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Following reports that she had fallen into poor health, the Royal Family confirmed that Queen Elizabeth II died on Thursday at 96 years old. “The Queen died peacefully at Balmoral this afternoon,” the official Twitter account for The Royal Family revealed at 6:30 p.m. BST. “The King and The Queen Consort will remain at Balmoral […]
The cost of filling an average family car with diesel has now topped £90 for the first time. As oil prices continue to soar and hit household budgets, the RAC motoring group has said that the average price of a litre of diesel rose from 3p to a record 165.24p overnight – the biggest daily […]
Millie, a Jack Russell-Whippet mix, was rescued last week after being ushered to safety by a drone with a sausage attached to it, The Guardian reports. The incident in the town of Havant, Hampshire in England started when Millie slipped her lead and was later seen on the mudflats with a rapidly rising tide. When a coordinated effort […]
A new study has revealed that Meghan Markle is the brightest of all the royals. Conducted by Oxford Royale, the data calls Markle the “most intelligent member of the British royal family,” the New York Post reports. The education company looks at the academic background of the family members, like their performances in high school […]
We never forget the teacher’s that leave an impact. Adele hasn’t either. Fresh off the release of her acclaimed new album ‘30,’ Adele was reunited with her childhood English teacher during a recent televised ITV special. The special moment was set into motion when audience member (and famous actress) Emma Thompson aked the singer if there […]
ABC News has learned that an alleged victim of Jeffrey Epstein filed a lawsuit on Monday against Prince Andrew, accusing the Duke of York of sexually abusing her on several occasions when she was under the age of 18. Virginia Roberts Giuffre is accusing Andrew of sexual assault and intentional infliction of emotional distress, and seeks unspecified […]
Nearly 63 years after it was actually supposed to be back, a very, very overdue book has finally been returned to the Fenham Library in Newcastle upon Tyne, England. BBC News reports that the work, a first edition copy of Darrell Huff’s How to Lie with Statistics, was supposed to be back on November 25, 1958. Accompanying the severely behind return was […]
A UK woman was found guilty of murder last month after pouring a mixture of boiling water and sugar on her husband while he was asleep in their home. It was unclear at the time what motivated her to kill him, but WFLA reports 59-year-old Corinna Smith’s actions were provoked by her daughter’s accusation that her mother’s partner, Michael Baines, sexually abused her and […]
Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, has died at the age of 99. The death of Philip, husband to Queen Elizabeth II, was announced via a statement shared early Friday to the official website of the Royal Family. “It is with deep sorrow that Her Majesty The Queen announces the death of her beloved husband, His Royal […]
The highly contagious strain of COVID-19 that originated in the UK is expected to become the dominant strain in the U.S., according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. As the Washington Post reports, the CDC released a forecast last month predicting that the variant would become the primary strain in March. Researchers estimate the mutation […]
