Etiqueta: royal
Diana: The Musical review – a right royal debacle so bad you’ll hyperventilate
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And … so … it’s … springtime for glamour and victimhood, winter for Windsors and Charles. Netflix have now given us the filmed version of the entirely gobsmacking and jawdropping Broadway show Diana: The Musical, shot...
‘This has never been so much fun!": Royal Academy Summer Exhibition review
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The statue of Sir Joshua Reynolds, founder of the Royal Academy, stands in its courtyard, usually garlanded with flowers when the Summer Exhibition is on. This year it wears instead a sash of Dutch wax print, the fabr...
Queen supports Black Lives Matter, says senior royal representative
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The Queen and the royal family are supporters of the Black Lives Matter (BLM) movement, one of the monarch’s representatives has said. Sir Ken Olisa, the first black Lord-Lieutenant for London, revealed to Channel 4 t ...
London’s Royal Docks ‘just keeps changing’ – as a new outdoor show reveals
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When the mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, completes the relocation of City Hall HQ from Southwark to the Crystal building in the historic Royal Docks, he will become the latest to settle in an area synonymous with arrival...
Dumfries House: the stately home at the heart of a royal crisis
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Dumfries House, a stately home near Glasgow, has long been considered one of Britain’s most significant architectural jewels. It is now also at the heart of a crisis engulfing the royal family. Michael Fawcett, a form...
Tottenham reach agreement with Barcelona for €30m Emerson Royal
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Tottenham have agreed a fee of €30m (£25.7) to sign Emerson Royal from Barcelona as Nuno Espírito Santo attempts to bolster his defensive options. Arsenal also reportedly showed an interest in signing Emerson, who joi...
Preston’s accidental manager Frankie McAvoy: ‘I thought I would always be in Royal Mail’
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“I was fortunate enough that I managed to get a management role fairly early.” The accidental football manager is not talking sporting jobs. Decades ago, he had a post that acquainted him with routes; just not, genera...
UK royal yacht could cost taxpayer £50m more than initially said
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The upfront cost of renewing Britain’s royal yacht could balloon to £250m – at least £50m more than previously indicated – the defence secretary said at an industry event to launch the national flagship project. Ben W...
Royal Ballet Beauty Mixed Programme review – in the theatre, I would have been sobbing
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As dance shakes out its post-lockdown limbs, one thing is clear: the online sharing of performance is here to stay. It gives companies an opportunity to reach a much wider public than could cram into the theatre on an...
Exhibition reveals how Shakespeare’s Hal has excused royal heirs for centuries
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From Frederick in the early 18th century to Charles in our own, a series of princes of Wales have associated themselves with Shakespeare’s Prince Hal as a way to excuse youthful excesses and promise strong future lead...
Jordan court jails two ex-officials for 15 years over alleged royal plot
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A Jordanian state security court has sentenced two former officials to serve 15 years in prison over an alleged plot to foment unrest in the western-allied Middle East kingdom. Bassem Awadallah, who has US citizenship...
Ballet real: Beauty Mixed Programme review – rose petals and a lust for water
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Much as happens with real-life weddings, thanks to Covid, the guest list at Princess Aurora’s nuptials has shrunk. A bubble of dancers went into self isolation in the run-up to the Royal Ballet’s latest opening, meani...
Royal Mail opts not to deliver bonuses to senior executives
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Royal Mail has blocked planned bonuses and share awards to senior executives worth £1.4m, as a result of its December service meltdown that resulted in thousands of undelivered Christmas presents. The postal firm said...
Royal Academy of Arts apologises to Jess de Wahls in transphobia row
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The Royal Academy of Arts has apologised to Jess de Wahls after the textile artist’s work was withdrawn from its gift shop over comments she made about sex and gender in 2019. De Wahls creates intricate embroideries a...
Royal yacht plan ‘silly populist nonsense’, says ex-Tory chancellor
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The former Tory chancellor, Ken Clarke, has dismissed Boris Johnson’s plan for a new Royal Yacht Britannia as “silly populist nonsense” amid a continuing internal government row about funding for the £200m vessel. Lor...
Artist considers suing Royal Academy in ‘transphobia’ row
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An artist whose work will no longer be available in the Royal Academy’s gift shop after views she expressed in a blogpost were deemed transphobic has said she is considering legal action against the institution. The R...