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Prince Harry to make TV appearance in days alongside celebrity pal | Royal | News

Prince Harry to make TV appearance in days alongside celebrity pal | Royal | News

Published by Sam Flores

Prince Harry is due to make an appearance on the show After Hours alongside his close friend, James Corden, in a few days’ time. The news was confirmed by the former Late Late Show host on an episode of the programme, which sees Corden join football stars to discuss the FIFA World Cup. In a recent clip from the show, Corden can be seen sitting with stars, including former England footballer Rio Ferdinand, as they rank well-known figures named Harry, including Prince Harry and Harry Potter. Mr Corden then says: “Prince Harry is coming on the show in a few weeks’ time, and we’ll discuss this,” referring to the ranking of well-known figures who share his name. It has been widely reported that the couple are planning to bring their children, Prince Archie and Princess Lilibet, to the UK for the first time since June 2022 as they return to attend One Year to Go events for the Invictus Games in Birmingham. It was also claimed the family had been offered a royal residence to …

Charlie Brown’s longtime pen pal is finally revealed

Charlie Brown’s longtime pen pal is finally revealed

Published by Daniella Wilson

Get the latest entertainment news, reviews and star-studded interviews with our Independent Culture email Get the latest entertainment news with our free Culture newsletter Get the latest entertainment news with our free Culture newsletter The identity of Charlie Brown’s long-unseen pen pal, a mystery since the “Peanuts” comic strip debuted in 1950, is finally being revealed. Her name is Mia, a young girl from London of South Asian descent who uses a wheelchair. She will glide into the spotlight in the animated movie “Snoopy Unleashed,” coming to Apple TV in 2027, helping Charlie Brown, Snoopy, and the gang explore the essence of friendship. (Apple via AP) “The story is really about what real friendship is about, and I think that continues to be something that’s relevant not only to kids, but adults,” says producer Bonnie Arnold. “True friends love you for who you are. And that’s something that we not only have to learn as kids, but we have to remind ourselves as we become teenagers and young adults and adults and even in older …

Who is Peter Mandelson? The controversial Labour grandee who was Epstein’s best pal

Who is Peter Mandelson? The controversial Labour grandee who was Epstein’s best pal

Published by Sam Flores

Government documents have revealed new details about Lord Mandelson’s appointment as the UK’s ambassador to the US and the aftermath of his sacking last year. Lord Mandelson was sacked as ambassador last year following revelations detailing his friendship with the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. The first batch of documents show that senior officials had raised concerns about Lord Mandelson’s appointment as US ambassador and that he’d asked for over £500,000 in severance pay. But as someone who is staunchly anti-Brexit and who supports more cooperation with China, he is seen by some as the riskier choice to take on the role in Donald Trump’s Washington. Mandelson was dubbed the “Prince of Darkness” during his years as Tony Blair’s spin doctor PA Archive Born in Hendon in 1953 Lord Mandelson grew up in the leafy Hampstead Garden Suburb in Barnet, where he attended the Hendon County Grammar School and acted with local amateur theatre group, the Hampstead Garden Suburb Dramatic Society. On his mother Mary’s side, he is the grandson of Herbert Morrison, a …

Why I am on hunger strike in solidarity with Pal Action detainees | Human Rights

Why I am on hunger strike in solidarity with Pal Action detainees | Human Rights

Published by Sam Flores

I know this road. I have its map etched into my bones. I carry scars that won’t heal without justice, without accountability. I learned it in Guantanamo, when the only thing I could control was my own body. We were disappeared. Isolated. Forced into silence. Our words were redacted. Our letters were stamped secret. Lawyers were blocked. Time stretched and rotted. No court dates were given. No real charges were made. I was reduced to a number in an orange uniform, locked in a metal cage. The US government had already named me. “The worst of the worst.” “Terrorist.” “Enemy combatant.” Labels designed to make torture sound necessary. And torture came. Day and night. Relentless. Mechanical. Meant to break the mind first, then the body. So I stopped eating. Not as a gesture. Not as a plea. I stopped because everything else had been taken from me. My body was the only territory this foreign state hadn’t yet occupied. A hunger strike is not symbolic. It is not dramatic. That’s a lie sold by the …