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Princess Sofia of Sweden is ‘doing fine’ and her pregnancy is ‘going well’ after she was diagnosed with Covid-19 during her first trimester, royal court reveals Princess Sofia of Sweden, 37, announced she was expecting at the end of year The ‘new little member of their family’ is due in March or April, it was … Read more
NHS Test and Trace app boss Simon Thompson becomes Royal Mail’s new chief executive Simon Thompson was Ocado’s chief product officer before taking the NHS role Thompson replaces Keith Williams, who will take non-executive role He will receive a base salary £525,000 and a pension allowance of 13.6 per cent By Camilla Canocchi for Thisismoney.co.uk Published: … Read more
BT and Royal Mail ask Government to prioritise their engineers and postal workers for Covid vaccinations after most vulnerable have had their jabs By Alex Lawson, Financial Mail On Sunday Published: 21:51 GMT, 9 January 2021 | Updated: 21:51 GMT, 9 January 2021 On the frontline: The Communication Workers Union has called for the Government to … Read more
The Queen, Prince Charles and Camilla have all sent their well-wishes to mark Kate Middleton’s 39th birthday today. Taking to Twitter, the official Royal Family Instagram shared two throwback photographs of the duchess and penned: ‘Wishing The Duchess of Cambridge a very happy birthday today!’ followed by the hashtag #HappyBirthdayHRH.’ In one of the snaps, the … Read more
A psychic who uses asparagus to predict the future has claimed 2021 will see two royal divorces and an important announcement from the Queen in June. Appearing on This Morning today, Jemima Packington, 65, from Bath, said Prince Harry will return to the UK for ‘his big showdown’ with the Royal Family in March, and will … Read more
HG Wells fans have slammed a special-issue Royal Mint coin commemorating the science fiction novelist after his iconic tripod war machines were illustrated with an additional leg. Eagle-eyed readers questioned how the new £2 coin, which marks the 75th anniversary of the writers’ death and is inspired by The War of the Worlds and The … Read more
Czech spy ‘targeted Royal Family by meeting Queen’s brother-in-law Lord Snowdon twice in 1970s’ Communist spies allegedly tried to infiltrate the Royal Family during Cold War Czech agent ‘Krupsky’ posed as embassy official to meet Lord Snowdon Suggested he discussed Royal trip to Soviet Union and possible photo exhibition with Princess Margaret’s husband By William Cole … Read more
Catering assistant Adamo Canto, 37, swiped official signed pictures of Prince William and Kate Middleton and a photo album of the banquet held for Donald Trump’s state visit A servant to the Queen has today been jailed after stealing royal memorabilia worth up to £100,000 from Buckingham Palace. Adamo Canto, 37, swiped dozens of items … Read more
Queen Margrethe of Denmark has become the first royal to receive the Covid-19 vaccine. The 80-year-old was inoculated on New Year’s Day, according to a brief statement issued by the Royal Court. It was also confirmed that the monarch would receive the second dose in around three weeks as is usual with the batch. Margrethe … Read more
Coins marking Queen’s 95th birthday and the 50th anniversary of Decimal Day are among those unveiled for 2021 by the Royal Mint New special coin released to celebrate the Queen’s birthday uses phrase from her first televised address Her Majesty told the British public in address in 1957 that she would reign with ‘my heart … Read more