Duke and Duchess of Sussex release pictures from their son’s private ceremony at Windsor
The first images of Archie Harrison Mountbatten-Windsor at his christening have been released.
Two pictures taken by fashion photographer Chris Allerton were issued on Saturday.
Continue reading...It’s hard to imagine men enduring decades of pain and long-term physical injury just to “look the part” in the workplace – after all, many bemoan the necktie as too restrictive for the daily grind.
Now consider this: millions of women around the world, at all levels of the workplace hierarchy, have consistently spent their working hours tortured by blisters, bloodied flesh, foot pain, knee pain, back pain and worse, as a result of the pressure to conform to an aesthetic code – sometimes explicitly written into contracts or policy, more often subliminally expected as a societal and cultural standard – that deems it appropriate to wear high heels.
Continue reading...US president tweets calling London mayor ‘loser’ before touching down at Stansted
Donald Trump has arrived in the UK for a delayed state visit and set a combative tone by attacking the London mayor as his plane landed.
After Air Force One touched down at Stansted airport, the president and his wife, Melania, were greeted by the foreign secretary, Jeremy Hunt, one of the contenders in the Conservative leadership race.
Continue reading...US president to use state visit to promote House of Trump as he doubles down on Brexit bet
Donald Trump’s state visit this week to the UK is being promoted as a celebration of a close alliance tempered through war.
It could be more accurately described as a personal lap of victory for the US president, performed largely at the expense of his hosts.
Continue reading...Duke and Duchess of Sussex forced to move out of house after ‘security threatened’
Prince Harry has accepted substantial damages and an apology from a news agency which took aerial photographs of his Cotswold home, forcing him and his wife, the Duchess of Sussex, to move out.
In a high court statement, lawyers for the Duke of Sussex said Splash News and Picture Agency, described as a well-known paparazzi agency, flew a chartered helicopter over the Oxfordshire property, photographing “the living area and dining area of the home and directly into the bedroom”.
Continue reading...The arrival of the new royal baby reminds us that not only are mixed-race people the UK’s fastest-growing ethnic group; it also underlines that what it means to be mixed race is changing. Archie Harrison Mountbatten-Windsor will join the ranks of those second-generation mixed-race people who challenge our very perceptions of ethnicity and black identity.
In fact, the changing face of mixed-race Britain is something we barely notice even as we are looking directly at it. Perhaps that is the point. Back in the early 2000s we were vaguely aware that young celebrities, such as the late reality TV star Jade Goody or footballer Ryan Giggs, had a black grandparent. But they rarely discussed it or talked of how they perceived themselves.
Continue reading...The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge have said they are thrilled with the arrival of the new royal baby and look forward to meeting him in the coming days. Speaking in Greenwich, south-east London, Prince William joked of welcoming his brother, the Duke of Sussex, to the ‘sleep deprivation society that is parenting’
Continue reading...Duke and Duchess of Sussex could announce baby son’s name on Wednesday
The Duke of Cambridge has welcomed his younger brother to the “sleep deprivation society” as senior royals spoke publicly of their delight at the latest addition to the family.
The Duke and Duchess of Sussex are expected to present their baby son to the world on Wednesday and could announce the name they have chosen.
Continue reading...Youngest royal is seventh in line to throne and Queen’s eighth great-grandchild
The Duke and Duchess of Sussex are the parents of a baby boy, born weighing 3.3kg (7lb 3oz). Prince Harry said his new son was “absolutely to die for”.
Meghan was safely delivered of the seventh in line to the throne at 5.26am on Monday, Buckingham Palace announced.
Continue reading...Duke and Duchess of Sussex rule out copying Kate and William with immediate photo call of newborn
The Duke and Duchess of Sussex are to keep the arrangements for their birth of their first child private, Buckingham Palace has said.
Harry and Meghan’s household said in a statement: “The Duke and Duchess of Sussex are very grateful for the goodwill they have received from people throughout the United Kingdom and around the world as they prepare to welcome their baby.
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