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Britain’s Charles to use crimson and purple robes at coronation once worn by George VI

30 Apr 2023

LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s King Charles will wear robes of crimson and purple silk velvet at his May 6 coronation which were once worn by his grandfather King George VI at his own coronation in 1937, Buckingham Palace said on Saturday. Charles, who replaced Queen Elizabeth upon her death in September, will be formally crowned …

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Historic Stone of Scone reaches London for King Charles’ coronation

29 Apr 2023

LONDON (Reuters) – The Stone of Scone, the coronation stone upon which monarchs in Britain have been crowned for centuries, reached London on Saturday after a journey from Scotland in a special carrier made from Scottish oak, ahead of King Charles’ coronation next week. Also known as the Stone of Destiny and regarded as a …

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Ineos’s bid values Manchester United at more than 5 billion pounds – The Times

29 Apr 2023

(Reuters) – Jim Ratcliffe’s Ineos has outbid a Qatari group led by Sheikh Jassim bin Hamad al-Thani in the battle to buy Manchester United, The Times reported on Saturday, citing sources. Ineos is the only bidder to have valued the club higher than 5 billion pounds ($6.29 billion), the report added. ($1 = 0.7954 pounds) …

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Rare manuscript that paved way for British monarchy’s return up for auction

29 Apr 2023

LONDON (Reuters) – A rare 17th-century manuscript, which was key to the restoration of the British monarchy under King Charles II a decade after the execution of his father, will be auctioned next month, coinciding with the coronation of his current namesake. The Declaration of Breda was issued by Charles II from the Netherlands in …

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Buckingham Palace releases pre-coronation photos of Charles and Camilla

29 Apr 2023

LONDON (Reuters) – Buckingham Palace published three new photographs of King Charles and Queen Consort Camilla on Friday ahead of the monarch’s coronation on May 6. The images were taken in the palace in March by society photographer Hugo Burnand who was official photographer for the weddings of Charles and Camilla Parker-Bowles in 2005 and …

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Screen to shield sacred moment of King Charles’ coronation unveiled

28 Apr 2023

LONDON (Reuters) – A new screen will provide “absolute privacy” during the most sacred part of next week’s coronation service for King Charles, ensuring the eyes of the world will not see the monarch being anointed, Buckingham Palace and its makers said. The three-sided screen will shield Charles when he is anointed with holy oil, …

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UK unions split over government pay offer for health workers

28 Apr 2023

By Kylie MacLellan and Farouq Suleiman LONDON (Reuters) – British healthcare and ambulance workers belonging to the GMB trade union have voted to accept a government pay offer, the union said on Friday, hours after members of another union rejected it. The offer, agreed between the government and healthcare union leaders last month, included a …

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Historic Stone of Scone moved to London for King Charles’ coronation

28 Apr 2023

LONDON (Reuters) – The historic Stone of Scone, the ancient coronation stone upon which monarchs in Britain have been crowned for centuries, has left Scotland for London under tight security ahead of next week’s coronation of King Charles III, officials said on Friday. Also known as the Stone of Destiny and regarded as a sacred, …

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N.Ireland’s Adams wrongly denied compensation for scrapped convictions – court

28 Apr 2023

(Reuters) – Gerry Adams, former leader of the political wing of the Irish Republican Army (IRA), was wrongly refused compensation over historic convictions which were later overturned, Belfast’s High Court ruled on Friday. Adams, who led the Sinn Fein party during much of the conflict in Northern Ireland, was among hundreds of people held by …

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