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Duchess Sophie just added a summer essential to her wardrobe - her printed white dress gets a gold star for comfort and style

She paid tribute to Queen Elizabeth with this outfit and the detailing took this simple frock to another level of elegance

Woman & Home

Prince William, Princess Kate Reportedly Joined By Two Royals To Make New 'Fab Four'

Prince William and Princess Kate stood alongside Prince Edward and Sophie, Duchess of Edinburgh, at Queen Elizabeth II's centenary reception, fuelling talk of a new royal 'Fab Four'.

International Business Times UK

King Charles Pays Touching Tribute to Queen Elizabeth II, Hosts Buckingham Palace Reception in Honour of Late Monarch

King Charles and the royal family honoured Queen Elizabeth II's 100th birthday with events, tributes, and a reception at Buckingham Palace, celebrating her enduring legacy and impact.

International Business Times UK

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King praises ‘fantastic’ design for Queen Elizabeth II memorial

The memorial is set to be built in St James’s Park in central London.

Evening Standard

Queen Elizabeth II memorial will feature statue of late monarch as young woman

The final masterplan for the central London tribute has been unveiled to coincide with what would have been the late Queen’s 100th birthday.

Evening Standard

V&A censored catalogues after demands by Chinese printer

Exclusive: Victoria and Albert Museum has deleted maps and images deemed sensitive by Beijing censors from exhibition publications

The Guardian - UK

OPINION - Bothered by queues at the British Museum? Make foreign visitors pay

Free access to museums and galleries is a rare privilege but it doesn’t have to be extended to everyone

Evening Standard

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Tudor Heart: A Renaissance gold necklace featuring a French-English pun on the love between Henry VIII and his first wife, Katherine of Aragon

A chance discovery of a 16th-century necklace reveals new information about Tudor-era jewelry styles.

LiveScience

Foreign tourists could be charged to visit UK museums - including top London sites

The UK government is exploring proposals to charge foreign tourists entry fees at major museums to bolster cultural funding

Evening Standard

Government could charge foreign tourists to visit top UK museums

Charges would apply to international visitors at attractions including the British Museum and V&A

The Independent UK

King Harold's 200-mile march to Battle of Hastings a 'myth', historian says

King Harold's legendary 200-mile march across England to confront the invading William the Conqueror at the famous Battle of Hastings in 1066 is probably a "myth", recent research suggests. Rather than racing on foot, the Anglo-Saxon leader more likely relied on a coordinated naval strategy.

Radio France Internationale

How London’s most studious area just got cooler

Bloomsbury looks set to blossom with a clutch of characterful new openings and a multi-million-pound investment plan. Angelina Villa-Clarke gets to the heart of this underrated quarter

Evening Standard

King Harold’s forced march to Battle of Hastings ‘implausible’

It has long been taught that after Harold’s victory at the Battle of Stamford Bridge, there was a forced march south to face the Norman invasion.

The Independent UK

King Harold 200-mile forced march to Battle of Hastings ‘implausible’, historians say

Historians have suggested that troops actually travelled to the battle by ship

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Natural History Museum is UK's most visited tourist attraction with record 7.1m visitors in 2025

The attraction, home to everything from dinosaur skeletons to gemstones, has overtaken the British Museum to claim the top spot

LiveScience

Divers find marble treasure from Athens' Acropolis in Lord Elgin's shipwrecked brig at the bottom of the Aegean Sea

Divers investigating a shipwrecked brig once owned by Lord Elgin have discovered an overlooked piece of marble from the Acropolis in Athens.

The Guardian - UK

Len Deighton obituary

Writer whose ‘anti-Bond’ hero in his 1962 novel The Ipcress File had a seismic impact on spy fiction

Evening Standard

Maxine Peake among 200 figures urging British Museum to support Palestine

The letter comes amid reports that the museum has removed the word ‘Palestine’ from several of its gallery displays.

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The Independent UK

UK’s free museums are in trouble. Should tourists start paying?

IN FOCUS: Visitors to London’s galleries and museums can see some of the finest artworks in the world without paying a penny – but for how much longer? Annabel Nugent explores the fraught debate about who should foot the bill for keeping them free of charge

The Guardian - UK

Which human remains are held in UK museums – and where?

Institutions including the Natural History Museum and Cambridge University hold more than 263,000 human remains, Guardian investigation finds

The Guardian - UK

QPR’s Jonathan Varane: ‘Football is a big part of my life, but it’s not everything’

Martinique midfielder tells Ed Aarons that he tapped into history while frustrated by injury, but now hopes he can help a young side to rediscover promising form

The Independent UK

How a brazen thief stole 300 pieces of art from the British Museum

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The Independent UK

British Museum staff member stole over 300 pieces of art before being caught red-handed

Former employee smuggled out and sold hundreds of prints during the early 1990s, new book reveals

The Guardian - UK

‘The Donald Trump of ancient Egypt’: Ramses II’s ego is on full display in new exhibition

An exhibition of 3,000-year-old artefacts at Battersea power station gives Egypt’s most ambitious, self-aggrandising pharaoh a chance to emerge from Tutankhamun’s shadow

The Independent UK

British Museum announces ticket sales details for Bayeux Tapestry exhibition: ‘A truly once-in-a-lifetime experience’

It could become one of the museum's most popular attractions ever

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