Author: Jill Lawless
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Hello, Archie! Meghan and Harry name son Archie Harrison
LONDON — Tired but beaming, new parents Meghan and Prince Harry presented their 2-day-old son to the world as he slumbered Wednesday and also revealed his name: Archie. The royal couple, known as the Duke and Duchess of Sussex since their marriage not quite a year ago, said the full name of the child born…
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UK government, opposition search for a Brexit plan
LONDON • The British government and opposition figures tried Thursday to overcome intractable differences and forge a new plan for departing the European Union, as the bloc warned of dire consequences if the U.K. leaves the EU without an agreement next week. Prime Minister Theresa May was trying to avert a chaotic “no-deal” Brexit —…
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Prime Minister May says she’ll step down if Brexit deal OK’d
LONDON • British Prime Minister Theresa May offered up her job in exchange for her Brexit deal Wednesday, telling colleagues she would quit within weeks if the agreement was passed and Britain left the European Union. May’s dramatic concession that “there is a desire for a new approach — and new leadership” was a last-ditch…
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U.K. says last-ditch Brexit talks win legally binding changes
LONDON • The British government said Monday that frenzied last-minute diplomacy had won “legally binding changes” to overcome a roadblock in its divorce deal with the European Union, hours before Parliament was due to decide the fate of Prime Minister Theresa May’s hard-won agreement — and of Britain’s departure from the EU. On the eve…
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‘The Favourite,’ ‘Roma’ win big at British Academy Awards
LONDON • Tragicomic royal drama “The Favourite” and Mexican family memoir “Roma” split the honors with multiple wins each at Sunday’s British Academy Film Awards — victories that suggest a wind of change may be blowing through the movie industry. “The Favourite” won seven trophies including best British film and best actress for OIivia Colman,…
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U.K. leader unveils Brexit Plan B
LONDON • British Prime Minister Theresa May unveiled her Brexit Plan B on Monday — and it looks a lot like Plan A. May launched a mission to resuscitate her rejected European Union divorce deal, setting out plans to get it approved by Parliament after securing changes from the EU to a contentious Irish border…
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May: Brexit vote to be held Jan. 14
LONDON • Prime Minister Theresa May said Monday that the postponed vote in Parliament on Britain’s Brexit agreement with the European Union will be held the week of Jan. 14 — more than a month after it was originally scheduled and just 10 weeks before Britain leaves the EU. But even as May insisted she…
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Nerve agent recovery slow and painful, Yulia Skripal says
LONDON — Yulia Skripal, who was poisoned with her ex-spy father in a nerve agent attack, said Wednesday that they’re lucky to be alive and recovery has been slow and painful, in her first public statement since the poisoning. Skripal, 33, and her 66-year-old father Sergei spent weeks hospitalized in critical condition after they were…
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Prince Harry, Meghan Markle wed in Windsor as millions watch
WINDSOR, England — Prince Harry and Meghan Markle gazed into each other’s eyes and pledged their lifelong love Saturday as they married in front of hundreds of royals, celebrities and friends at St. George’s Chapel and millions of TV viewers around the world. The pretty English town of Windsor sparkled on a warm spring day…
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Windsor gears up for royal wedding, embraces Harry, Meghan
WINDSOR, England — Meghan Markle will have an heir to the British throne walk her down the aisle — and have her mother and friends on hand for support — when she marries Prince Harry at Windsor Castle. Friday’s announcement that Markle has asked her future father-in-law Prince Charles to offer a supporting elbow, stepping…