King and Queen, accompanied by other Members of the Royal Family, attended the annual Royal British Legion Festival of Remembrance at the Royal...

Plans for His Majesty King Charles III's 75th birthday have been revealed. Celebratory events will be hosted at Highgrove Gardens and Dumfries House for organisations and individuals also turning 75 in 2023. The King was born on 14th November 1948 at Buckingham Palace to Princess Elizabeth...

Many spiders are too small for their fangs to penetrate human skin. The largest spider in Britain is the cardinal spider, with a leg span of five inches (12 cm). That's twice as large as Canada's largest spider, the wharf spider. The cardinal spider is so-called because King Henry VIII's...

Almost all spiders are venomous.

Britain's next monarch, Prince William, Prince of Wales, 41, apologises to Singapore over the absence of his wife Catherine, Princess of Wales, during his visit to the tiny Asian nation. The Princess of Wales is busy helping their son Prince George, 10 - second in line - through his "first major...

The Prince of Wales has received a warm welcome by the leaders of Singapore at the Istana, the palace and official residence of Singapore's president. The Heir to the Throne shook hands with President Tharman Shanmugaratnam, before holding a bilateral meeting with Prime Minister Lee Hsien...

In scenes reminiscent of their Coronation on 6th May, the King and Queen travel to the Houses of Parliament in typical British pomp and ceremony in order to open the United Kingdom's 58th Parliament... King Charles III and Queen Camilla depart Parliament and head back to Buckingham Palace...

King Charles III today opened Parliament for the first time in his reign by making the King's Speech from his Throne in the House of Lords alongside Queen Camilla. It is the first time that a King's Speech has been made since November 1951 although the King delivered the Queen's Speech last...

The Rolling Stones ft Lady Gaga and Stevie Wonder - "Sweet Sounds of Heaven" (2023)

Duran Duran - "Danse Macabre" (2023) Simon Le Bon - Vocals Nick Rhodes - Keyboards John Taylor - Bass Roger Taylor - Drums

Sleaford Mods - "Big Pharma" (2023) Brought to you by Pfizer...

He may not actually have said it, but it's a good quote that highlights how many politicians are in it just to extort money from the citizenry.

Regarded as the most influential music act of all time, if this new song by The Beatles reaches No1 in the US it will be a record 21st US No1 single for an artist. The band have sold a record 600 million units globally.

The Beatles - "Now And Then" (2023) The Beatles - the most successful pop group in history - have just released their latest single. Written and recorded by John Lennon in 1977 with him playing piano, it has been greatly adapted over the years by the surviving members of the band and includes...

King Charles III has sent a message to tech leaders as they discuss the future benefits and perils of Artificial Intelligence. The monarch made his comments in a pre-recorded video address to the first international AI Safety Summit, held at Bletchley Park, a former spy base in Buckinghamshire...

Yeah. It was a nice house. I remember seeing a black and white photo of my grandfather in his uniform and my grandmother in a nice dress and three young children stood on the veranda with a Kenyan man and woman stood alongside. I don't think they were servants but were employed by the family...

My mum when she was a little girl and her two brothers (my Uncle Alan and Uncle Stephen) and their mother and father lived in Kenya when it was part of the British Empire because my grandfather was an officer in the British Army and he was stationed in that part of the Empire. They lived in a...