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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
World
Ross Lydall

Pound’s collapse means cut-price visit for tourists to see King Charles, says airline boss

The collapse in the value of sterling will allow US visitors to “see the King for half-price”, an airline boss joked on Tuesday.

Shai Weiss, chief executive of Virgin Atlantic, said the Government should be “humble enough” to recognise the policies in Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng’s mini-budget last Friday were a mistake and look to quickly change course.

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