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Sep 08, 2022
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The Guardian - Top Stories
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‘We shall be worthy of our duty’: the Queen’s most memorable speeches
From wartime broadcasts to Christmas Day messages, here are excerpts from some of her best-known addressesThousands of you in this country have had to leave your homes and be separated from your fathers and mothers. My sister, Margaret Rose, and I feel so much for you as we know from experience what it means to be away from those we love most of all. Continue reading...
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Sep 08, 2022
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The Guardian - Top Stories (Robert Booth)
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Cash, stamps and flags: how royal symbols will now change
Unpicking Queen Elizabeth’s name, image and iconography from public life will take some timeWhen George VI died in his sleep at Sandringham during the early hours of 6 February 1952, his eldest daughter, Princess Elizabeth, then visiting Kenya with her husband, immediately became Queen Elizabeth II.“The same simultaneous process will occur at the death of Queen Elizabeth and assumption of the throne by King Charles III,” Robert Blackburn, a professor of constitutional law at King’s College Londo
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Sep 08, 2022
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The Guardian - Top Stories
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The Queen’s funeral : what we can expect over the next 10 days
From the time of the official announcement, what will happen in the days leading up to the Queen’s state funeralThe official announcement from Buckingham Palace will have been preceded by a “call cascade”, with the prime minister informed personally by the Queen’s private secretary, and the news passed through to the cabinet secretary and Privy Council Office, which coordinates government work on behalf of the monarch. Only then will the “official notification” have been made to the public. Cont
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Sep 08, 2022
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The Guardian - Top Stories (Caroline Davies)
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Elizabeth II: a constant queen whose failings were rare
Her powers of diplomacy were tested at times, but Elizabeth will be remembered as a force for national cohesion Elizabeth II’s job as queen was imposed on her by an ancient constitution that required no qualification other than that she exist.Having been appointed, and whatever her private thoughts, she performed her role over an extraordinarily long reign in near-faultless manner, leaving scant ammunition for personal attack from the fiercest opponents of hereditary principle. Continue reading.
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Sep 08, 2022
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The Guardian - Top Stories (Caroline Davies)
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Queen Elizabeth II, Britain’s longest-reigning monarch, dies aged 96
Buckingham Palace says monarch has died at Scottish residence of Balmoral CastleQueen Elizabeth II, the longest-reigning monarch in British history, has died at the age of 96.Prince Charles, 73, heir to the throne since the age of three, is now king, and the Duchess of Cornwall is now Queen Consort. Continue reading...
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Sep 08, 2022
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The Guardian - Top Stories (Adrian Horton)
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FBI tracked Aretha Franklin’s civil rights activism, declassified file shows
The 270-page unsealed file details several death threats and her friendships with Martin Luther King Jr and Angela DavisThe FBI has declassified its file on Aretha Franklin, the late “Queen of Soul” who died in 2018 at age 76. The 270-page document, which includes reports from over a dozen states, shows the bureau extensively tracked the singer’s civil rights activism and her friendships with Martin Luther King Jr and Angela Davis.The file also includes several credible death threats against Fra
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Sep 08, 2022
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The Guardian - Top Stories (Joanna Partridge and Rob Davies)
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‘Didn’t go far enough’: firms give Truss’s energy bills scheme lukewarm welcome
The support package for dealing with soaring costs doesn’t go far enough, in many businesses’ eyesBritish companies broadly welcomed the new six-month support scheme announced by government on Thursday to help them deal with soaring energy bills, which would enable some to get through the winter.However, there was little detail given on how it would work, and several business owners said they were concerned by the limited timescale of the help on offer. Continue reading...
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Sep 08, 2022
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The Guardian - Top Stories (Kate Connolly in Berlin)
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Europe’s next-generation night trains aim to draw passengers away from planes
Austrian national railway unveils design for NightJet trains due to come into service from next summerFrom cosy sleeping pods to sliding doors, ambient lighting to curvaceous seating, a new generation of night trains designed to maximise passengers’ comfort and privacy are expected to be whizzing across Europe from next year.NightJet, the sleeper division of Austria’s national railway, ÖBB – considered one of the world’s trailblazers in night rail travel – unveiled the interior of its new wagons
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Sep 08, 2022
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The Guardian - Top Stories (Jedidajah Otte and Alfie Packham)
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Truss energy bill freeze brings little cheer to struggling households
Five Guardian readers give their verdict on the support package and where it leaves them this winterLiz Truss has announced that energy bills for the typical household in Great Britain will be frozen at £2,500 a year until 2024, superseding Ofgem’sprice cap that was supposed to rise to £3,549 for the average home on 1 October.The new prime minister claims the measure, as part of a taxpayer-funded £150bn support package, will save the typical household £1,000 per year. On top of this they will ge
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Sep 08, 2022
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The Guardian - Top Stories (David Katz)
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Angus ‘Drummie Zeb’ Gaye obituary
Drummer, singer-songwriter and founding member of the pioneering British reggae group AswadAngus “Drummie Zeb” Gaye, who has died suddenly aged 62, was a founding member of Aswad, one of the most successful British reggae groups. Gaye’s propulsive drumming, which often incorporated intricate rolls peppered by striking rhythmic accents and sometimes uncommon time signatures, helped give Aswad a distinctive edge from their earliest beginnings in the mid-1970s. Gaye’s vocal skills and songwriting a