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A double rainbow appeared over Buckingham Palace and Westminster on the evening of Sunday, September 18, the eve of the late Queen Elizabeth’s funeral.   Numerous Brits in the capital were left in awe at the sight as dozens of images were posted across social media.   Journalist Annelise Nielsen …

King Charles and his siblings Anne, Andrew, and Edward have held their final vigil for the Queen before the late monarch is laid to rest on Monday, September 19.   As tearful mourners watched on, the Queen’s four children stood guard over their mother’s coffin for more than 10 minutes at Westminster Hall …

Flights to and from Heathrow will be halted for half an hour on Monday to ensure the two minutes’ silence at the end of Queen Elizabeth’s funeral is not disrupted by aircraft noise over London. Britain’s main airport will also halt arrivals in the early afternoon to avoid planes coming …

The Premier League have confirmed action will return this weekend but two matches have been postponed due to insufficient policing during the 10 days of mourning for Queen Elizabeth.    League chiefs held a meeting on Monday afternoon September 12, to discuss their next steps over scheduling games after all of last weekend’s …

Mourners hoping to travel to London to pay their respects to the Queen are being told to prepare for “unprecedented” demand on transport and in stations, with hundreds of thousands expected to make the trip. As many as 750,000 people are expected to travel to the capital from Wednesday to …

The Royal Family of England has released the funeral arrangements for the late Queen Elizabeth II.   According to Buckingham Palace, the state funeral of Queen Elizabeth II will be at Westminster Abbey at 11am on Monday, September 19. Prior to the State Funeral, The Queen will Lie-in-State in Westminster Hall for …

Britain’s royal family will observe a period of mourning that ends on the seventh day after the funeral of Queen Elizabeth, with flags at royal residences to remain at half mast. “Following the death of Her Majesty The Queen, it is His Majesty The King’s wish that a period of …

Gunmen suspected to be kidnappers have abducted 32 persons who were returning from a funeral ceremony in Edo State.   The victims were abducted on Saturday, September 3, around Ifon area in Ose Local Government Area of Ondo State.   It was gathered that the victims were waylaid by the …

Russians stood outside the famous House of the Unions to pay their respects to Mikhail S. Gorbachev, the last Soviet Union leader. Citing a busy schedule, President Vladimir V. Putin did not attend the funeral.

A Nigerian lady has shared the story of how God came through for her family after some men almost ”called in the rain” to disrupt her grandmother’s funeral in Edo because her family refused to give them money She said the men came in to ask for money otherwise they would …