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Trump to make unprecedented second state visit to UK in September

U.S. President Donald Trump will make an unprecedented second state visit to the U.K. between Sept. 17 and 19 when he will be hosted by King Charles II and Queen Camilla at Windsor Castle

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30 Weird But True Facts About Royals

How many of these royal facts will actually surprise you?

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Royal Observatory Greenwich: The birthplace of modern astronomy turns 350

That's a lot of standard candles.

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30 Surprising Facts About Royals History Textbooks Forgot To Mention

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US military parade has global counterparts in democracies, monarchies and totalitarian regimes

The military parade to mark the Army’s 250th anniversary and its convergence with President Donald Trump’s 79th birthday are combining to create a peacetime outlier in U.S. history

The Independent UK

What does Trooping the Colour mean, what is this annual royal event and what time does it start?

Trooping the Colour takes place every June and royal fans come together in huge numbers to watch.

Woman & Home

Hillsborough ‘Castlemen’ parade at full strength for first time since 1890

The Hillsborough Fort Guard was created in the 17th century when a royal warrant was first issued by Charles II.

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Prince Harry asks PM to step in over security row

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The Independent UK

Could humanity be extinct within 10,000 years? A new book is the wake up call our species needs

In H.G. Wells’ dystopian 1895 novel The Time Machine an unnamed Victorian scientist travels to the year 802,701. Instead of finding a flourishing, enlightened human civilisation reaping the cumulative benefits of millennia of economic and intellectual growth, he finds a horror scene. Here, gentle humans called Eloi are now the…

The Conversation

Will Prince Louis be Granted a Title from Dad Prince William That's "Tainted With Sadness"—or Will He Get a Dukedom at All?

Royal historian Jessica Storoschuk tells 'Marie Claire' what Prince Louis and Prince George's future titles could look like.

Marie Claire

Pardoning Corporations (Apropos President Trump's Pardon of BitMEX)

The Hill (Kimberly Wehle) reported yesterday: On Friday, Trump issued full and unconditional pardons to four individuals and a related cryptocurrency exchange,… The post Pardoning Corporations (Apropos President Trump's Pardon of BitMEX) appeared first on Reason.com.

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Calf’s head consommé with truffle quenelles: a history of what the royals ate for Christmas, from the exotic to the everyday

As we prepare our Christmas fare – a hot roast with all the trimmings, a seafood smorgasbord or a beach-side barbecue – it is timely to think about what others have on their Christmas menus.

The Conversation

I’m obsessed with a historic shipwreck: it’s murky and dangerous but diving in the Thames, I feel like a detective

When exploring wrecked warship the London I can barely see six inches ahead, but I’ve dived 500 times to document and save the secrets of this vessel built by Oliver Cromwell

The Guardian - UK

Secrets and lies: spies of the Stuart era played a dangerous game in the shadows of an unstable Europe

Stuart monarchs were repeatedly challenged by dangerous threats – a gunpowder plot, a civil war and political revolution. As a result, by the restoration of Charles II in 1660, the English government had come to rely on a shadowy trade of secrets for gathering domestic and international intelligence.

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The Independent UK

Old Bailey hauntings: Victorian baby killer, ghostly barrister and spectral cat

A phantasmal woman seen lurking outside a jury room is believed by some to be that of nurse Amelia Dyer, dubbed the Ogress of Reading.

The Independent UK

Calls for reparations for Britain's slave trade are rooted in dark legacy

A debate about reparations for Britain’s role in the slave trade overshadowed a summit in Samoa of the Commonwealth, many of whose member nations were once British colonies

Marie Claire

Inside the Moment King Charles Was Addressed As "His Majesty" For the Very First Time After Queen Elizabeth's Death

"He had climbed into the car as both Prince of Wales and Duke of Rothesay...he would climb out of it as King Charles II."

Evening Standard

New Ravenmaster is proud to have ‘most important job in England’ at Tower of London

According to legend, if the ravens leave the Kingdom will fall

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At Tower Of London, Survival Of UK In Hands Of New Ravenmaster

As a marine commando, Michael Chandler knew all about daunting missions, but in his new role of Ravenmaster at the Tower of London, legend would have it that the survival of the United Kingdom now rests in his hands.

The Conversation

Friday essay: is ‘wokeness’ killing comedy – or are ageing comedians crying wolf?

In late April, comedian Jerry Seinfeld went on the New Yorker Radio Hour and re-opened the debate that refuses to die. While spruiking his debut film, Unfrosted, Seinfeld went on a tangent about how, he believes, political correctness has ruined comedy:

The Conversation

The Amorous Prince by Aphra Behn was the #MeToo play of the 17th century

Seventeenth-century writer Aphra Behn (1640-89) made her name in London’s theatre world as the playwright who provided the Duke’s Theatre Company (the theatre company chartered by King Charles II at the start of the Restoration era) with some of its biggest hits. Now her Restoration play, The Amorous Prince, has…

The Independent UK

Thames Estuary divers in amazing shipwreck discovery after a decade searching

A bronze cannon was found on the shipwreck of a warship that was destroyed by a gunpowder explosion in 1665

The Guardian - UK

A Netflix film, statue and a newly discovered first edition: joy at celebrations of Aphra Behn

As the career of the pioneering writer is remembered, an 1688 copy of her novel Oroonoko is the cherry on the cake

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King Charles To Attend Trooping The Colour Amid Cancer Battle

British monarch, diagnosed with cancer, to attend Trooping the Colour with Queen Camilla, emphasizing unity and strength of the royal family.

The Guardian - UK

Runaway horses set to steal show at trooping the colour on Saturday

Cameras expected to be trained on three Household Cavalry steeds that galloped through London in April

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