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  • British tycoon Crispin Odey drops reins at firm amid sexual assault trial

    British tycoon Crispin Odey drops reins at firm amid sexual assault trial

    A controversial British hedge fund titan is giving up control at his $3.5 billion firm as he faces courtroom allegations of sexual assault in addition to lackluster financial performance. Crispin Odey
  • Queen Elizabeth’s real estate takes $716M hit amid COVID-19 crisis

    Queen Elizabeth’s real estate takes $716M hit amid COVID-19 crisis

    Even the queen is taking a financial hit from the coronavirus pandemic. Part of Queen Elizabeth’s UK real estate portfolio lost $716 million in value last fiscal year as the COVID-19 crisis exacerbated existing struggles for its tenants. The Crown Estate — which oversees the monarch’s vast holdings in London and other parts of the …
  • Harvey Weinstein expected to be stripped of CBE this week

    Harvey Weinstein expected to be stripped of CBE this week

    Disgraced movie mogul Harvey Weinstein is expected this week to be stripped of a royal honor awarded by Queen Elizabeth II in 2004, according to a report. The fallen Hollywood titan was sentenced last year to 23 years in prison after a Manhattan jury found him guilty of predatory sex assault, rape and forcible oral …
  • Prince Harry lookalike struggling to find work after Megxit

    Prince Harry lookalike struggling to find work after Megxit

    A Prince Harry lookalike used to rake in thousands a week posing as his doppelgänger — but hasn’t scored a single booking since the Duke and Duchess of Sussex decided to step down from their roles as “senior” royals and move to North America earlier this year. Henry Morely, 31, of Malton, North Yorkshire, told …
  • UK GDP takes record 20.4 percent plunge as COVID-19 roils economy

    UK GDP takes record 20.4 percent plunge as COVID-19 roils economy

    The British economy suffered a massive contraction from April to June as the coronavirus pandemic plunged the UK into its worst recorded recession, officials said. The country’s gross domestic product plummeted by 20.4 percent in the second quarter, the biggest decline since officials there started keeping quarterly records in 1955, the Office for National Statistics …
  • Emmy Tayler, former personal assistant to Ghislaine Maxwell, leaves UK: report

    Emmy Tayler, former personal assistant to Ghislaine Maxwell, leaves UK: report

    Ghislaine Maxwell’s British former personal assistant has left the UK following the alleged madam’s arrest on sex abuse charges, according to a report. Emmy Tayler, a potential key witness in Maxwell’s criminal case in the US, is “not in the country now,” a source told The Sun on Sunday. But the source insisted the actress …
  • London’s famed ‘Beefeater’ guards could face layoffs

    London’s famed ‘Beefeater’ guards could face layoffs

    Some of the Tower of London’s Beefeaters may soon be facing layoffs amid falling tourist numbers due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Britain’s Historic Royal Palaces confirmed that a voluntary redundancy plan had been introduced. It said staff had been told that cuts were likely among the 37 members of the body formally named the Yeoman …
  • UK Theatres and music venues to reopen August 1st

    UK Theatres and music venues to reopen August 1st

    England prepares to raise the curtain on theaters, music venues The United Kingdom announced Friday that all indoor performance spaces, including theatres and music venues, can start performances on August 1 providing they follow new social distancing rules. According to Variety, the news was announced by Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, …
  • Prince Charles has not fully regained sense of taste, smell after coronavirus

    Prince Charles has not fully regained sense of taste, smell after coronavirus

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