• Evening Standard

    London mayoral candidates and politicians vote in local elections

    Conservative candidate Susan Hall arrived at her local polling station in Hatch End, North West London. Hall was accompanied by her daughter Louise Staite. Current Mayor of London and Labour party candidate Sadiq Khan and his wife Saadiya Khan casted their votes. They voted at their local polling station at St Alban's Church, south London bringing along their dog with them.

  • The Daily Beast

    William and Kate ‘Going Through Hell,’ Says ‘Heartbroken’ Confidante

    Max Mumby/Indigo/Getty ImagesThe relationship between members of the royal family and their clothes designers reached its apogee in the bond between Queen Elizabeth and her dresser, Angela Kelly. Kelly was the gatekeeper through which even family members had to pass to see Her Majesty in her declining years. She spent much of the last two years of her life with her and was at her bedside in her last days in Scotland. Even Prince Harry’s relationship with his grandmother was soured at one stage b

  • Reuters

    EU offers 1 billion euros in economic, security support to Lebanon

    The European Union has offered Lebanon a financial package of 1 billion euros ($1.07 billion) to support its faltering economy and its security forces, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said on Thursday during a visit to Beirut. Von der Leyen said the support package would help bolster basic services in Lebanon, including health and education, though she added that it was crucial for Beirut to "take forward economic, financial and banking reforms" to revitalize the business environment and banking sector. Speaking alongside Lebanon's Prime Minister Najib Mikati and Cypriot President Nikos Christodoulides, she said security support to the Lebanese army, the internal security forces and General Security would be focused on providing training, equipment and infrastructure to improve border management.