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Queen Elizabeth pressed for Andrew to be U.K. trade envoy, documents reveal

Listen to this article Estimated 5 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results. Documents show Queen Elizabeth was “very keen” in 2000 that Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, the former prince, be …

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Will the visit by King Charles help mend fences between the U.K. and the U.S.?

There were wide smiles and hearty handshakes, warm welcomes and much talk of all the strengths that lie in a shared past. And the two highly anticipated speeches King Charles made during his state visit to the U.S. were warmly received by their audiences in Washington as he settled into …

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U.K. lawmakers approve lifetime smoking ban for anyone born after 2008

Listen to this article Estimated 3 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results. Children in the U.K. who are 17 or younger, and anyone born in the future, will …

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U.K. military deployed to deter threat to undersea cables amid Russian sub presence

Listen to this article Estimated 3 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results. Britain deployed military vessels to prevent any attacks on cables and pipelines by Russian submarines that …

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U.K. police arrest 4th suspect in connection with arson attack on Jewish ambulances

Listen to this article Estimated 2 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results. British police arrested a fourth person in connection with an ‌arson attack on Jewish community ambulances …

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Kevin Spacey settles sex assault claims out of court ahead of U.K. civil trial

Listen to this article Estimated 2 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results. Three men who alleged that actor Kevin Spacey sexually assaulted them have settled their civil claims …

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King Charles says ‘law must take its course’ after Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor arrested by U.K. police

No advance notice from police, palace sources say Palace sources say there was no advance notice from police that they would arrive at the King’s private Sandringham Estate this morning to arrest Andrew, a man who for the first 22 years of his life was second in line to the …

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Prince William, Kate ‘deeply concerned’ about Epstein revelations as key U.K. cabinet members back Starmer

Britain’s Prince William and his wife, Kate, said on Monday they were deeply concerned by the revelations in the Jeffrey Epstein files amid further damning disclosures about the heir-to-the-throne’s uncle Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, as police assess whether to formally investigate the former royal. Mountbatten-Windsor, the younger brother of King Charles who had already …

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After fleeing to U.K. twice, Calgary woman gets 4-year prison sentence for $2-million fraud

Listen to this article Estimated 4 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results. A judge gave a four year, two-month sentence Friday to a Calgary woman who twice fled …

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