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Prince Harry's "powder keg" UN speech which was mocked by a Supreme Court Judge has been labelled "strange, awkward and misplaced" by a royal expert. The speech from the Duke of Sussex marks another public appearance for the newly rebranded Sussex family, with a crucial period for Harry and Meghan Markle on the horizon. But the speech in New York may have caused some damage, with royal expert Eric Schiffer claiming it made Harry "an attack vector in areas that he was weak on." READ MORE: Prince Harry mocked by US Supreme Court Justice after wading into Roe V Wade debate The UN speech may provide a learning curve for the Sussexes, but it is an opportunity Schiffer believes Harry "should have passed on". Speaking to Daily Star, expert Schiffer said of the speech: "It was strange and awkward and misplaced. It was one of those choices that I think he should have passed on because it seemed unconscious. "Unconsciously uncomfortable for reasons that are logical in … [Read more...] about Prince Harry’s ‘powder keg’ UN speech dubbed ‘strange, awkward, and misplaced’

The Queen is said to have doubted whether or not the Royal Family would survive after feeling her popularity with the public had fallen. Her Majesty had "flippantly" asked whether or not The Firm would survive the series of troubling blows, with a handful of royal experts discussing the reaction of royals to public opinion. A documentary titled The Real Windsors from Channel 4 has claimed that "people started attacking" the 96-year-old monarch for being "out of touch". READ MORE: Meghan and Harry's 'obsessive campaign' to win over royal fans amid Cambridge contest Royal experts were on hand to understand the doubts the Queen had during the early years of her reign as monarch, where she wondered whether the family had a future. Royal historian Robert Lacey said: "We know that the Queen herself was worried in these years about people's opinion of herself and the way she was doing her job. "There's even a quote, at this time, from someone who spoke to the Queen. … [Read more...] about ‘Flippant’ Queen questioned future of Royal Family as popularity plummeted

A bloke has vowed never to return to Cornwall after being slapped with a huge parking fine at a beauty spot. Michael Davies, 70, claims he had paid £5 for the privilege of parking at the site of St Michel's Mount, yet received a £100 fine after his three-hour stay at the Cornish landmark. Mr Davies, from Crediton in the neighbouring county of Devon, alleges that the parking company has falsely accused him of overstaying and skipping out on payment, with the 70-year-old claiming to have paid and had the barrier lift up to let him out. READ MORE: Mum's world 'torn apart' as girl, 4, killed in Thornton Heath gas blast pictured He claimed that the £5 cash he paid into the machine read "accepted" at the pay on exit car park. But a letter from Initial Parking, which runs the car park at Marazion, where the landmark is situated, informed him that he had paid just £1 via a contactless card which pays for one hour's stay. Mr Davies believes the fine is invalid and … [Read more...] about Fuming bloke blasts ‘extortionate’ car parking fine and vows never to return to Cornwall

A dungeon attraction is refusing to rename its Dick Turpin ride amid a series of complaints from disgruntled parents who have branded it "inappropriate." Parents complaining of an "apparent rude nature of the nickname" to the York Dungeon have been brushed off by the general manager. It comes after calls for the "Dick Turpin Ride" to be changed to the "Richard Turpin Ride" have left staff members "shocked." READ MORE: Paranormal activity in eerie island tomb where coffins mysteriously 'dance' around But the ride, named after killer , thief and burglar Dick Turpin, is "here to stay" according to York Dungeon officials. The ride sees revellers head aboard a darkened carriage for an encounter with highwayman Turpin, Turpin says "stand and deliver" over a tannoy. But Dick's robbing ways were too much for some as general manager Mark Mattinson explained: "The character is one of our most frightful foes, and we know how much our guests enjoy interacting with him along … [Read more...] about Dungeon staff say ‘Dick is here to stay’ after complaints over ‘offensive’ ride

A 22-month old baby twin has died in a horrific accident after a cement truck lost control and fell from a bridge before crushing a car. The SUV had been travelling down a highway in Harris County, Texas , when tragedy struck. Four people were in the SUV at the time including a 22-year-old woman, a 54-year-old driver and the twin sibling of the 22-month-old baby that died. READ MORE: 'World's best boss' who pays staff £66k minimum tells companies to 'respect' employees The other three managed to escape the shock wreckage, but the sheriff's spokesperson confirmed a 22-month-old baby , Nicolas Resendiz, had been killed in the freak accident. The toddler was pronounced dead at the scene in what was called a "major crash". Sheriff Ed Gonzales said: "Tragic incident. Our units responded to a major crash at the intersection of WoodForest & E Sam Houston Pkwy [Parkway]. "It appears a cement truck traveling on the main lanes lost control, went over the … [Read more...] about Baby killed in freak accident horror as cement truck fell from bridge onto family car

Birmingham has been dubbed the ‘home of metal’ for a long time thanks to its long history of producing some of the genre’s most iconic acts. One of the second city’s biggest bands brought the 2022 Commonwealth Games to a thunderous close as Ozzy Osbourne and Black Sabbath rocked the city’s Alexander Stadium. The band closed the games time in the city in style following performances from fellow Midlands acts Dexy’s Midnight Runners, UB40, Beverley Knight, Jorja Smith, Laura Mvula, Apache Indian, Goldie, Jacob Banks, Jaykae, Ash, Mahalia, Musical Youth, Neelam Gill, Panjabi MC, Raza Hussain, Talulah-Eve and The Selecter. The Earl of Wessex, Prince Edward, declared the 2022 games closed after the flag handover to Victoria, the Australian state that will host the 2026 edition. The explosive closing ceremony has left many wondering all about metal star Ozzy Osbourne and his infamous rock’n’roll lifestyle. Here’s everything you need to know about the … [Read more...] about Who is Ozzy Osbourne and when did he join Black Sabbath? Career, age, family and everything we know

SCHILLER’S MESSAGE TO MODERN LIFE KUNO FRANCKE HOWEVER widely opinions may differ as to the greatness of Schiller the writer, the thinker, the historian, or even the poet, there can be no difference of opinion as to the greatness of Schiller the apostle of the perfect life. His own life was filled by one central idea. Every line written by him, every deed done by him, proclaim the fact that he felt himself to be the bearer of a sacred message to humanity, and that the consciousness of this high office inspired, ennobled, hallowed his whole existence. It seems proper at the hundredth anniversary of the passing away of this great prophet briefly to define the message to the spreading of which he devoted his earthly career, and to ask ourselves what this message means to us of to-day. The central idea of Schiller’s literary activity is bound up with his conception of the beautiful. Beauty was to him something vastly more significant than the empirical conception of it as a quality … [Read more...] about The Schiller Anniversary: Schiller’s Message to Modern Life

EDWARD ALSWORTH ROSS THE sinful heart is ever the same, but sin changes its quality as society develops. Modern sin takes its character from the mutualism of our time. Under our present manner of living, how many of my vital interests I must entrust to others! Nowadays the water main is my well, the trolley car my carriage, the banker’s safe my old stocking, the policeman’s billy my fist. My own eyes and nose and judgment defer to the inspector of food, or drugs, or gas, or factories, or tenements, or insurance companies. I rely upon others to look after my drains, invest my savings, nurse my sick, and teach my children. I let the meat trust butcher my pig, the oil trust mould my candles, the sugar trust boil my sorghum, the coal trust chop my wood, the barb wire company split my rails. But this spread-out manner of life lays snares for the weak and opens doors to the wicked. Interdependence puts us, as it were, at one another’s mercy, and so ushers in a multitude of new forms of … [Read more...] about New Varieties of Sin

FIFTY years ago Charles Street was still fashionable. Now it is impossible. Then it signified peace and position. Now teamsters and the trolley rumble and jangle in undisputed possession. It was once, for Boston, a broad, quiet street which people loved on account of its proximity to the water. Especially were the houses on the west side preferred. There, behind plain brick fronts many a rich family lived a placid and luxurious existence. Some of those houses are left to-day, islands in the ocean of a roaring trade. Their occupants might be called prisoners of the past, marooned by tradition, memory, or habit, into inherited homes. One of these mansions, whose back may be said to front on the Charles River Basin, had been the home of Nathaniel Morley of East India fame. The days of the old merchant princes have passed away, and have left behind them their priceless carved teak, imperial jade ornaments, silk brocades, and sandal-wood chests; their descendants maintain an unassailable … [Read more...] about The Tangent of a Crime

II THE first characteristics which the book of Grotius revealed were faith and foresight. Great as it was, — the most beneficent among all volumes not claiming divine inspiration, — yet more wonderful than the book itself was the faith of its author. In none of the years during which he meditated it, and least of all during the years when it was written, could any other human being see in the anarchic darkness of the time any tribunal which could recognize a plea for right reason in international affairs, or enforce a decision upon it. The greatness of Grotius lies first of all in the fact that he saw in all this darkness one court sitting supreme to which he might make appeal, and that court—the heart and mind of man. What the darkness was which his eye alone could pierce was stated in his preface. He says: “I saw many and grave causes why I should write a work on that subject. I saw in the whole Christian world a license of fighting at which even barbarous nations might blush. … [Read more...] about The Warfare of Humanity With Unreason: Hugo Grotius