has meant to me during this campaign. and her strength and bravery throughout has been inspiring. tube passengers are expected to face a second weekend of disruption this evening. members of the rmt union will walk out at 8:30 tonight in an ongoing dispute over driver rotas. the strike action which affects the central and victoria lines ends at 04:30 on saturday morning. 28 hospital trusts across london will receive a share of £109 million to help reduce waiting lists. the funding will go towards expanding wards, increasing the number of operating theatres and beds.
Prince Edward, Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip’s youngest child, saw his approval ratings soar following the funeral of his father this April, who he honoured with a.
Fiachra Garvey: From sheep dipping to Shostakovich Pianist and farmer talks about agriculture, classical music and protecting his hands
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Fiachra Garvey is not just a musician and a farmer. He’s a talker, too. When I catch up with him at home in London, it’s he who gets the first question in, about the day’s weather in Dublin. Somehow we end up chatting about some of the worst downpours we’ve been caught out in.
He’s in an upbeat mood. As he later says of himself, “I’m no doomer and gloomer.” This is a serious understatement. He comes across as someone with the kind of skill to find the positives in the worst of situations. And, although we spend time mulling over the problems we’ve all been living with for 13 months, his takeaways are almost always positive.
Five thousand miles away, how Meghan must be longing to be by Harry s side today of all days as he walks behind the coffin of his beloved grandfather.
How he, too, must wish that his wife unable to fly as she s heavily pregnant with their second child could be here to offer counsel and comfort as he grieves.
To help him navigate the desperately fractured Royal Family. To help heal the rift with his brother William, not to mention Kate.
The Duchess of Sussex will still take part in the mourning. She will reportedly make private arrangements to honour Prince Philip during his funeral.
The Duke of Edinburgh’s children have paid tribute to him as the rock in the Queen and their family’s lives.
His youngest son the Earl of Wessex said Philip had a “challenging role”, but carried it out with the most “extraordinary flare” and had never tried to overshadow the Queen.
Speaking on a BBC tribute on Friday evening, all four of the duke’s children paid tribute to him as someone who had encouraged and supported them.
Prince Edward said: “It was always a challenging role to take but he has done it with the most extraordinary flare and an extraordinary tact and diplomacy.