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☆ Graham Sutherland’s study for the portrait Winston Churchill hated goes up for auction
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-19 | by ( Caitlin Chatterton | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

Churchill is talking about his own portrait, commissioned to celebrate his 80th birthday, as it is unveiled in London’s Westminster Hall in November 1954. This painted study of Churchill by Sutherland, made in preparation of the portrait, is up for auction for the first time. Tristan Fewings/Getty Images for Sotheby'sWhile “The Crown” is not a documentary, it is true that the 80th birthday portrait —described by Churchill as “filthy and malignant” in a letter to his personal doctor — was burned. “(Sutherland) caught him in a much more relaxed, intimate way,” Zlattinger said of the study, a small canvas painted in oils. Graham Sutherland, seen with his-then unfinished but eventually much-maligned portrait of Churchill.

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☆ Kate’s cancer revelation throws royal family into fresh turmoil
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-23 | by ( Lauren Said-Moorhouse | Max Foster | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +15 min

Yet again, the royal family could face some difficult questions about what they chose to reveal to the public, and when. Kin Cheung/Pool/AFP/Getty Images Kate Middleton, seen here at age 3, was born on January 9, 1982, in Reading, England. Richard Heathcote/Getty Images Kate and Prince William pose for photographers during an event to mark their engagement in 2010. Hannah McKay/Reuters From left, Prince William, Kate, Prince Harry and Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex, wave to a crowd outside Windsor Castle ahead of the Queen's funeral in 2022. Yui Mok/WPA Pool/Getty Images Kate attends the National Service of Remembrance at The Cenotaph in London in November 2023.

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☆ King Charles’ cancer diagnosis: How much should the public be told?
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-07 | by ( Lauren Said-Moorhouse | Max Foster | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +26 min

King Charles and Queen Camilla are seen leaving Clarence House in London on February 6, the day after it was announced King Charles had been diagnosed with cancer. But Queen Elizabeth and King Charles, they do not want to become the story, they still want to serve their public. In the fullness of time, I would like to think King Charles will talk about his treatment.”Britain's King Charles III poses for a portrait in Buckingham Palace's Throne Room after his official coronation in May 2023. From left are Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall; Prince Charles; Queen Elizabeth II; Prince Philip; Prince William; and Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge. From left are Prince Charles; the Queen; Prince Louis; Catherine, the Duchess of Cambridge; and Princess Charlotte.

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Jeremy Selwyn/WPA Pool/Getty Images Camilla stands next to Queen Elizabeth II during a Diamond Jubilee pageant on the River Thames in June 2012. Chris Jackson/Getty Images From left, Camilla, Charles, Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip attend the state opening of Parliament in May 2013. From left are Camilla, Charles, Queen Elizabeth II, Prince Louis, Duchess Catherine, Princess Charlotte, Prince George and Prince William. Frank Augstein/WPA Pool/Getty Images In pictures: Britain's Queen Camilla Prev NextShe reportedly met Prince Charles at a polo match in Windsor in 1970 and they became friends. From left are Camilla, Charles, Queen Elizabeth II, Prince Louis, Duchess Catherine, Princess Charlotte, Prince George and Prince William.

☆ Trailblazing former UK House of Commons Speaker Betty Boothroyd dies
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-27 | by ( William James | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

[1/2] FILE PHOTO-British Speaker of the House of Commons Betty Boothroyd looks on during her visit to State Duma lower house of parliament October 14. LONDON, Feb 27 (Reuters) - Betty Boothroyd, the trailblazing first female Speaker in Britain's House of Commons, has died aged 93, drawing tributes from across parliament for her distinctive, firm-but-fair style honed over a five-decade political career. She remains the only woman to serve as Speaker in the House of Commons. After retiring from the House of Commons in 2000, she was made a member of parliament's House of Lords upper chamber where she continued to contribute to political debate into her nineties. Tributes to Boothroyd poured in from across the political divide, hailing her formidable parliamentary presence and her personal warmth.

☆ Ukrainian President Zelenskiy begins tour of Europe in London
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-08 | by ( Jillian Kumagai | ) www.reuters.com time to read: 1 min

Speaker of the House of Commons Sir Lindsay Hoyle (L) holds the helmet of one of the most successful Ukrainian pilots inscribed with the words "We have freedom, give us wings to protect it," which was presented to him by Ukrainian President Volodymyr...moreSpeaker of the House of Commons Sir Lindsay Hoyle (L) holds the helmet of one of the most successful Ukrainian pilots inscribed with the words "We have freedom, give us wings to protect it," which was presented to him by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy as he addressed parliamentarians in Westminster Hall, London, Britain, February 8, 2023. Stefan Rousseau/Pool via REUTERSClose

☆ Zelenskyy wore his signature olive-green sweater to meet King Charles during his surprise visit to the UK. Here's why he is rarely seen without it
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-08 | by ( Sophia Ankel | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy met King Charles III in Buckingham Palace on Wednesday. The Ukrainian leader wore his casual, olive-green crewneck during the meeting. Zelenskyy previously said he only plans on changing his signature look if Ukraine wins the war. Zelenskyy and King Charles met in the 1844 room of Buckingham Palace, where the king has previously had an audience with British prime ministers. In an interview with the Financial Times in December, the Ukrainian president said he plans to keep wearing his new outfit until after the war is over.

☆ Britain urges parties, volunteering to accompany 3-day coronation of King Charles III
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-21 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Buckingham Palace plans a weekend of community events and voluntarism to mark the coronation of King Charles III, looking to highlight the monarchy's links to the nation when Britain crowns a new sovereign for the first time in 70 years. The plans were revealed Saturday when the palace released the schedule for the three-day coronation weekend, which will begin with the crowning of Charles and Camilla, the queen consort, on Saturday, May 6. The ceremony at Westminster Abbey will be preceded by a procession from Buckingham Palace to the abbey. The palace is asking neighborhoods around the nation to take part in the "Coronation Big Lunch'' on Sunday, May 7 — the latest incarnation of the block parties that have become a staple of big royal celebrations. "The aim of The Big Help Out is to use volunteering to bring communities together and create a lasting volunteering legacy from the coronation weekend.''

LONDON — Britain's Queen Elizabeth II died of old age, according to her death certificate released Thursday. The certificate says that Elizabeth Alexandra Mary Windsor died at 3.10 p.m. (10.10 a.m. The queen's death certificate released by the National Records office of Scotland. The queen's death wasn't announced until 6.30 p.m. (1.30 p.m. Queen Elizabeth was succeeded upon her death by her eldest son Charles, 73, the former Prince of Wales who now reigns as King Charles III.

☆ Watch: Floridians Brace for Hurricane Ian
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-28 | by ( Wall Street Journal | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Video: Line to See Queen Elizabeth II Lie in State Reaches Capacity, Entry Paused Entry to the nearly 5-mile line to Westminster Hall, where Queen Elizabeth II has been lying in state since Wednesday, was suspended by authorities early Friday. Mourners queued through the night to say farewell ahead of her funeral. Photo: Petr David Josek/Associated Press

But many campaigners believe King Charles III presents a unique opportunity: They think most royalism was actually fondness for the widely loved queen, and he — a new, less popular king — won't inherit this support. The English Civil War resulted in the beheading of King Charles I, before the "Glorious Revolution" saw English elites effectively choose a new monarch who gave lawmakers more rights. William, Prince of Wales, and Catherine, Princess of Wales, look at floral tributes to the queen at Sandringham Estate on Thursday. Some observers agree that Charles should be viewed in an entirely new light now that he is king. “The monarchy knows statesmanship is about knowing to give up what you can no longer keep,” she said.

☆ Queen Margrethe of Denmark diagnosed with COVID after attending funeral
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-21 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com RegisterDenmark's Queen Margrethe pays her respects to Britain's Queen Elizabeth, following her death, during her lying-in-state at Westminster Hall, in London, Britain, September 18, 2022. REUTERS/John Sibley/PoolCOPENHAGEN, Sept 21 (Reuters) - Queen Margrethe of Denmark has tested positive for COVID-19 for the second time this year, the royal court said on Wednesday. She attended the Queen Elizabeth's funeral in London on Monday. Queen Margrethe, who has been vaccinated against the coronavirus, was also diagnosed with COVID-19 in February this year, showing mild symptoms at the time. Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com RegisterReporting by Nikolaj Skydsgaard in Copenhagen, editing by Anna Ringstrom; Terje Solsvik and Kim CoghillOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Ben Stansall/Pool via REUTERS/File PhotoLONDON, Sept 22 (Reuters) - Britain is moving ahead with plans for a sweeping overhaul of its public registry of companies in a bid to transform it into an active gatekeeper of corporate information and crack down harder on "dirty money", a government source said. Companies House is Britain's public registry of companies, their directors, significant shareholders who control the business and their financial filings. Anti-corruption groups have long called for reforms to the registry to improve transparency and tackle corruption through shell firms. At the moment, companies can be owned by nominees and many do not file full financial statements. ($1 = 0.8825 pounds)Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com RegisterWriting by Kirstin Ridley, editing by Deepa BabingtonOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

☆ Hurricane Fiona slams Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-20 | by ( Anuja Jaiman | ) www.reuters.com time to read: 1 min

Tens of thousands of people of all ages and from all walks of life have come to pay their respects to the late queen, joining a well-organized line that snakes along the south bank of the Thames then over the river to parliament's Westminster Hall.

☆ About 250,000 attended Queen Elizabeth's lying-in-state, UK minister says
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-20 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth's funeral procession makes its way down the Long Walk towards Windsor Castle, September 19, 2022. SSgt Dek Traylor/Pool via REUTERSLONDON, Sept 20 (Reuters) - Some 250,000 mourners filed past Queen Elizabeth's coffin at Westminster Hall in London during her lying-in-state, Britain's culture minister Michelle Donelan said on Tuesday. Britain's last lying-in-state was held for war-time Prime Minister Winston Churchill who died in 1965. About 321,360 people filed past his coffin at Westminster Hall, according to a House of Commons note. Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com RegisterReporting by Sachin Ravikumar, editing by Elizabeth PiperOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

☆ Macron calls Ukraine referendums 'cynical' and 'a parody'
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-20 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

REUTERS/Sarah Meyssonnier/PoolNEW YORK, Sept 20 (Reuters) - Referendums planned in Russian-occupied Ukrainian regions on joining Russia will not be recognized by the international community, French President Emmanuel Macron said on Tuesday, as he called the plans "cynical" and "a parody." "If the Donbas referendum idea wasn’t so tragic it would be funny," he told reporters. Speaking in New York, Macron said the referendum proposals for eastern Ukraine were an additional provocation following Russia's invasion of its neighbor. "I think what was announced by Russia is a parody," Macon said. Russian-installed leaders in occupied areas of four Ukrainian regions set out plans for referendums on joining Russia, a move which Kyiv dismissed as a stunt by Moscow to try to reclaim the initiative after resounding losses on the battlefield.

☆ In pictures: Royal family grieves through queen's funeral
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-19 | by ( Jeremy Schultz | ) www.reuters.com time to read: 1 min

☆ In pictures: In the audience at queen's funeral
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-19 | by ( Anuja Jaiman | ) www.reuters.com time to read: 1 min

☆ In pictures: Among the audience at queen's funeral
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-19 | by ( Anuja Jaiman | ) www.reuters.com time to read: 1 min

☆ Queen Elizabeth II’s Funeral Plans Were Decades in the Making
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-19 | by ( Max Colchester | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

LONDON—A few years ago, officials at Buckingham Palace rented out an aircraft hangar to mock up Queen Elizabeth II’s lying in state in Westminster Hall, where they paraded around a replica catafalque with no coffin on it to practice for a historic moment that would be witnessed by millions, according to a former royal official involved in the planning. It was just one piece in a vast jigsaw puzzle of preparations for the funeral plan, known as Operation London Bridge, that has seen 10 days of minutely choreographed pageantry, orchestrated by a uniquely British combination of aristocrats, military advisers, palace aides and civil servants. So far, the proceedings to celebrate and mourn the country’s longest-reigning monarch have gone off without a hitch.

☆ Ford Reveals New Mustang With Gas Engine to Attract Muscle-Car Fans
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-19 | by ( Wall Street Journal | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Share this -Link copiedThe full order of service for the funeral at Westminster Abbey The funeral service for Queen Elizabeth II is underway at Westminster Abbey. Police officers patrol outside Westminster Abbey in London on Monday, ahead of the state funeral service for Queen Elizabeth II. The coffin of Queen Elizabeth II leaves Westminster Hall for her funeral service in Westminster Abbey. Around 2,300 police officers will line the route from Westminster Abbey to Windsor Castle and 1,000 police officers will line the route from Westminster Abbey to Wellington Arch. Share this -Link copiedBuckingham Palace releases previously unseen portrait of queen Queen Elizabeth II, photographed at Windsor Castle in May 2022.

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▼ + stars: | 2022-09-19 | by ( Anuja Jaiman | ) www.reuters.com time to read: 1 min

☆ Last two mourners to see Queen Elizabeth's coffin forged friendship that will 'last forever'
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-19 | by ( Https | Media-Cldnry.S-Nbcnews.Com Image Upload Newscms Alex-Smith-Circle-Byline-Template.Jpg | Alexander Smith | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +2 min

LONDON — They forged a friendship that will “last forever” while saying farewell to Queen Elizabeth II. Some mourners waited 12 hours or more for the chance to file past her coffin. Heerey and Mansouri found each other just after 1 a.m. Monday, they told Britain's Press Association news agency in a separate interview. “I call this place home and she made me feel like I was home here,” Mansouri said of the queen. Many lined up through the night to pay their final respects to Elizabeth who reigned for 70 years.

☆ Hurricane Fiona knocks out power in Puerto Rico
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-19 | by ( Jeremy Schultz | ) www.reuters.com time to read: 1 min

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