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Everything We Know About The Nottingham Attacks

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Police have confirmed three people were killed, and another three were injured, after a knife-wielding attacker went on a shocking early morning rampage in Nottingham on Tuesday.

The people killed have been named as Barnaby Webber and Grace O’Malley-Kumar, both 19-year-old Nottingham University students, and Ian Coates, a school caretaker in his 60s,

A man was later arrested in connection with the incidents. Here’s everything we know.

How did the attacks play out?

The attacks occurred in at least three different places and the suspect was arrested in a fourth location, and took place over 90 minutes.

A man stabbed the two students to death on Ilkeston Road just after 4am.

He then fatally stabbed the man in his 60s on Magdala Road, more than a mile away, stole his van and ran down three pedestrians on Milton Street shortly afterwards.

One man is in a critical condition with the two others believed to have suffered minor injuries.

The van was stopped on Maple Street, where a man was tasered and detained by police officers.

In between the attacks, police believe the suspect tried to enter a care home after stabbing the students, but was refused entry by residents.

Two of the three victims of the attack on Tuesday: Grace O'Malley-Kumar, left, and Barnaby Webber, right
Two of the three victims of the attack on Tuesday: Grace O’Malley-Kumar, left, and Barnaby Webber, right

What did witnesses see?

Witnesses gave harrowing accounts of the attacks, with one telling the BBC he heard “awful, blood-curdling screams” and saw a man “dressed all in black with a hood and rucksack grappling with some people”.

Some described a horrifying scene in the city centre about 90 minutes after the initial attack when the van ran into pedestrians at a street corner and then fled.

Lynn Haggitt was on her way to work when a white van pulled up beside her at 5.30am. She saw the driver look in his mirror and spot a police car approaching slowly from behind without its lights on. The driver then accelerated and struck a man and woman at a street corner, she said.

“He went straight into them, he didn’t even bother to turn,” Haggitt told reporters according to The Associated Press. “The woman went on the curb, the man went up in the air, there was such a bang, I wish I never saw it, it’s really shaken me up.”

Kane Brady, a student at the University of Nottingham, said he awoke to shouts of “armed police” and heard what sounded like a gunshot outside.

He said he saw officers holding stun guns and a man being dragged out of the van and pinned on the ground.

“I saw him getting arrested, him trying to resist,” he told GB News. “When they opened the van, I saw a large knife being pulled out and then straight away that’s when police closed off both roads.”

Photos showed the hood of the van dented and cracks in the windshield.

What do we know about the assailant?

Nottinghamshire Police said a 31-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of murder and that they believe he acted alone.

Police confirmed they are not looking for anyone else in connection with the attacks.

They are keeping an “open mind” as to what the motives behind the attacks were and are working with counter-terrorism investigators to establish what happened.

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A police forensics officer searches a white van in Nottingham.

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What do we know about the victims?

Barnaby Webber’s parents, David and Emma, and his younger brother Charlie, released a statement through the PA news agency.

It said: “Complete devastation is not enough to describe our pain and loss at the senseless murder of our son.”

They described him as “a beautiful, brilliant, bright young man, with everything in life to look forward to”, and a “talented and passionate cricketer”, adding: “At 19 he was just at the start of his journey into adulthood and was developing into a wonderful young man.”

The parents said they are “enormously proud” of his achievements, while his brother is “bereft beyond believe”, while asking for privacy to process and grieve.

A statement from Grace O’Malley-Kumar’s family, released through Nottinghamshire Police, said: “Grace was an adored daughter and sister; she was a truly wonderful and beautiful young lady.”

Referencing her younger brother, the statement added: “Grace was not just a sister to James but his best friend. He is completely heartbroken. As parents, words cannot explain our complete and utter devastation. She will be so dearly missed.”

The family said: “We were so incredibly proud of Grace’s achievements and what a truly lovely person she was.

“She was resilient and wise beyond her years. Grace was so happy in life fulfilling her ambition of studying to become a doctor whilst playing topflight hockey at university.”

They added that extended family and friends are also “devastated”, and that they request privacy to “face this sorrow”.

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Grace O’Malley-Kumar and Barnaby Webber’s fathers – Sanjoy Kumar and David Webber – speak during a vigil at the University of Nottingham.

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At a vigil in the city on Wednesday, the heartbroken fathers of the two university students gave emotional speeches.

Grace’s father, Sanjoy Kumar, told crowds “you need to love everyone” with the hand of Barnaby’s dad, David Webber, on his shoulder.

He said: “The love that we have out here, I just wish we had it everywhere. So, look after each other is the big thing.

“Look after your friends and look after people around you. It is so important.”

Ian Coates’ sons, Lee and James, spoke to reporters outside the crime scene and said their father was due to retire in four months.

Lee said: “If we had to think about it, he’d be lying in a bed with us holding his hand, him dying naturally in 20 to 30 years’ time.”

His brother added: “Not dying on a street because some guy decided it’s not his day today.”

They added that the news “rocked everyone’s world”, as their father was “everyone’s friend, always willing to help”.

“Nobody deserves this but he definitely didn’t. None of them did, it’s a tragedy,” James said.

What have the police said?

Nottinghamshire Police chief constable Kate Meynell confirmed officers had carried out searches at a number of properties around the city – with cordons seen being put up on various sections of Ilkeston Road.

At a press conference on Tuesday afternoon, she said: “We are still in the early stages of the investigation. I need to determine exactly what the motives were behind this attack.

“We are keeping an open mind and are working closely with counter-terrorism policing to establish the facts as we would normally do in this type of circumstance.

“The families of all the victims have been informed and are being supported by specially-trained officers.”

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Huge Fire Rips Through Block Of Flats In South London

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Dozens of people have been forced to evacuate a block of flats after a fire ripped through the building in south London.

Members of the public have been urged to avoid Whitehorse Road in Croydon where around 60 firefighters have been dealing with a blaze on part of the first, second, third and fourth floors of a five-storey block of flats on Wednesday.

A spokesman for the London Fire Brigade (LFB), who were alerted to the incident at 5.03pm, said: “The cause of the fire is not yet known.”

Station commander Chris Young, who is at the scene, said: “Around 80 people left the building.

“Road closures are expected to be in place for a number of hours this evening and we’re urging people to avoid the local area.”

A London Ambulance Service spokesman, who said an ambulance crew, an incident response officer and members of a hazardous area response team were sent to the incident, added: “We treated a man and a woman at the scene but did not take anyone to hospital.”

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Allan Brown, 44, who lives and works in Croydon and witnessed the fire, said: “From where I was standing, which was quite close at one point, many residents, including children, could be seen running from the building’s lower floor, with some residents trying to get back into the building.

“This was before the fire department arrived with the first two engines.

“There were residents leaving the building and trying to get back into it, but the blaze was very high.

“We had to clear the area due (to) the smoke that filled the area.

“In total there was six fire engines and various amounts of police and ambulance in the scene within five minutes.”

The LFB received over 30 calls about the fire.

Fire crews from Croydon, Woodside, Wallington and surrounding fire stations were sent to the scene.

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Documents Reveal FBI Uncovered Alleged Plot To Kill Queen Elizabeth During 1983 US Visit

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Newly released documents from the FBI reveal that there was a potential threat to assassinate Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II during her trip to the U.S. over 40 years ago.

The late Queen Elizabeth, Britain’s longest-reigning monarch, was scheduled to visit the U.S. with her husband, Prince Philip, in 1983. More than 100 pages of documents released by the FBI on Tuesday outline a serious threat made ahead of that trip and safety concerns that came up in other visits the queen made to the U.S.

The documents, which were posted publicly on the FBI’s website after a Freedom of Information Act request by NBC News, reveal that an unidentified San Francisco police officer received a tip about the potential plot to assassinate the queen on Feb. 4, 1983 — just a few weeks before the royal couple was scheduled to arrive in the U.S.

According to the documents, a man said that he was going to “attempt to harm Queen Elizabeth II,” and that he intended to try to kill her either while she was at Yosemite Park or “by dropping some object off the Golden Gate Bridge onto the Royal Yacht Britannia when it sails underneath.”

The documents didn’t include information on whether any arrests were made following the threat.

The man claimed that his daughter had been killed in Northern Ireland by a rubber bullet, according to the documents.

The 1983 trip to the U.S. occurred during a decadeslong period of sectarian conflict in Northern Ireland known as the Troubles. During this period, the unionists, most of whom were Protestants, wanted Northern Ireland to remain within the United Kingdom, while the nationalists, many of whom were Irish Catholics, and the Irish Republican Army wanted it to join the rest of Ireland.

The British deployed its military to Northern Ireland during the bloody conflict, which lasted for 30 years until a peace agreement was signed in 1998.

The FBI closely monitored the queen’s visits to the U.S. over the years with the help of the U.S. Secret Service, and security continued to be a concern.

“While [the FBI] is unaware of any specific threats against the Queen, the possibility of threat against the British monarchy is everpresent from the Irish Republican Army,” the FBI wrote in one document ahead of the queen’s 1989 visit to Kentucky.

During another visit in 1991, Irish groups organised protests at a baseball game and White House event where the queen was scheduled to appear, according to a document.

The FBI cited an article published in Irish Edition, a Philadelphia newspaper, that stated “anti-British feelings are running high” ahead of her trip.

The document added that while there were no threats against the queen or the president, who would also be attending the events, the statements “could be viewed as being inflammatory.”

Queen Elizabeth died in September at the age of 96; Prince Philip died in 2021 at 99.

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Car Crashes Into Gates Of Downing Street

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A car has crashed into the gates of Downing Street, where UK prime minister Rishi Sunak lives, the Metropolitan Police has said.

Armed officers have arrested a man on suspicion of criminal damage and dangerous driving, the force added. It continued that no-one has been hurt.

The collision involving the silver Kia took place at around 4.20pm on Thursday.

Video posted on social media showed a white car with its trunk open up against the tall metal gates. The BBC’s footage appears to show the car slowing down before it hits the gate.

The PA news agency has reported Sunak was in Downing Street at the time of the incident, and departed after the crash as scheduled.

A Scotland Yard statement said: “At approximately 16:20hrs on Thursday, 25 May a car collided with the gate of Downing Street on Whitehall.

“Armed officers arrested a man at the scene on suspicion of criminal damage and dangerous driving. He has been taken into custody.

“There were no reports of any injuries.

“Enquiries are ongoing to establish the circumstances.”

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Handout taken from the Twitter feed of @TorbsTalks, of police at the scene after a car collided with the gates of Downing Street in London.

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Downing Street, a narrow street with a row of Georgian houses, was open to the public until gates were erected in 1989 in response to threats from Irish Republican Army militants.

Public access to the street is restricted and the gates are protected at all times by armed police officers.

Tradition dictates that the prime minister lives at No.10 Downing Street and the chancellor of the exchequer at No.11.

Metropolitan Police later said that counter-terrorism police are not involved in the investigation at this stage.

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Ferocious Tiger Isn’t Into Sharing, Attacks Other Tiger Eating His Prey

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A huge male tiger left his kill and got angry when he returned to find a tigress snacking on it, a new online video shows. (Watch the clip below.)

The footage, taken at India’s Ranthambore National Park and posted by the website Latest Sightings, opens with the male sinking his teeth into a sambar deer. But safari planner Vijay Kumawat, who shared the clip with Latest Sightings, said the big cat got spooked by the roar of a motorcycle and left the area.

The smaller tigress emerged to begin eating the deer and dragging it away. But the massive male then came back to reclaim his meal.

The two growled, clawed and lunged at each other with one tense intermission before the female appeared to submit. The male finally ambled over to the deer and dragged it into the brush as the tigress watched.

It wasn’t a fair fight.

Tigers can eat up to 90 pounds in a sitting. This particular cat seemed intent on getting his fill without interruption.

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Why Martin Lewis And Economists Think Raising Interest Rates Is A Bad Idea

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The Bank of England raised UK interest rates again – lifting the “base rate” to 4.5% from 4.25%.

It’s the 12th increase in a row since rates started going up in December 2021, pushing borrowing costs up further, particularly impacting homeowners with a mortgage.

Soaring food prices – and the fact they remain stubbornly high – appears to be the key factor behind the decision.

But experts are not sure it’s the right policy

Some economists think the Bank could has gone too far since the impact of the repeated rises has yet to pass through to households and businesses.

Take homeowners. Around 85% of all borrowers are tied to fixed-rate mortgages – but the majority are yet to switch to a higher-rate home loan, and could be in for a shock when they do.

One prominent commentator predicted “screeching U-turns are coming” – and the Bank will soon have to cut rates to avoid tipping the UK economy into recession.

So how do interest rates work?

Hiking the base rate increases the cost of borrowing, making both credit and investment more expensive. The idea is to put the brakes on the economy and curb the soaring cost of goods and services – known as inflation.

Bringing rates down is an attempt to have the opposite effect – stimulate growth by making borrowing cheaper, and in turn, encourage investment.

The Bank is tasked with keeping inflation under control, targeting 2% a year. Inflation hit 10.1% in March, and raising rates is the blunt instrument it has to bring it down.

This is the bind the Bank is in: raise interest rates to combat inflation, but then stall the economy and make people’s lives miserable and make any downturn potentially deeper and longer.

Why are experts calling it out?

Put simply, some economists argue that pushing up rates is having little to no effect on inflation – mainly because the war in Ukraine has been the driving force, chiefly through higher energy costs that are now easing. The same applies to two other factors, namely higher oil prices and economies emerging from a pandemic.

Consumer champion Martin Lewis suggested on Twitter that the Bank was sending signals more than anything else. Lewis wrote: “I’m no economist, but I struggle with the logic behind base rate rises currently. Inflation seems supply-side driven – but rate rises dampen demand. Then again the BoE is charged with bringing down inflation and this is it’s only tool. So it has to do it. Co-ordinated effort with govt would help.”

An actual economist went much further.

David “Danny” Blanchflower, who sat on the Bank’s monetary policy committee for three years, accused the central bank of “terrible incompetence”.

He told Sky News in a lengthy diatribe:

“This is utter incompetence. The market doesn’t believe them. I don’t believe them.

“I don’t believe a word that they say and it’s going to make things much worse for your listeners.

“Housing market’s going be in trouble. Mortgages are going to go up, housing quantities are going to decline.

“It’s the same utter group-think incompetence in 2008, and the same bank missed the greatest financial crisis since 1929.

“And here they go again. The market doesn’t believe them. I don’t believe them.

“Your listeners shouldn’t believe them. Screeching u-turns are coming and bad economic data is coming.

“This is terrible incompetence and this lot should just quit.”

Others were of a similar mind.

Suren Thiru, economics director at the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales, said the Bank risked “overdoing” rate rises, which could compound the cost crisis for many.

He said: “With most of the interest rate rises yet to pass through to households and businesses, the Bank of England risks overdoing the rate hikes, adding to the squeeze on our growth prospects and aggravating the cost-of-living crisis.”

The IPPR think tank argued the Bank should have held off raising interest rates again, warning of a “continued increase in inequality”.

Carsten Jung, senior economist at IPPR, said: “The Bank of England should have held off raising rates.

“The current approach risks creating big economic costs, in the form of lower future growth and fewer jobs, while not actually being effective enough at bringing down inflation.”

What does the Bank say?

The Bank had previously been more optimistic that inflation could fall as low as 1% by the middle of 2024, but it is now predicted to reach about 3.4%, meaning it will fall at a significantly slower rate.

Andrew Bailey, the Bank’s governor, said there had been a “very big underlying shock” to food prices.

He added: “It appears to be taking longer for food price pressures to work their way through the system this time than we had expected.”

“But, as we said before, we are in very unusual times.”

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Met Police Admits ‘Regret’ Over Arresting Six Anti-Monarchy Protesters

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The Metropolitan Police has expressed “regret” over the arrests of six anti-monarchy protesters ahead of the King’s coronation after deciding no charges will be brought against them.

Scotland Yard issued a lengthy defence of its decision to arrest Graham Smith, chief executive of the campaign group Republic, and five others on Saturday.

The force said it had arrested the group under new powers after it was believed items found alongside a large number of placards could be used to “lock on” to an object or building, which the new Public Order Act made a jailable offence.

“The investigation team have now fully examined the items seized and reviewed the full circumstances of the arrest,” a statement released on Monday added.

“Those arrested stated the items would be used to secure their placards, and the investigation has been unable to prove intent to use them to lock on and disrupt the event.

“This evening all six have had their bail cancelled and no further action will be taken. We regret that those six people arrested were unable to join the wider group of protesters in Trafalgar Square and elsewhere on the procession route.”

Smith on Monday demanded a “full inquiry” into who authorised the arrests that prevented the group expressing their dissent during the “disgraceful episode”.

The force made 64 arrests on coronation day, with 46 people bailed after being detained on suspicion of causing a public nuisance or breaching the peace.

Smith, who said the group was are considering legal action against the Met, earlier accused Scotland Yard of having “every intention” of arresting demonstrators and of having “lied” in discussions ahead of the planned protests.

The campaigner said he was arrested on suspicion of conspiracy to cause a public nuisance unloading placards in St Martin’s Lane, Westminster.

Prime minister Rishi Sunak has backed the Met over the dozens of arrests of protesters amid concerns they were cracking down on dissent on Saturday at the behest of politicians.

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Katy Perry Addresses Meme-Worthy Search For Seat At King Charles’s Coronation

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Katy Perry was left visibly confused at Saturday’s coronation of King Charles III.

The California Gurls singer was one of several celebrities to attend the momentous occasion at London’s Westminster Abbey but appeared to be the only one unable to find her seat. The endearing moment, captured on live television, has since gone hilariously viral.

“Katy Perry not finding her seat is so me,” tweeted one person, while another wrote: “Katy Perry searching for her seat at the coronation is the perfect US representative” — and another joked that her struggle was “the equivalent vibe of us trying to find our parents in the supermarket.”

Unlike notable artists who reportedly turned the opportunity down, Perry and Lionel Richie graciously accepted the royal family’s offer to sing at Sunday’s coronation concert. Meanwhile, the speed at which she went viral on Saturday hasn’t escaped the pop star.

She tweeted shortly afterward, “don’t worry guys, I found my seat.”

Perry arrived entirely in lilac, donning a short-sleeved jacket and gloves that matched her dress. While she wore a rather sizable hat to boot, the accessory didn’t cause any problems or become viral memes — unlike those of some other attendees on Saturday.

“The way she’s trying to look for her seat with that hat, it’s adorable and funny at the same time,” one person tweeted, while another was slightly more vicious: “What on earth is she wearing? God awful, especially the frilled UFO disc on her head!”

The American Idol judge ultimately managed to find her seat and witnessed the first British coronation since Queen Elizabeth II’s in 1953. As it was also the second televised coronation, however, all eyes were on the attendees — and Perry’s brief disorientation.

Fortunately for Perry — who’ll join British boy band Take That, Italian opera legend Andrea Bocelli and Welsh singer Bryn Terfel on Sunday — she’ll probably be standing during her performance.

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ICYMI: What Is The Row Over Swearing Allegiance To King Charles About?

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Members of the public watching the coronation on television, online or gathered in the open air at big screens have been invited to swear allegiance to King Charles.

To be known as the “homage of the people”, the move was pitched as giving the public an active role in the ancient ceremony for the first time in history, and the declaration would replace the traditional homage of peers.

But it quickly faced an online backlash, with republican campaigners calling out an “offensive, tone deaf” gesture that “holds the people in contempt”.

What’s happening?

Details of the new practice came as Lambeth Palace, the office of the Archbishop of Canterbury, revealed the coronation liturgy – the words and actions of the service.

It said the new homage of the people was introduced to allow “a chorus of millions of voices” to be “enabled for the first time in history to participate in this solemn and joyful moment”.

It replaces the traditional homage of peers, in which a long line of hereditary peers – or aristocrats – knelt and made a pledge to the monarch in person. Only the Prince of Wales will now kneel before the King and pledge to be his “liege man of life and limb”.

A spokesman for Lambeth Palace said: “The homage of the people is particularly exciting because that’s brand new.

“That’s something that we can share in because of technological advances, so not just the people in the Abbey, but people who are online, on television, who are listening, and who are gathered in parks, at big screens and churches.

“Our hope is at that point, when the Archbishop invites people to join in, that people wherever they are, if they’re watching at home on their own, watching the telly, will say it out loud – this sense of a great cry around the nation and around the world of support for the King.”

So what is the new oath?

The Archbishop of Canterbury will call upon “all persons of goodwill in The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, and of the other Realms and the Territories to make their homage, in heart and voice, to their undoubted King, defender of all”.

The order of service will read: “All who so desire, in the Abbey, and elsewhere, say together:

“All: I swear that I will pay true allegiance to Your Majesty, and to your heirs and successors according to law. So help me God.”

It will be followed by the playing of a fanfare.

The Archbishop of Canterbury will then proclaim “God save the King”, with all asked to respond: “God save King Charles. Long live King Charles. May the King live for ever.”

What has the reaction been?

The new addition to the liturgy sparked an outpouring of comment and criticism on social media, and was seized on by campaigners who want the monarchy abolished.

Labour MP Clive Lewis told The Guardian that he thought the proposed oath would be “either unwelcome or ignored by many”.

Former BBC royal correspondent Jennie Bond said it had “backfired”. She told Sky News: “I think it’s gone off a bit half-cocked … I think they should have asked us maybe to tweet or put an emoji up on social media, that might be more in tune.”

Graham Smith, a spokesman for Republic, which campaigns for the monarchy to be replaced with a directly-elected head of state, said: “In a democracy it is the head of state who should be swearing allegiance to the people, not the other way around.

“This kind of nonsense should have died with Elizabeth I, not outlived Elizabeth II.”

“In swearing allegiance to Charles and his ‘heirs and successors’, people are being asked to swear allegiance to Prince Andrew too.

“This is clearly beyond the pale,” Smith added.

“An invitation rather than an expectation”

Some pointed out some of the reaction was fuelled by a misinterpretation of the what the oath was intending – which appears to be making the ceremony more communal.

A Lambeth Palace spokesman stressed the homage is “very much an invitation rather than an expectation or request”, adding that people might join in if that feels right for them as they would take part in the national anthem.

He added: “It’s simply an opportunity offered by the Archbishop so that, unlike previous coronations, those who wish to join in with the words being spoken by the Abbey congregation could do so in a very simple way.

“For those who do want to take part, some will want to say all the words of the homage; some might just want to say ‘God Save The King’ at the end; others might just want it to be a moment of private reflection.”

He added: “For those who may wish to join in with the homage, we hope it’s a moment of joy and celebration – both in the abbey, and in homes around the country and beyond.”

Cabinet minister Mark Harper told the BBC’s Sunday With Laura Kuenssberg programme that he would make the pledge.

He told the programme: “When his majesty became King most members of parliament actually retook the oaths that we take to his majesty and I am very happy to do that again.

“I think the coronation is going to be a fantastic moment for the country, to bring the country together to unite around the Crown and I think a fantastic advertisement for our nation across the entire world with hundreds of dignitaries coming to the country.”

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Prince William And Kate Middleton’s New Anniversary Photo Might Look Very Familiar

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Kate Middleton and Prince William rang in their 12th wedding anniversary on Saturday, as Kensington Palace released a new photo of the couple to mark the special occasion.

“12 years ❤️,” reads the Instagram caption for the picture, which was taken by one of the couple’s favored photographers, Matt Porteous.

In the relaxed shot, the Prince and Princess of Wales are posed on bicycles with their arms around each other, smiling at the camera. Both are dressed in casual outfits, with William in a blue collared shirt, jeans and sunglasses.

Kate wears a patterned white shirt, jeans and white sneakers, while carrying a crossbody purse.

The photo might look familiar to any avid royal watcher, as it was among those taken at the family’s Sandringham Estate in Norfolk, England, last year.

William and Kate used one of those snaps for their 2022 Christmas card, which featured their three children: Prince George, Princess Charlotte and Prince Louis. Other photos from the shoot were used to mark Mother’s Day in the UK.

The Princess of Wales recently made a cameo in another royal family picture to mark Louis’ 5th birthday last weekend. A smiling Kate was shown carrying Louis as he perched in a wheelbarrow with a big grin on his face.

The new picture of Louis was taken by photographer Millie Pilkington, in a break from tradition. Normally, Kate takes shots of her family for big milestones, as she is an avid photographer herself.

The royals are gearing up for a historic weekend next month, as the UK prepares for the coronation of King Charles III and Queen Camilla.

Prince George, a future heir to the throne, is set to play a major role in the ceremony, as he will be one of his grandfather’s pages of honour on May 6.

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