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A Movement to Restrict Social Media for Children Has Taken Hold Globally

Governments around the world have passed or proposed a range of bans or restrictions on young teens using addictive social media platforms.

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A 15-year-old using social media apps in Australia in July, more than half a year after the country had implemented a ban on children under 16 using many platforms.
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How The New York Times Covers Harry, Meghan and the Royal Family

What led to the surprising return of Meghan and Harry to Britain? What will it mean? Our journalists, and many competitors, are seeking answers.

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The Duke and Duchess of Sussex are returning to Britain after spending six years in California.
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UK Prime Minister Burnham Arrives in Ukraine as Russia Amps Up Warnings

In his first foreign trip since taking office, the British prime minister pledged to stand by Kyiv despite new warnings of potential consequences.

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Prime Minister Andy Burnham of Britain on Monday at the tomb of the unknown soldier at Ukraine’s national military memorial cemetery in Hatne, southwest of Kyiv.
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What Does Harry and Meghan’s Return to England Mean for Their Children?

One effect of moving back is that Archie and Lilibet now have the opportunity to be schooled as Britons. Here’s what that might look like.

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A view of Eton College, the boarding school that both Harry and his brother, William, attended.
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How Two British Historians Made a Smash Hit Podcast

They took on topics as diverse as fall of the Aztecs, the French Revolution, the assassination of Abraham Lincoln, and history’s greatest monkeys. The rest is history.

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Dominic Sandbrook and Tom Holland last month at Hampton Court Palace in southwest London. The podcast they began during the pandemic now gets about 30 million downloads and streams a month.
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Prince Harry, Elton John and Others Told to Pay Daily Mail Publisher $13 Million

Harry and six other high-profile figures lost a privacy lawsuit against Associated Newspapers. They may eventually have to pay more than twice the initial sum, a judge said.

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Prince Harry leaving the Royal Courts of Justice in London during his trial against Associated Newspapers in January.
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‘They’re Always Going to Be Polarizing’: Britons Split on Harry and Meghan’s Return

Recent surveys suggest the broader public views both of them negatively, especially in comparison to Harry’s brother, William, and his wife, Kate.

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Prince Harry and Meghan during a visit to Australia earlier this year.
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After Six Years, Harry and Meghan Are Coming Home. What Changed?

Just last year, Prince Harry said he couldn’t imagine ever bringing his family back to Britain.

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Prince Harry and his wife, Meghan, in Sydney, Australia, in April.
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Harry and Meghan’s Break With Britain and Planned Return: a Timeline

The couple will remain non-working royals. It is unclear where they will live.

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Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, and Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex, posed for a selfie with children and their families during a visit to the Royal Children’s Hospital in Melbourne, Australia, earlier this year.
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Prince Harry and Meghan Will Move Back to U.K. After 6 Years in U.S.

The prince and his wife, whose relations with King Charles and the rest of the royal family have long been strained, will remain non-working royals, according to a person familiar with the decision.

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Prince Harry and his wife, Meghan, in London in 2020.
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Queen Camilla Says It Was ‘Difficult’ to Keep Charles’s Cancer a Secret

“I was just longing to let it out,” Camilla said in rare public comments about the king’s 2024 diagnosis, which was not immediately revealed. “But obviously I couldn’t.”

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Queen Camilla in 2024, visiting a London support center run by Maggie’s, a cancer charity where she serves as president.
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Andy Burnham, UK Prime Minister, Exchanged Texts With Someone Posing as Trump’s Chief of Staff

Prime Minister Andy Burnham messaged briefly with a person impersonating Susie Wiles, a British government official said.

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Prime Minister Andy Burnham of Britain speaking in London this month. An official said Mr. Burnham had exchanged a few messages of no significance with an impersonator.
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