By Sarah Mills and Estelle Shirbon LONDON (Reuters) – When she was a child growing up in Nigeria, Timie Ogunmola’s father used to show her black-and-white pictures of his trip to London in 1953 to attend Queen Elizabeth’s coronation as an official in what was then his country’s colonial administration. Now a resident of Edinburgh …
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(Reuters) – Gala Fairydean Rovers striker Zander Murray became the first openly gay Scottish professional soccer player after announcing it in an interview with his fifth-tier club on Friday. The 30-year-old, who said the weight of the world was now off his shoulders, is the second openly gay player in Scottish professional soccer after late …
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By Alistair Smout, Sarah Mills and Marie-Louise Gumuchian LONDON (Reuters) – A British youth charity set up by the then Prince Charles in the 1970s that has helped a million young people, including actor Idris Elba, to get training, find work or create community projects will continue to operate now he is monarch. Charles, who …
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By Michael Holden and Sachin Ravikumar LONDON (Reuters) – King Charles and his siblings stood vigil by the coffin of their late mother Queen Elizabeth on Friday as tens of thousands of mourners queuing to pay their final respects during her lying in state were told they faced a wait of up to 24 hours. …
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By Sachin Ravikumar LONDON (Reuters) – The entry to an already miles-long queue to see Queen Elizabeth lying in state in London resumed after a pause on Friday, with the government saying the current wait-time is over 24 hours, in temperatures set to plummet to 7 degrees celsius (45°F). Elizabeth died in Scotland aged 96 …
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LONDON (Reuters) – London police said a man was charged on Friday with two counts of sexual assault after two women reported being assaulted in a garden where people were queuing to see Queen Elizabeth’s coffin lying in state. Tens of thousands of people have lined up in London over the past three days, some …
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LONDON (Reuters) – The British government said on Friday that an accessible queue to see Queen Elizabeth’s coffin lying in state had been paused. The government’s culture department said on Twitter that the queue, for people who have specific accessibility requirements or who are unable to stand for long periods of time, would resume at …
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By Andrew MacAskill and Sachin Ravikumar LONDON (Reuters) – London’s police force said the state funeral of Queen Elizabeth will be the biggest security operation it has ever undertaken as prime ministers, presidents and royals come together on Monday to pay their respects to Britain’s longest-reigning monarch. The queen’s funeral is expected to attract hundreds …
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By Alan Baldwin WINDSOR, England (Reuters) – Horse racing is the “Sport of Kings”, and it was also the passion of Queen Elizabeth whose love of all things equine became a feature of her 70-year reign. The late monarch’s horses won more than 1,800 races and her annual presence at Royal Ascot and the Epsom …
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LONDON (Reuters) -Queen Elizabeth’s funeral on Monday will be attended by around 500 guests representing nearly 200 countries and territories, a British foreign office source said on Friday. Nearly 100 presidents and heads of government and over 20 royals will attend, the source said. The guests include the Crown Prince of Bahrain, the Amir of …
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