While the vessel was docked in Georgia, United States for maintenance. An officer reportedly staggered onto the nuclear-armed submarine drunk holding a bag of leftover barbecue chicken. A Royal Navy officer has been sent home from the US and placed under investigation after reporting to take command of a submarine’s Trident nuclear missiles while drunk, the Scottish Sun reported. Lt Cdr Len Louw has now been placed under […]
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If you love The Daily Beast’s royal coverage, then we hope you’ll enjoy The Royalist, a members-only series for Beast Inside. Become a member to get it in your inbox on Sunday. No royal reunion this Christmas The seemingly never-ending beef between Prince Harry and Prince William is reportedly playing a key part in Harry and Meghan’s decision not to return to Britain to celebrate Christmas […]
If you love The Daily Beast’s royal coverage, then we hope you’ll enjoy The Royalist, a members-only series for Beast Inside. Become a member to get it in your inbox on Sunday. Harry and Meghan’s advocacy “violates” royal divorce deal Reaction, almost all of it hostile, to Meghan Markle and Prince Harry’s decision to appear in a video encouraging Americans to vote, dominates royal coverage in […]
A New York City wedding ended in disaster Friday night after cops busted the illicit gathering of almost 300 guests and took the venue owner into custody, according to local reports. After receiving an anonymous complaint, the New York City Sheriff’s Department broke up the wedding at the Royal Elite Palace in Woodside, Queens just before midnight, NBC News New York reported. Upon entering the hall, […]
MOSCOW (Sputnik) – Spain’s Deputy Prime Minister and leader of the left-wing Unidas Podemos political party Pablo Iglesias said on Saturday that the current corruption scandal involving the royal family represents a “historic moment” for Spain to become a republic. “I think that, as republicans, we need to be able to understand the historic moment of crisis faced by the Spanish monarchy and the model of […]
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For The Daily Beast’s membership drive, we’re asking our reporters and editors to tell the stories behind some of their biggest stories. While the working life of my hard-bitten colleagues at The Daily Beast involves a punishing regimen of worn shoe leather, lightning-fast shorthand and an easy facility with navigating the murkier corners of the dark web, my working life is rather different. My best scoops […]
The American-born actress has been in the spotlight since the moment it became known that she was dating Prince Harry and the media scrutiny became even more intense after she married the Duke of Sussex and became a member of the Royal Family. Queen Elizabeth II, Kate Middleton, and Prince William wished Meghan Markle a happy birthday as the Duchess of Sussex turned 39 today. Although […]
Royal Air Force Typhoon fighter jets, from 6 Squadron, RAF Lossiemouth, intercepted Russian military aircraft while they were flying over the Baltic Sea. The Typhoons approached the Russian formation to identify its composition and established it was an IL-38 ‘MAY’ Maritime Patrol Aircraft, being escorted by two Su-27 Flanker B fighter jets. This was the first time in recent years that the Royal Air Force have […]
The Queen’s second son, said to be her favourite, has been accused by Virginia Giuffre, one of Epstein’s alleged victims, of having sex with her when she was 17. The Duke vehemently denied the allegations and said he has no recollection of ever meeting Giuffre, despite the existence of a photo that shows the royal hugging the girl. Jeffrey Epstein’s list of contacts purportedly features another […]
A new biography about the lives of the Duke and Duchess of Sussex is due to be released next month. The book written by experienced royal correspondents aims to debunk some of the misconceptions about the couple and their reasons for stepping down as senior members of the Royal Family. A spokesperson for the Duke and Duchess of Sussex has said that the couple “were not […]
When she and Prince Harry officially quit the royal family in March, Meghan Markle reportedly tearfully told a friend: “I gave up my entire life for this family. I was willing to do whatever it takes. But here we are. It’s very sad.” “The powers [of the institution] are unfortunately greater than me,” she is also reported to have said. She likened tabloid criticism to “death […]
Prince Harry issued a furious denial of impropriety today after an anti-monarchy campaign group accused the prince of violating rules around charity funding. In a letter to the Charity Commission, Graham Smith, the CEO of anti-Royal campaign group Republic, alleged that funds were transferred from William and Kate’s royal foundation to Harry and Meghan’s foundation because of the “personal relationship” between the two patrons and accused […]
After several weeks away from the steaming pile of shit that is the news these days, John Oliver returned to Last Week Tonight to recap our present hellscape. First, he aired a short segment focusing on President Trump’s insane proclamations concerning schools reopening amid a pandemic that has claimed over 140,000 lives, including how the president is presently ignoring CDC guidelines and his health officials in […]
If you love The Daily Beast’s royal coverage, then we hope you’ll enjoy The Royalist, a members-only series for Beast Inside. Become a member to get it in your inbox on Sunday. Andrew becomes a royal unperson Amidst all the happiness of Princess Beatrice’s wedding Friday was the very obvious exclusion of her parents from the official wedding photographs. Source link
The Queen has been in hiding for months as the novel coronavirus swamped Britain—but she’s ended her lockdown in style. The 94-year-old was joined by the Duke of Edinburgh and Prince Andrew at Windsor Castle on Friday morning to attend a secret royal wedding between Princess Beatrice and Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi. The Sun reports that just 20 people witnessed the scaled-back event. More to follow… Source […]
Former Spanish king Juan Carlos has had a number of damaging allegations of financial impropriety against him which has seen the Spanish royal family fall under scrutiny. The Spanish Supreme Court is currently investigating the former king over the role he played in landing Spain a lucrative contract to build a high speed railway in Saudi Arabia. Spain’s former king Juan Carlos has put the Spanish […]
On 14 July, the Royal Netherlands Air Force has received two more F-35A Lightning II stealth fighters at Leeuwarden Air Base, with some delay. New fighters were delivered to the Netherlands with delay due to the COVID-19 lockdown in Italy, where the aircraft were built. According to the Scramble Magazine, the new F-35 fighters with serials F-011 and F-012 arrived on Tuesday with radio call sign […]
Royal Society president Venki Ramakrishnan urged everyone to wear facemasks as the “new normal” until the coronavirus disappears, comparing the refusal to do so with antisocial behaviors like driving without seatbelts or drunk. No one should leave their home without a face covering in their possession, and they should be worn “particularly indoors in enclosed public spaces” where social distancing is difficult, Venkatraman ‘Venki’ Ramakrishnan, a […]
If you love The Daily Beast’s royal coverage, then we hope you’ll enjoy The Royalist, a members-only series for Beast Inside. Become a member to get it in your inbox on Sunday. When Prince Harry and Meghan Markle issued their first official photograph together as a couple to mark their engagement, the fact that Meghan chose to appear in a dress by designers Ralph and Russo that was […]
Meghan Markle has said that she was “unprotected by the institution” of the British monarchy and was “prohibited from defending herself” in the face of savage media attacks on her when she was part of the royal family, in bombshell new court documents filed as part of her legal battle with the Mail on Sunday. Meghan has also doubled down on her claim that she did […]
The UK’s amphibious troops will now wear the White Ensign flag on their sleeve for the first time ever in their 350-year history. Sophisticated uniforms for the Royal Marines have been unveiled as part of the UK Ministry of Defence’s Future Commando Force programme to modernise the elite commando unit. The US-made high-tech kit is 17-percent lighter, 60-percent faster-drying, and at least four times more breathable […]
If you love The Daily Beast’s royal coverage, then we hope you’ll enjoy The Royalist, a members-only series for Beast Inside. Become a member to get it in your inbox every Sunday. Prince William’s 38th birthday today has been happy and also a tad dramatic, with reports claiming royal aides fear a new book about Prince Harry and Meghan Markle will see William “painted as the bad […]
The incident was said to have taken place as two British Royal Navy minehunters along with three Gibraltar-based squadron ships were participating in a routine naval exercise near Europa Point, Gibraltar’s southern-most point on Thursday. A group of four Royal Navy speedboats was seen a video repulsing Spanish warship Rayo P-42 after the 300-foot long vessel entered territorial waters of the British Overseas Territory of Gibraltar […]
It’s the most unusual Royal Ascot in the event’s 250-plus year history. Because of the COVID-19 lockdown, the most famous Flat race meeting in the world will this week be taking place for the first time behind closed doors. While unfortunately, we can’t be there in person, we can still watch the action on TV – and hopefully back a few winners. There are no fewer […]
If you love The Daily Beast’s royal coverage, then we hope you’ll enjoy The Royalist, a members-only series for Beast Inside. Become a member to get it in your inbox every Sunday. Prince Charles “terribly sad” Former coronavirus patient Prince Charles finds it “terribly sad” to be disconnected from family and friends because of the pandemic lockdown. Charles told Sky News, “I haven’t seen my father (Prince […]
UK 16:11 GMT 02.06.2020Get short URL 2020 also marks 80 years since Her Majesty gave her first public speech. In 1940, when she was 14 years old, she gave a radio broadcast aimed at raising the morale of British children. “And when peace comes, remember it will be for us, children of today, to make the world of tomorrow a better and happier place”, Princes Elizabeth […]
If you love The Daily Beast’s royal coverage, then we hope you’ll enjoy The Royalist, a members-only series for Beast Inside. Become a member to get it in your inbox on Sunday. My choice to go, Harry tells friends Prince Harry, not his wife Meghan Markle, was the driving force behind the decision to leave the U.K. and step back from front line roles in the royal […]
If you love The Daily Beast’s royal coverage, then we hope you’ll enjoy The Royalist, a members-only series for Beast Inside. Become a member to get it in your inbox on Sunday. “The drama has left” The royals are keen to move on from the “soap opera” surrounding Harry and Meghan, The Sunday Times reports. Source link
Earlier this week James Middleton, Kate’s handsome brother, shaved his beard off. He filmed this momentous event and posted it on Instagram, hairy chest sward on display and surrounded by his many dogs, Ella, Zulu, Inka, Luna and Mabel—and who knows, perhaps hundreds more off-camera, responding to his canine pan pipes. The next thing we saw and heard, post-shave, was Middleton’s fiancée Alizee Thevenet squealing with […]
Society 09:12 GMT 11.05.2020Get short URL Recent reports suggesting that Elizabeth II’s grandson was finding his new life “challenging” after his departure from the royal duties this March and that he was missing the army have prompted many to suggest that the ex-senior royal might have already started to regret his move to North America with Hollywood wife Meghan Markle. Royal commentator Richard Fitzwilliams told Daily […]