Princess Diana and Prince Charles married in their spectacular royal wedding in July 1981. They announced their engagement in February that year, and the 19-year-old Lady Diana Spencer made her first appearance alongside the Royal Family at the world-famous race meeting. However, the week of horse racing proved to be an ordeal for her as she faced the “withering disdain” […]
Royal expert Richard Fitzwilliams said the announcement will spark more “rumours that there are personal difficulties between them” when Meghan and Harry officially quit the Royal Foundation set up between Kate, William and Harry. But the decision is another step towards Prince Harry and Meghan to continue the work Harry’s late mother Princess Diana started, with […]
Shepherd, 31, was found guilty in his absence in July 2018 of killing 24-year-old Charlotte Brown while they were on their first date on a speedboat in the River Thames in December 2015. Making the appeal last week, Shepherd’s lawyers said his conviction of manslaughter by gross negligence should not stand because some of the […]
The 62-year-old, who went on a six year campaign to drug and sexually assault women more than 100 times, pleaded guilty to a string of offences relating to four more women. Appearing at the Old Bailey via video link from Wakefield prison today, he admitted two counts of administering a stupefying or overpowering drug with […]
The second wife of Charles, Camilla is due to be known as Princess Consort when he ascends to the throne. The title was decided out of sensitivity to Diana when it was announced Camilla would use the Duchess of Cornwall as her official title. But royal commentator Victoria Arbiter suspects Charles will insist “his wife […]
NIEUWEGEIN, NETHERLANDS (AFP) – The announcement on Wednesday (June 19) of charges over the downing of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 has raised important questions, from whether the suspects will ever appear in court to why senior Russians are not prosecuted. Here are three of the main issues: WHAT ARE THE SUSPECTS ACCUSED OF? Each suspect […]
A maintenance manager has been ordered by a judge to repay the Gresham Hotel, his former employer, a debt of €42,000 after having ordered goods for personal use from an electrical company which had been engaged in contract work for the hotel. Andrew Walker, counsel for the Gresham in Dublin’s Upper O’Connell Street, told Circuit […]
MOSCOW (AFP) – International investigators have charged three Russians and one Ukrainian with murder over the 2014 shooting down of flight MH17 above rebel-held eastern Ukraine in which 298 people were killed. Here are the four suspects named by the Dutch-led team on Wednesday (June 19). IGOR GIRKIN Girkin – also known by his pseudonym […]
Three dog walkers who were enjoying the amenities in St Catherine’s Park in Dublin on the evening Ana Kriegel disappeared gave evidence during the first week of the trial. It would be easy to gloss over these witnesses – indeed none of them spent very long in the witness box nor were they cross-examined to […]
More than half of unborn babies are exposed to increased levels of toxic air pollution, according to research. There is nearly double the amount of pollution inside a car than there is outside and 57% of mothers travel more by car or taxi when they are in the later stages of pregnancy. This means 2.6 […]