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  • Prince Philip's great niece Princess Xenia of Hohenlohe-Langenburg: 'He was an idol to us'

    The historic family ties that prompted The Queen to invite German royalty Follow live updates from Prince Philip's funeral The Duke of Edinburgh's great niece, whose brother is in Windsor for his funeral on Saturday, has remembered Prince Philip as an "idol" for the younger generation of their family. Speaking from Munich, Princess Xenia of Hohenlohe-Langenburg said the Duke was a powerful role model to her and his "selflessness, lack of ego and sense of humour" will never be forgotten. Her tribute comes as the Queen prepares to say farewell to her husband of 73 years at Windsor Castle. "To all of us, he was an idol, he was somebody to look up to, we had enormous respect for him and it was always very exciting when he came to visit, and he came often," said Princess Xenia of Hohenlohe-Langenburg. "And this has become clear to me in the week since he's died - the way he lived his life, his motto, which was an unwritten motto for us, this discipline, this selflessness, this lack of ego, but also his sense of humour always underlying all of that.

  • Disabled woman says Duke of Edinburgh’s Award transformed her life

    Myah Richards, who has cerebral palsy, said doing the Duke of Edinburgh’s Award increased her confidence and spurred her on to do new things.

  • Latina grandmother assaulted on LA bus in anti-Asian attack

    A 70-year-old woman was getting off a bus in LA when another passenger dragged her to the other end of the vehicle and beat her, her son says

  • Liam Williams vs Demetrius Andrade ring walks: What time will fight start in the UK?

    Everything you need to know ahead of tonight’s WBO world title bout

  • Keir Starmer has proved he’s not Jeremy Corbyn – now he needs to show he’s not Ed Miliband

    Alastair Campbell’s diaries highlight things about Miliband’s leadership that are relevant to the current Labour leader

  • Face masks and social distancing to be scrapped at lockdown easing trial events

    Officials will establish which methods work best to minimise risk of transmission in larger crowds

  • Prince Philip’s funeral in pictures: Queen bids farewell to her husband of 73 years

    The Queen will say a final goodbye to Prince Philip, her husband of more than seven decades, at a funeral on Saturday.

  • Mourners gather in Windsor for Prince Philip's funeral despite coronavirus restrictions

    This clip shows mourners gathering in Windsor for Prince Philip's funeral despite being asked not to, due to coronavirus restrictions. In the video, a man shares nice memories of meeting Prince Philip. He says: "He wasn't only a prince". The footage was filmed on Saturday (17 April).

  • French medical academy wants to wait six months between Covid jabs

    France's Academy of Medicine has called for the delay between doses of the Covid-19 vaccine to be extended from six weeks to six months, in the case of the Pfizer and Moderna injections, in order to allow more people to get the first jab. Pushing the second injection back in the under-55 age bracket would "accelerate the vaccination campaign...and achieve herd immunity much faster with the same number of doses, while ensuring satisfactory individual protection", the National Academy of Medicine said in a statement on Thursday.The academy has no decision-making power in France, unlike the High Authority for Health (HAS), which can make such recommendations with the backing of the government. On Wednesday, the delay between the first two doses of the Pfizer/BioNTech and Moderna vaccines, which use new messenger RNA technology, was extended from 4 to six weeks."This will allow us to speed up the vaccination campaign without compromising public protection," Health Minister Olivier Véran explained to French weekly Journal du Dimanche.High-risk professionsThe Academy of Medicine said that, based on recent studies in the United States and United Kingdom, a single dose of the mRNA vaccine had been shown to provide very high level of protection against the coronavirus. With the more contagious British variant now the dominant strain in France, the academy said it made sense to delay second injections for those aged under 55 years with no history of immune deficiency, to allow more people in high-risk professions, such as teachers, to receive their first dose.In France, the only under-55s currently eligible for the vaccination are frontline priority workers (health workers, home care workers, firefighters) or those with pre-existing health conditions.Some scientists are reluctant to extend the delay between doses, fearing incomplete protection provided by the first injection may favour the emergence of new variants.The academy also called for the first injection to be postponed in the case of patients who had tested positive for the coronavirus within the preceding six months.

  • Peaky Blinders star Andrew Koji's show Warrior renewed for season 3

    The show is moving over to HBO.

  • ‘It’s about keeping safe’: Peak District welcomes visitors as Mansfield cases rise

    ‘It’s about keeping safe’: Peak District welcomes visitors as Mansfield cases riseAs Britain inches towards normality, school outbreaks reveal socially distanced caution still wiseCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverage View of All Saints Church in Bakewell in the Derbyshire Dales, England. Photograph: Alexey_Fedoren/Getty/iStockphoto

  • Harry, William and Kate leave Prince Philip's funeral side by side after paying their respects

    The two brothers are separated by thousands of miles since their rift.

  • Paw Patrol: Feline drug smuggler caught on prison narcatics run

    It could have been the purrfect crime but an unlikely drug smuggler's journey was put on paws on Friday when it was intercepted by authorities in Panama. The fluffy white cat, concealing an assortment of drugs tied to its belly, was apprehended as it attempted to enter a prison. The feline felon was stopped outside the Nueva Esperanza jail, which houses more than 1,700 prisoners, north of Panama City. "The animal had a cloth tied around its neck" that contained wrapped packages of white powder, leaves and "vegetable matter", according to Andres Gutierrez, head of the Panama Penitentiary System. They were likely cocaine, crack and marijuana, according to another official.

  • An independent Scotland could turn to Denmark for inspiration

    An independent Scotland could turn to Denmark for inspiration. Instead of looking south, campaigners are looking north, to the egalitarian models of small Nordic nations

  • Will the Tokyo Olympics go ahead in 2021?

    2020 Games have already been postponed by a year due to the coronavirus pandemic

  • Russia, Ukraine expel diplomats as tensions soar

    Russia on Saturday said it would expel a Ukrainian diplomat, prompting an immediate pledge of retaliation from Kiev, further escalating tensions over Moscow's troop build-up on Ukraine's eastern flank.

  • TV rivals Piers Morgan and Dan Walker both heartbroken by Queen in solitary mourning

    The rival broadcasters shared similar sentiments about a photo of the Queen mourning by herself.

  • Derek Chauvin trial: officer’s brief defense could reflect confidence ... or lack of credibility

    Derek Chauvin trial: officer’s brief defense could reflect confidence ... or lack of credibilityAfter a dramatic final week, all that is left is closing statements and jury decisions A protesters waves a Black Lives Matter flag across the street from the Hennepin county government center in Minneapolis where testimony continues in the trial of Derek Chauvin. Photograph: Jim Mone/AP

  • Karlie Kloss reveals son’s name one month after giving birth

    She became a mother for the first time.

  • Roman Kemp reveals Justin Bieber used to be 'wildest' celeb party animal

    The Capital FM presenter is no stranger to celebrity nightlife.