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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...

UK royal social media accounts offer birthday wishes to Prince Harry

Sep. 15, 2024 09:50 AM EDT

LONDON (AP) — Britain’s royal social media accounts posted 40th birthday wishes Sunday for Prince Harry, marking the milestone celebration despite longstanding strains following the publication of his explosive memoir, “Spare.’’ The Royal Family site shared an image of a...

Kate's soft-focus Insta-ready video marks a shift in how royals tell their story

Sep. 10, 2024 21:37 PM EDT

LONDON (AP) — Public displays of affection on a royal video? My, how times have changed! When the Princess of Wales announced that she had completed chemotherapy treatment in a soft-focus, Insta-ready video, she ventured into realms not previously inhabited by Britain’s royal...

A timeline of recent British royal events

Sep. 09, 2024 21:31 PM EDT

LONDON (AP) — Kate, Princess of Wales, announced Monday that she has completed chemotherapy treatment for cancer and plans to return to some public duties. It comes after a difficult few months for the royals in which both 42-year-old Kate and King Charles III were treated for...

Kate, the Princess of Wales, has finished chemotherapy and will return to limited public duties

Sep. 09, 2024 21:15 PM EDT

LONDON (AP) — Kate, the Princess of Wales, has completed chemotherapy and will make some public appearances in the coming months, bolstering Britain’s royal family after it was rocked by the twin cancer diagnoses of the princess and King Charles III. The 42-year-old wife of...