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Proposed assisted dying bill for England and Wales rekindles debate over choice and ethics

Nov. 12, 2024 12:20 PM EST

LONDON (AP) — Details of a proposed law to legalize assisted dying in England and Wales have been published, rekindling debate on the controversial topic ahead of a vote in Parliament later this month. The draft bill, published Monday, proposes allowing terminally ill adults...

King Charles III and Kate attend remembrance event as both slowly return to duty

Nov. 10, 2024 11:46 AM EST

LONDON (AP) — King Charles III led the nation Sunday in a two-minute silence in remembrance of fallen service personnel in central London as the Princess of Wales looked on, a further sign that the royal family is slowly returning to normal at the end of a year in which two of the most popular...

Queen Camilla has a chest infection and will miss the UK's annual Remembrance Sunday events

Nov. 09, 2024 09:39 AM EST

LONDON (AP) — Queen Camilla will miss Britain's annual remembrance weekend events to honor fallen service personnel while she recovers from a chest infection, Buckingham Palace said Saturday. The wife of King Charles III, was due to join the royal family at a “Festival of...

Prince William describes family's ‘brutal’ year as wife and father faced cancer treatment

Nov. 08, 2024 06:37 AM EST

LONDON (AP) — Britain’s Prince William has described the past year as “brutal” following cancer diagnoses for his wife and father. “Honestly, it’s been dreadful,” he said. Speaking to reporters on Thursday as he closed out a four-day trip to South...

Britain has banned protests outside abortion clinics, but silent prayer is a gray area

Oct. 31, 2024 09:46 AM EDT

LONDON (AP) — A British ban on protesting outside abortion clinics went into effect on Thursday, though it left a question mark over whether anti-abortion demonstrators who pray silently will be breaking the law. The law, which applies to England and Wales, bars protests within 150...

Police say British teen accused of fatally stabbing 3 girls also made poison and had a terror manual

Oct. 29, 2024 19:01 PM EDT

LONDON (AP) — The teenager accused in a stabbing rampage that killed three girls at a Taylor Swift-themed dance class in England has been charged with producing the deadly poison ricin and also faces a terror offense for possessing a jihadi training manual, police said Tuesday. ...

Prince and Princess of Wales meet with families of dance class stabbing attack

Oct. 11, 2024 02:30 AM EDT

LONDON (AP) — Prince William and the Princess of Wales on Thursday carried out their first joint public engagement since the end of Kate’s chemotherapy by meeting the bereaved parents of victims of a stabbing rampage in the seaside town of Southport. The royal couple spent 90...

In Wrexham, the ‘Rob and Ryan effect’ goes beyond the soccer club as tourism and investments grow

Oct. 10, 2024 08:22 AM EDT

WREXHAM, Wales (AP) — Clutching a pint of Guinness in one hand and flicking through photos on his cell phone in the other, Nestor Aguedelo laughed and joked with his wife and sister-in-law in a corner of The Turf, a pub in north Wales that has rapidly become one of Britain’s most unlikely...

Naomi Campbell barred from being charity trustee in England and Wales

Sep. 26, 2024 22:28 PM EDT

LONDON (AP) — British supermodel Naomi Campbell has been barred from being a charity trustee in England and Wales for five years after the poverty charity she founded nearly two decades ago was deemed Thursday to have been “poorly governed” with “inadequate financial management.” ...

Kate, the Princess of Wales, makes first public appearance after cancer treatment

Sep. 22, 2024 20:41 PM EDT

LONDON (AP) — Kate, the Princess of Wales, made her first public appearance Sunday since she announced she had completed chemotherapy and would return to some public duties. Kate and her husband, Prince William, were seen Sunday attending church with King Charles III and Queen...