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King Charles has initiated a formal process to remove “the style, titles and honours” of Prince Andrew. The disgraced royal, who will now be known as Andrew Mountbatten Windsor, will also move out of his home at the Royal Lodge.
The decision follows renewed scrutiny on Andrew’s friendship with the late child sex offender Jeffrey Epstein and allegations of sexual assault against him by one of Epstein’s victims, Virginia Giuffre. Giuffre’s family said that “today, she declares a victory” and that she had “brought down a British prince with her truth and extraordinary courage”.
Robert Booth writes that the “act of utmost ruthlessness” is the king’s most consequential action since he ascended the throne in 2022.
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What they said …Kim Kardashian in Los Angeles earlier this month. Photograph: Frederic J Brown/AFP/Getty Images
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The Nasa acting administrator tagged Kardashian in a post on X after the reality TV star questioned whether the space mission ever took place while noting her interest in conspiracy theories.
Full StoryHome Affairs minister Tony Burke and Anthony Albanese confer during Question Time at Parliament House in Canberra earlier this month. Photograph: Mick Tsikas/AAP
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Full StoryNewsroom edition: does the Albanese government have a transparency problem?
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Before bed readFatma Badra with two of her sons, Shamikh and Majed. Photograph: Jessica Hromas/The Guardian
Fatma Badra travelled to Australia to reunite with two of her sons after losing much of her family in Gaza. Her son, Shamikh, described their reunion after 11 years as a “seed of hope”. But Fatma, now safe in Sydney, still thinks of those she left behind.
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