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• Amber Rudd was sent migrant removal targets, leak reveals

  27-04-2018 23:20
  The memo referred to promises made to Amber Rudd to increase the number of enforced returns of migrants by 10%.Amber Rudd’s insistence that she knew nothing of Home Office targets for immigration removals risks unravelling following the leak of a secret internal document prepared for her and other senior ministers.The six-page memo, passed to the Guardian, says the department has set “a target of achieving 12,800 enforced returns in 2017-18” and boasts that “we have excee
  
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• Home Secretary Rudd resists calls to quit, apologises for immigration policy error

  27-04-2018 23:18
  Britain's Home Secretary Amber Rudd resisted calls to quit on Friday, apologising for not being aware of the use of deportation targets in her department and vowing to implement fair and humane immigration policy.Following accusations that she had misled parliament over whether her department had targets for the removal of immigrants, Rudd said on Twitter: "I wasn't aware of specific removal targets.Rudd has been under pressure to quit for more than a week.
  
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• Amber Rudd Apologises For Not Knowing About Home Office Deportation Targets

  27-04-2018 22:53
  Amber Rudd has apologised for not knowing the Home Office had a target for the
  
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• Man jailed for using SIM cards to give IS supporters access to social media

  27-04-2018 22:41
  A car wash worker who used mobile phones and SIM cards to allow Islamic State supporters to activate social media accounts across the world has been jailed for eight years.Rabar Mala is said to be the first person prosecuted for using phones and SIM cards for the purposes of terrorism.The conviction comes after police raided his home in Warrington, Cheshire, last year and recovered 360 SIM cards.
  
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• Peter Skinner, Ex MEP, Ordered To Repay £85,436 In Expenses Spent On Divorce And Hawaii Honeymoon

  27-04-2018 22:36
  A former Labour MEP has been ordered to repay £85,436.96 after falsely
  
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• Windrush scandal victim Richard Black dismisses settled status offer

  27-04-2018 21:43
  A man who has spent 35 years "stranded" in Trinidad after his British citizenship was removed has dismissed the Government's offer to resolve his situation.Richard Black is one of the Windrush generation who grew up in the UK but have been left without legal status.Earlier this week, Sky News told how his repeated pleas for the chance to return to the country he calls home were rejected.
  
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• Polish TV detective offers 'third solution' for Alfie - but gives no details

  27-04-2018 21:31
  A Polish TV detective has claimed he has a "third solution" to the debate over the future of Alfie Evans.Krzysztof Rutkowski claimed on his Facebook page that he had offered a "solution" that was "in line with British law and enthusiastically received by the family".Alfie's parents have been involved in several legal battles over the fate of their 23-month-old son, who has a rare degenerative neurological condition and is considered to be in a semi-vegetative state.
  
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• Two men hurt in hit and run outside Birmingham mosque

  27-04-2018 20:57
  Police are investigating after two men were injured in a hit and run incident outside a mosque in Birmingham.The victims, who are both in their 20s, were hit by a silver car as they stood outside the Shah Jalal mosque in Aston.One was said to have suffered a head injury while the other was described by West Midlands police as walking wounded.
  
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• Trump visit: How previous presidents were greeted by the UK

  27-04-2018 19:59 via bbc.co.uk
  Donald Trump is set to become the 12th US president to visit the UK. Here's how his predecessors have fared.
  
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• Meat is crucial to balanced diet, Michael Gove tells farmers

  27-04-2018 19:40
  Michael Gove, the environment secretary, leaves 10 Downing Street.Meat is a crucial part of a balanced diet, the environment secretary has said, as he told farmers about his “health and harmony” vision for food.Michael Gove’s new vision for British agriculture post-Brexit envisages farmers playing a critical role in improving public health.
  
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• British teenager dies in Magaluf after falling from seventh-floor balcony

  27-04-2018 19:04
  A Scottish teenager has plunged to her death in Magaluf after trying to climb into her seventh-floor apartment, Spanish police said.Natalie Cormack, 19, was locked out and fell trying to climb from one balcony to another on Friday morning, police believe.A Civil Guard spokeswoman said she had been working in a bar in the party resort before she realised she had forgotten her keys.
  
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• Prince Louis: 14 things we've learned about the royal baby's name

  27-04-2018 18:51
  According to the ONS data, over recent years Louis has been hovering between being the 70th and 80th most popular boys names for new babies.Whether the new baby’s name sparks a rise in popularity for Louis remains to be seen: Charlotte has fallen slightly in popularity since their second child was named.Most pundits and bookmakers had made Arthur or Albert the firm favourite to be picked – with Louis an outside bet.
  
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• Two Men Hit By Car Outside Birmingham Mosque

  27-04-2018 18:43
  Two men have been injured after they were hit by a car outside a mosque in
  
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• UK police investigating possible terrorism motive in Birmingham car incident

  27-04-2018 18:30
  Police said they were investigating whether an incident outside a mosque in Birmingham on Friday in which two men in their 20s were hit by a car was terrorism-related.One of the men was described as having a head injury, and the other as walking wounded, West Midlands Police said in a statement."At this time we have not ruled in or out the potential that this could be terror-related but we’re keeping an open mind until we have investigated further," said Detective Inspector Greg Evans.
  
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• Charlie Gard's parents speak out in solidarity with Alfie Evans case

  27-04-2018 18:26
  The mother and father of Charlie Gard have spoken out in solidarity with the parents of terminally ill toddler Alfie Evans, saying it is "impossible" for others to "understand their pain".Connie Yates and Chris Gard, whose son Charlie died in July last year after he was diagnosed with a rare genetic disease, say they have watched Alfie's case unfold with a "heavy heart".Charlie died after his life support was switched off following a rejected legal bid to transfer him from the UK to the US for e
  
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• Amber Rudd was told about immigration targets, leaked memo suggests

  27-04-2018 17:58
  An explosive memo has emerged which suggests Amber Rudd was told about illegal immigrant removal targets, despite telling MPs otherwise.The six-page document, obtained by The Guardian, said the department had set "a target of achieving 12,800 enforced returns in 2017-18" and "we have exceeded our target of assisted returns".It went on to say that progress had been made on ensuring a "10% increased performance on enforced returns, which we promised the Home Secretary earlier this year".
  
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• Man jailed for murdering policeman killed himself in prison, inquest hears

  27-04-2018 17:54
  Stefano Brizzi met his victim through the gay dating app Grindr.A murderer who was jailed for killing a Metropolitan police officer and trying to dissolve his body in acid killed himself in prison, an inquest has found.Stefano Brizzi, known as the “cannibal cop killer”, was sentenced to life imprisonment with a minimum of 24 years for strangling and dismembering a policeman he met on the gay dating app Grindr.
  
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• Hit-and-run driver Robert Brown who killed young brothers jailed for nine years

  27-04-2018 17:50
  A "madman" driver who was double the speed limit and banned from driving when he killed two young brothers has been sentenced to nine years in jail.Robert Brown was doing "at least 61mph" in a 30mph residential area of Coventry in February when he ploughed into Corey Platt-May, six, and his brother Casper, two.The 53-year-old had previously admitted all charges, including two counts of death by dangerous driving, driving while disqualified, using a motor vehicle without insurance and using a mot
  
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• Corbyn's office denies it advised Labour activist day before expulsion

  27-04-2018 17:47
  Marc Wadsworth had a confrontation with the Jewish MP Ruth Smeeth at the launch of Labour’s inquiry into antisemitism.Jeremy Corbyn’s office has been forced to deny that a staff member offered supportive advice to the activist Marc Wadsworth the day before a disciplinary hearing at which he was expelled for bringing Labour into disrepute.Wadsworth was initially suspended after a confrontation with the Jewish MP Ruth Smeeth at an event launching the party’s inquiry into antisemi
  
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• Prince Louis - William and Kate name their baby

  27-04-2018 17:42
  Prince William and his wife Kate have named their newborn son Louis Arthur Charles, a nod to both his grandfather and heir to the throne and one of his most beloved mentors.The prince, who is fifth in line to the British throne, will be known as His Royal Highness Prince Louis of Cambridge, Kensington Palace said on Friday.Prince Louis, the third child for William and Kate, was born at 1001 GMT on April 23 weighing 8 lbs 7oz.
  
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• China's ZTE posts record first quarter profit, but U.S. sales ban dims outlook

  27-04-2018 17:41
  China's ZTE Corp, the target of U.S. sanctions imposed last week, posted a 39 percent rise in first-quarter net profit on Friday due to improved sales in its telecom equipment and consumer businesses.The results, showing ZTE's highest first quarter net profit on record, are the company's first since the United States banned American companies from selling components to the Chinese firm for seven years.The U.S. government said ZTE had broken an agreement to punish employees after the company ship
  
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• Acid victim: 'Kill me now, I don't want to live'

  27-04-2018 17:33
  A man who went to a euthanasia clinic following an alleged acid attack by his former partner had pleaded to be allowed to die after seeing his injuries, a court has heard.Mark Van Dongen, a 29-year-old engineer, was taken to hospital with severe burns to his head, neck and chest in September 2015.Prosecutors say she left Mr Van Dongen with such serious injuries that he felt the need to ask for help in ending his life, something he did at a clinic in Belgium in January 2017.
  
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• Sterling slides after GDP data dashes rate hike expectations

  27-04-2018 17:30
  Sterling tumbled to a two-month low against the dollar on Friday after Britain's economy slowed far more than expected in the first quarter of 2018, slashing expectations the Bank of England will raise interest rates in May.The poundfell as low as $1.3748 against the dollar, weaker by more than one percent, after data showed Britain's economy grew at its weakest pace since the fourth quarter of 2012.The scale of the economic slowdown may unsettle the Bank of England, which meets next week to con
  
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• Teacher filmed herself drink driving and crashing car

  27-04-2018 17:25
  Police have released shocking dash cam footage of a drunk teacher who crashed into a parked car.Police were called at around 5.30pm on 4 April by two members of the public who were worried about the actions of the driver of a white Vauxhall Corsa.Ms Willard failed a roadside breathalyser test after being found with 94mcg of alcohol per 100ml of breath in her system - nearly three times the 35mcg legal limit.
  
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• What's life like for Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar?

  27-04-2018 17:20
  Pierre Peron from the UN explains what life is like for Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar, who he says have 'extremely difficult lives'.
  
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• MPs urge Leeds United owner Andrea Radrizzani to cancel Myanmar tour

  27-04-2018 17:12
  The owner of Leeds United has been urged by all five MPs representing the city to cancel the club's controversial tour to Myanmar.The politicians wrote to Andrea Radrizzani, the Italian businessman who completed his takeover of the Yorkshire side last year, to express their concerns about what they branded a"deeply inappropriate" trip.Earlier this week, Leeds United revealed they will be playing two friendly games in Myanmar next month - one against the national side and another against an "all-
  
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• There's something in the air: the facts about hay fever - video

  27-04-2018 17:04
  Hay fever affects one in four people in Britain – that’s 16 million of us. Watch this video to discover more about this everyday allergy, from what causes it to how it affects us.
  Plus, learn a few tactics that will help you enjoy a sneeze-free spring and summer Continue reading...
  
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• Kinship carer benefits policy scrapped after court ruling

  27-04-2018 16:59
  The government has scrapped its policy of withholding benefits from kinship carers who fall foul of the two-child limit after having a child of their own.The U-turn by the work and pensions secretary, Esther McVey, on Friday comes a week after a high court judge ruled that the policy as it applied to carers who look after younger siblings to prevent them from being taken into care was “perverse and unlawful”.The decision was welcomed by campaigners, who said ministers had “seen
  
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• Alfie Evans update: EU provokes fury as they refuse to back family’s wishes

  27-04-2018 16:58 via feedproxy.google.com
  EUROPEAN UNION bosses have provoked fury by refusing to get involved in the protracted legal argument surrounding the life-support treatment battle of 23-month-old Alfie Evans.
  
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• Sorrell pay cut by 70% to £13.9m in final year at WPP

  27-04-2018 16:56
  Sir Martin Sorrell took home 70% less in pay and other awards last year, ahead of his abrupt resignation from WPP this month amid personal misconduct allegations.The FTSE 100 company's annual report showed Sir Martin received a total of £13.9m in 2017 - down from £48.1m the previous year and £70.4m in 2015.The world's largest advertising agency, which Sir Martin founded and built up over 32 years, said the reduction in his awards represented adjustments to the company's long-te
  
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• Alfie Evans update: What is Alfie’s Law? MPs urged to introduce new legislation

  27-04-2018 16:52 via feedproxy.google.com
  ALFIE Evans’ case has gripped the nation and politicians have now rallied to introduce new legislation called Alfie’s Law, which would put the decision about a child’s life back in the hands of its parents.
  
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• 'I'm doing it for Ethan': Presenter Simon Thomas leaves Sky to care for son

  27-04-2018 16:51
  Presenter Simon Thomas is to leave Sky Sports at the end of the current football season following the death of his wife.Simon's wife Gemma died in December just three days after being diagnosed with acute myeloid leukaemia, leaving Simon and their eight-year-old son.At the time he said he was "crushed with indescribable pain" and he has subsequently spoken passionately on television and social media about his daily battle with the grief of losing Gemma so suddenly, about mental health and how he
  
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• China's ZTE makes record first quarter profit, but U.S. sanctions cloud outlook

  27-04-2018 16:43
  China's ZTE Corp, the subject of U.S. sanctions imposed last week, posted a 39 percent rise in first-quarter net profit on Friday due to improved sales in its telecom equipment and consumer businesses.January-March profit reached 1.69 billion yuan ($267 million) from 1.2 billion yuan in the same period a year earlier, ZTE said in a statement to the Shenzhen stock exchange.ZTE's latest figure represents the highest first quarter net profit on record.
  
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• Expelled Labour activist: Corbyn 'doesn't see that I did anything wrong'

  27-04-2018 16:40
  A Labour member expelled for verbally attacking an MP at the launch of a report into anti-Semitism has claimed Jeremy Corbyn "doesn't see that I did anything wrong".Marc Wadsworth accused Ruth Smeeth of "working hand-in-hand" with the Daily Telegraph at the event in 2016.Labour said Mr Wadsworth's comment was found to have breached party rules and he had therefore been kicked out by the National Constitutional Committee (NCC).
  
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• War hero will celebrate his 100th birthday – by going to the GYM

  27-04-2018 16:38 via feedproxy.google.com
  A SECOND World War veteran will celebrate his 100th birthday tomorrow with his daily trip - to the gym. Retired army major John Hamilton, who was evacuated from Dunkirk, pumps iron every day - for 90 minutes.
  
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• MARATHON ANGER: 'Imposter' picks up runners number and finishes race to claim medal

  27-04-2018 16:38 via feedproxy.google.com
  LONDON marathon bosses are investigating claims a "thief" nabbed a runner’s silver medal by picking the runner's fallen number tag 15 minutes before the finish line.
  
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• Five inmates die in seven weeks at HMP Birmingham run by G4S

  27-04-2018 16:35
  Four inmates were found dead at HMP Birmingham in March.Five inmates have died in the space of seven weeks at Birmingham’s outsourced prison, the latest of them allegedly killing himself in a week in which both the Prison Officers Association and the Howard League for Penal Reform have warned of a prison system in crisis.Marcus McGuire, 35, was found dead in his cell on HMP Birmingham’s D-wing at around 9am on Tuesday, the Birmingham Mail reported.
  
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• Wildlife photographer Marcio Cabral loses prize over 'taxidermy anteater'

  27-04-2018 16:19
  An award-winning wildlife photographer has seen a prestigious prize withdrawn after it was ruled his victorious entry featured a stuffed animal.Brazil-based Marcio Cabral scooped a top prize in the Natural History Museum's Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition last year for his image of giant anteater at night.The Natural History Museum were alerted to a possible breach of competition rules by anonymous sources in March.
  
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• Euromillions: UK winner of £121.3 million jackpot will remain anonymous

  27-04-2018 16:12 via feedproxy.google.com
  THE UK winner of a £121.3 million EuroMillions jackpot has decided to remain anonymous. Lottery operator Camelot said it had validated and paid out the prize won in Tuesday's draw by a single ticket-holder.
  
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• TUBE HORROR: Man run over by up to 300 trains after being mistaken for a DEAD FOX

  27-04-2018 16:11 via feedproxy.google.com
  A MAN ‘run over by up to 300 trains’ after staff mistook his body for a dead fox. It is believed the 47-year-old man from Maidstone was left on the tracks for around 14 hours before the police were called and identified his remains as human.
  
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• Dementia cure? Residents at care home offered animal therapy using PENGUINS

  27-04-2018 16:10 via feedproxy.google.com
  RESIDENTS at a dementia care home got up close and personal with two adorable birds in a new attempt to provide animal therapy - with PENGUINS. The elderly residents were able to pick up, cuddle and stroke the fish-loving birds, that were given free reign to waddle around the home.
  
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• Grenfell Tower public inquiry timetable unveiled

  27-04-2018 15:50
  The public inquiry into the Grenfell Tower fire has unveiled a timetable for evidence that lawyers believe could see it continue well into the year 2020.The Millennium Gloucester hotel, which is three miles from the burned out hulk of Grenfell Tower, has been booked to host the testimonies in which families are being invited to speak about the bereaved to the inquiry, read poems, sing or provide pre-recorded video messages.
  
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• Amber Rudd was told about migrant removal targets, leak reveals

  27-04-2018 15:39
  The memo referred to promises made to Amber Rudd to increase the number of enforced returns of migrants by 10%.Amber Rudd’s insistence that she knew nothing of Home Office targets for immigration removals risks unravelling following the leak of a secret internal document prepared for her and other senior ministers.The six-page memo, passed to the Guardian, says the department has set “a target of achieving 12,800 enforced returns in 2017-18” and boasts that “we have excee
  
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• Billionaire Blavatnik leads race to buy prized West End theatre

  27-04-2018 15:28
  The second-richest man in Britain is in talks to add to his collection of trophy entertainment assets by swooping to buy the Theatre Royal Haymarket, one of the West End's most prized playhouses.Sky News has learnt that Len Blavatnik, whose wealth was estimated at close to £16bn by last year's Sunday Times Rich List, is understood to have tabled the highest bid for ‎London's third oldest theatre.Mr Blavatnik‎, a Ukrainian-born US citizen, is said to have authorised a bid through Ac
  
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• 'Untold Misery For Passengers': What You Need To Know About The UK's 'Failing' Railway Franchises

  27-04-2018 15:23
  Tens of thousands of trains have been cancelled in the last two years,
  
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• Spanish prosecutors to appeal against Pamplona gang rape verdict

  27-04-2018 15:18
  Spanish prosecutors are to appeal against the verdict in the case of five men who were cleared of the gang rape of a woman during the running of the bulls festival in Pamplona and convicted of the lesser offence of sexual abuse.News of the appeal came shortly before the Spanish government announced that it would re-examine the country’s sexual offences legislation to establish whether such crimes were adequately defined and categorised.The verdict, which was announced on Thursday at the en
  
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• Windrush citizens: 'It's like having your world torn apart' – video

  27-04-2018 15:08
  As Theresa May faces criticism over the Windrush scandal, three of those affected – Glenda Caesar, Sarah O'Connor and Briggs Levi Maynard – tell how it feels to be rejected by their country. Describing heartache, cruelty and spiralling problems, they say the government will have to go much further than an apology to make amends for their treatment  Continue reading...
  
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• Labour activist Marc Wadsworth expelled over anti-Semitism row

  27-04-2018 14:53
  A Labour Party member has been expelled for verbally attacking an MP at the launch of a report into anti-Semitism.Marc Wadsworth accused Ruth Smeeth of "working hand-in-hand" with the Daily Telegraph at the event in 2016.Labour said Mr Wadsworth's comment was found to have breached party rules and he had therefore been kicked out by the National Constitutional Committee (NCC).
  
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• Marc Wadsworth expelled from Labour over remarks at antisemitism event

  27-04-2018 14:51
  The Labour activist Marc Wadsworth has been expelled from the party, accused of bringing it into disrepute after a confrontation with the Jewish MP Ruth Smeeth at an antisemitism inquiry launch.Wadsworth came to prominence after he challenged Smeeth at the launch of Shami Chakrabati’s inquiry into antisemitism in 2016, accusing her of working “hand in hand” with a Telegraph journalist.
  
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• Prince Louis: Who shares name of the new Royal?

  27-04-2018 14:39
  Louis Arthur Charles has been formally announced by Kensington Palace as the name of the fifth in line to the throne, after his grandfather Prince Charles, father Prince William, and siblings Prince George and Princess Charlotte.Prince Louis shares his middle name with father Prince William and grandfather Prince Charles, with William's full name being William Arthur Philip Louis.Born from the old Frankish words for "fame" and "warrior", Louis has proved to be a popular and notable name througho
  
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