KATE Middleton has given her first interview
Like most royal interviews, it is innocuous and designed to promote a cause close to the interviewee’s heart but when that wedding announcement is finally made, expect features writers to hark back to this landmark event for some crumbs of background information on this woman about whom we know so little.
Kate Middleton and her siblings, Pippa, 26, and James, 22, have also given interviews in which they talk about their memories of early parties they attended. Kate, 28, recalls wearing her favourite spotty clown dungarees, eating bowls of jelly and playing games of musical statues.
Queen in the Train
The British monarch has been photographed taking the train. Wearing a multicoloured Hermes headscarf and a large grey woollen coat, Queen Elizabeth II took the train to Norfolk on Thursday for her Christmas break. Read more
Prince Charles borrows £3k from cops
Britain’s Prince Charles borrowed nearly £3,000 from his protection officers after the royal found himself short of cash and needing fork out for “travel expenses,” a report said on Wednesday. Read more
Japanese attack Pearl Harbor, a date that will live in infamy
The Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, marked the immediate start of World War II for the United States.
In May 1942, however, the U.S. Army reversed its decision to exclude Japanese Americans from the armed forces and created the 442nd Regimental Combat Team, also known as the “Nisei Squadron.”
442nd Regimental Combat Team Historical Society - facts, photos, and tributes.
Postal strikes to take place next week
Two days of national postal strikes will take place next week after Royal Mail and unions failed to strike a last minute deal.
The Communication Workers Union announced this afternoon that there would be nationwide stoppages next Thursday and Friday.
The CWU repeated its offer of further talks with Royal Mail management to avert the industrial action, which will see postal deliveries ground to a halt.
Royal Mail responded by saying that the move was an “appalling and unjustified” attack on customers.
About The British Royal Family
The British Royal Family is the group of close relatives of the monarch of the United Kingdom. The term is also commonly applied to the same group of people as the relations of the monarch in his or her role as sovereign of any of the other Commonwealth realms, thus sometimes at variance with official national terms for the family. Members of the royal family belong to, or are married into, the House of Windsor, since 1917, when George V changed the name of the royal house from Saxe-Coburg and Gotha. Read more
Prince is not a racist - soldier
Platoon member Ahmed Raza Khan reportedly told Harry to “forget about it” when the Prince phoned to apologise.
Harry was caught on film three years ago referring to Khan as “our little Paki friend”. Read more