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  1. Blackleaf

    What are you listening to right now?

    Los Bobos - "La Bamba" (1987) This was a big hit for the Californian band...
  2. Blackleaf

    What are you listening to right now?

    "Here Come The Rain Again" - Eurythmics (1984) The British electropop band have sold 75 million records globally. In the video, Annie Lennox seems to be stalked by Dave Stewart with a newfangled piece of technology: a camcorder...
  3. Blackleaf

    What are you listening to right now?

    Desireless - "Voyage Voyage" (1986) Probably the most successful French pop hit of the 1980s.
  4. Blackleaf

    Prince Charles foraged for mushrooms as his mother lay dying

    Of course, Charles couldn't be with his mother continuously as she was on her deathbed. He left other members of his family to grieve with her as he grieved in private as he picked mushrooms. He sought solace in something which we know he loves: nature. But I suspect it wasn't just his mother's...
  5. Blackleaf

    Mountain rescuers aid men who had taken magic mushrooms

    Keswick mountain rescuers aid men who had taken 'magic mushrooms' BBC News Tuesday 11th April 2023 Rescuers said they had to walk the men to safety after two of the party became unwell after taking magic mushrooms A group of men who had taken magic mushrooms during a valley visit had to be...
  6. Blackleaf

    Coronation route revealed

    Bolton was strange in that whereas most towns in northern England supported the monarchy during the Civil War, Bolton supported Parliament, which went on to win the war. What I also think is weird is that the other leader of the Royalist army that committed the Bolton Massacre in 1644 was...
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    Prince Charles foraged for mushrooms as his mother lay dying

    Is it? I'd rather do the latter than go out pulling fungi out of the ground. But each of us grieves in different ways, I suppose. If that's how Charles coped with him about to lose his mother and about to become King after over 70 years waiting for the role then so be it. After my best friend...
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    Coronation invites issued by King Charles and 'Queen Camilla'

    New emoji of St Edward's Crown released for the Coronation
  9. Blackleaf

    Prince Charles foraged for mushrooms as his mother lay dying

    As his mother lay dying at Balmoral, the then Prince Charles sought solace by foraging for mushrooms on his estate at Royal Deeside.
  10. Blackleaf

    Coronation route revealed

    It was the ancestor of the guy who invented the Stanley Cup who committed the Bolton Massacre here in my hometown during the English Civil War in 1644. Bolton was a Parliamentarian town and Lord Stanley, the 7th Earl of Derby, was the leader of the Royalist army who committed the atrocity. So...
  11. Blackleaf

    Coronation route revealed

    He became King the moment the Queen dies. That's how monarchies work.
  12. Blackleaf

    Coronation route revealed

    How is it a nothing event when it will be watched by millions of people in this country and millions or billions around the world? The Coronation of the British and Canadian monarch isn't a nothing event. It's one of the biggest national and international events you can think of.
  13. Blackleaf

    Coronation route revealed

    The Gold State Coach The King and the Queen Consort will use the 260-year-old Gold State Coach for the first time on their journey BACK TO Buckingham Palace after being crowned in Westminster Abbey on May 6. The 7-metre-tall carriage weighs 4 tonnes and will travel at a walking pace due to its...
  14. Blackleaf

    Coronation route revealed

    The route the King and Queen Consort will take to the Coronation has been revealed - involving two gilded coaches, one of which has air conditioning and shock absorbers.
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    "Extreme danger" warning issued in Hamburg

    Hamburg's fire brigade has issued an "extreme danger" alert as a cloud possibly containing "chemical components" drifts towards the city centre. The German city's authorities are advising people to avoid the area and told residents to close doors, windows and ventilation. It comes after a...
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    Coronation invites issued by King Charles and 'Queen Camilla'

    It's wait to think that I can remember when our monarch got married.
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    Karen gets her comeuppance after confronting King's guard

    A Karen received her matching orders after confronting a King's guard at Buckingham Palace
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    Coronation invites issued by King Charles and 'Queen Camilla'

    She is. She's the King's wife.
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    Coronation invites issued by King Charles and 'Queen Camilla'

    The King invites 850 community leaders to his May 6th Coronation. Among those invited is a young boy who slept outside in a tent for three years to raise money for his grandmother's hospice.
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    Coronation Pages of Honour are revealed

    What role will Prince George undertake as the King's Page of Honour during the Coronation? Prince George's role will also give the future King George VII, King Louis or King Alexander - depending on which regal title he chooses - a glimpse of what will happen at his own Coronation at an unknown...