An independent probe has found “serious failings” in how NatWest Group’s private and exclusive Coutts Bank shut down the account of the right-wing British politician Nigel Farage ByPAN PYLAS Associated Press October 27, 2023, 6:48 AM FILE – Nigel Farage speaks at the Conservative Political Action Conference, CPAC 2023, March 3, 2023, at National Harbor … Read more
LONDON — U.K. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak marked a year in office on Wednesday with little to celebrate as wars on the international stage make a grim backdrop to his domestic challenges. On top of that, another year seems to be haunting his Conservative Party: 1996. Then — as now — the party had been … Read more
Angry protesters in Cape Town have confronted the king and queen of the Netherlands as they visited a museum that traces part of their country’s 150-year involvement in slavery in South Africa ByGERALD IMRAY Associated Press October 20, 2023, 9:19 AM Khoisan protesters surround King Willem Alexander and Queen Maxima of the Netherlands at the … Read more
JOHANNESBURG — The battle for the throne of South Africa’s ethnic Zulu nation has reached the courts as a faction of the royal family seeks to dethrone the king after less than a year. The North Gauteng High Court in the capital Pretoria is hearing legal arguments this week in the royal succession battle between … Read more
An image of King Charles III will soon appear on Australian coins, more than a year after the death of his mother Queen Elizabeth II ByROD MCGUIRK Associated Press In this photo provided by the Department of the Treasury a coin with an image of King Charles is displayed. King Charles III will soon appear … Read more
A McDonald’s golden arches emblem is seen at a franchise restaurant owned by Rippon Household Eating places. Paul Weaver | Lightrocket | Getty Photos McDonald’s franchisees who add new eating places will quickly must pay larger royalty charges. The fast-food big is elevating these charges from 4% to five%, beginning Jan. 1. It is the … Read more
PARIS — France is rolling out the crimson carpet for King Charles III’s state go to at considered one of its most luxurious and emblematic monuments: the Palace of Versailles, which celebrates its four-hundredth anniversary. Charles and Queen Camilla’s three-day journey to Paris and Bordeaux, beginning Wednesday, features a grand dinner at Versailles within the … Read more
LONDON — With gun salutes and tolling bells, the UK on Friday marked the anniversary of the dying of Queen Elizabeth II and the ascension of King Charles III, who remembered his mom as a logo of stability throughout her 70-year reign. Charles and Queen Camilla noticed the anniversary on the household property in Scotland … Read more
Prince Harry is attending a charity occasion in London, although he isn’t anticipated to satisfy with King Charles III or Prince William as Britain prepares to mark the primary anniversary of Queen Elizabeth II’s loss of life ByDANICA KIRKA Related Press September 7, 2023, 11:44 AM FILE – Britain’s Prince Harry salutes media as he … Read more
LONDON — A column in The Solar tabloid that fantasized about seeing Prince Harry’s spouse, Meghan, being pelted with feces as she was paraded bare by the streets was sexist, Britain’s press watchdog discovered. The column by TV character Jeremy Clarkson in December described how he hated the Duchess of Sussex “on a mobile degree.” … Read more