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King Charles jokes with cricket legend on how playing the sport in Caribbean ‘nearly killed’ him

King Charles was presented with a signed bat from Sir Viv Richards at the annual Commonwealth Day reception at St James’s Palace

The Independent UK

HMS Dragon will head to Cyprus in next couple of days, says defence secretary

John Healey tells Commons crews working hard to prepare warship after criticism over slow response to drone attacks

The Guardian - UK

UK preparing aircraft carrier for possible Middle East deployment

Royal Navy readying HMS Prince of Wales so it can be quickly deployed if decision made to mobilise it to region

The Guardian - UK

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UK preparing aircraft carrier for possible deployment to the Middle East

The MoD said the preparedness of HMS Prince of Wales is being increased, reducing the time it would take for it be deployed

The Independent UK

Keir Starmer accused of ‘mimicking Trump’ with Middle East crisis TikTok post

PM justifies position on US-Israel war on Iran in social media post using the Dire Straits song Money for Nothing

The Guardian - UK

‘We should have seen this coming’: Why a Royal Navy ship took so long to set sail for Cyprus after Iran strike

HMS Dragon has set sail a week after the prime minister announced its deployment

The Independent UK

US-Israel war with Iran: Why various Gulf countries are angry with the UK and Keir Starmer

Britain is facing sharp criticism from partners in the Gulf after Iranian missile strikes escalated tensions across the Middle East. Regional allies say the UK government responded too slowly to the threat and delayed key military decisions at a critical moment.

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HMS Dragon won’t sail to Cyprus until next week despite spiraling Iran conflict

The destroyer’s voyage from Portsmouth to Cyprus is expected to take several days

The Independent UK

HMS Dragon not set to sail until next week to protect Cyprus

The warship is being reloaded with ammunition in Portsmouth before departing for the Mediterranean.

Evening Standard

UK service personnel facing ‘acute security threats’ in Middle East – Swinney

Scotland’s First Minister said he is ‘deeply concerned’ about the situation.

Evening Standard

HMS Dragon may not sail to protect Cyprus until next week – report

The Type 45 destroyer is in Portsmouth and its departure to the easter Mediterranean may not come for several days.

Evening Standard

Starmer to face MPs after Trump claimed he was ‘no Churchill’ in Iran row

The US president said Sir Keir was ‘not Winston Churchill’ in his latest rebuke of the Prime Minister.

Evening Standard

Monsters and madness and men, oh my! The Terror is the unsung treasure of peak television

With a world-class cast that will have you constantly saying ‘hey, it’s that guy!’, this horror drama about a doomed Royal Navy expedition is a grand treatise on colonial folly

The Guardian - AU

UK sends Royal Navy destroyer HMS Dragon to Cyprus

Keir Starmer says vessel, which will arrive in about a week, will help defend bases on island after RAF Akrotiri was targeted by drones

The Guardian - UK

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Russian ship loitering near transatlantic data cables chased off by Royal Navy attack helicopter — sat within three quarters of a mile of five undersea data cables, including two linking Britain to New York

A Russian cargo vessel loitering near transatlantic data cables was chased away by the Royal Navy.

Euronews

No more drunken sailors as UK navy sobers up alcohol policy

A traditional daily ration, or "tot", of rum was issued to Royal Navy personnel for about three centuries, until the practice ended in July 1970.

The Guardian - UK

British crown was world’s largest buyer of enslaved people by 1807, book reveals

Exclusive: Author of The Crown’s Silence tells how navy and monarchy protected slave trade for hundreds of years

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Evening Standard

Royal Navy boat helps French seize Russian ‘shadow fleet’ tanker in the Mediterranean

Defence Secretary John Healey vowed to ‘choke off funds’ that fuel Vladimir Putin’s illegal invasion of Ukraine

The Guardian - UK

Man fined for dressing as fake admiral at Remembrance Sunday event

Jonathan Carley, 65, ordered to pay nearly £800 after pleading guilty to attending ceremony in Royal Navy uniform without permission

Evening Standard

'Fake Admiral' fined £500 for dressing up in Royal Navy outfit for Remembrance event without permission

Jonathan Carley, 65, admitted the offence at Llandudno Magistrates' Court on Monday

Evening Standard

Police end probe into Royal Navy sailor’s disappearance nearly 40 years ago

Simon Parkes, from Bristol, was last seen in December 1986 when the ship he was serving on, HMS Illustrious, was docked in the territory.

Evening Standard

Russian submarines ‘shadowed spy ship’ as it mapped UK undersea gas link

A Russian submarine was discovered escorting the Yantar while it examined a gas pipeline running between Britain and Ireland last November

Evening Standard

Liverpool parade crash driver ‘bit through my ear, chewed it up and spat it out’

Stuart Lucas told the Daily Mail that he was assaulted after stepping in to stop Paul Doyle from assaulting Royal Navy Reserve sailors in 1994.

Evening Standard

King and Queen meet Royal Navy sailors returning home from eight-month mission

Commander Tom Leonard said that it was ‘phenomenal’ for the ship’s company and their families to be recognised.

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