Queen is due to have a Zoom birthday with the royal family tomorrow

The Queen is set to mark her 94th birthday tomorrow with a Zoom call with the rest of the royal family.  Her Majesty, who is currently in isolation at Windsor Castle with Prince Philip, 98, cannot be visited by loved ones to celebrate the big day amid the coronavirus lockdown. Aides have been planning to … Read more

Barclays and Royal Bank of Scotland hammered with share of £71m fine

Barclays and Royal Bank of Scotland hammered with share of £71m fine by the Swiss watchdog over currency rigging Citigroup,  JPMorgan and MUFG Bank are the other three banks implicated Switzerland’s WEKO said it uncovered ‘several anti-competitive practices’ By Press Association Published: 11:56 BST, 6 June 2019 | Updated: 12:09 BST, 6 June 2019 Barclays … Read more

Harry and Meghan Markle ‘look like they’re in a rom-com’ now they’ve quit Royal life

Harry and Meghan ‘look like they’re in a rom-com’ since they moved to Los Angeles, according to one body language expert. Judi James has spoken to MailOnline about the Sussexes first public outings since stepping down as senior royals earlier this year and forging new lives for themselves in America. In the past week, the … Read more

Royal Mail boss Rico Back facing calls to return to UK from his Swiss penthouse – or quit

Royal Mail boss Rico Back facing calls to return to UK from his Swiss penthouse – or quit By Matt Oliver For The Daily Mail Published: 21:50 BST, 17 April 2020 | Updated: 22:18 BST, 17 April 2020 Royal Mail’s boss is facing calls to return to the UK from his Swiss penthouse – or … Read more

Royal Society to launch urgent probe into how Britain can ease its way out of its draconian lockdown

What is the coronavirus?  A coronavirus is a type of virus which can cause illness in animals and people. Viruses break into cells inside their host and use them to reproduce itself and disrupt the body’s normal functions. Coronaviruses are named after the Latin word ‘corona’, which means crown, because they are encased by a … Read more

Royal Mail is under mounting pressure to cut executive pay

Royal Mail is under mounting pressure to cut executive pay after it slashes its dividend to save cash By Matt Oliver For The Daily Mail Published: 22:29 BST, 16 April 2020 | Updated: 22:33 BST, 16 April 2020 Royal Mail is under mounting pressure to cut executive pay after it slashed its dividend to save … Read more

Two most powerful men at Royal Mail running service from their homes on Continent

Two most powerful men at Royal Mail running service from their homes on Continent during coronavirus crisis By Matt Oliver For The Daily Mail Published: 22:08 BST, 15 April 2020 | Updated: 22:35 BST, 15 April 2020 The two most powerful men at Royal Mail have been running the crucial service from their homes on … Read more

ALEX BRUMMER: Royal Mail boss Rico Back displaying sad derogation of leadership by working from home

ALEX BRUMMER: Royal Mail boss Rico Back displaying a sad derogation of leadership by working from home in Switzerland By Alex Brummer for the Daily Mail Published: 22:06 BST, 15 April 2020 | Updated: 22:36 BST, 15 April 2020 Royal Mail employees have courageously kept letter and parcel services operating in the midst of a … Read more

Queen forced to send Maundy money by post Royal Mail due to coronavirus breaking tradition

Queen breaks with centuries of tradition to send Maundy money by Royal Mail instead of handing it out personally to this year’s 188 recipients including the world’s oldest bell-ringer, aged 101 Money is sent by the monarch to elderly each year the day before Good Friday  The recipients are always over 70 and currently all … Read more

Prince William and Kate Middleton’s video call royal engagement

The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge have carried out their first royal engagement via video call to school children whose parents are working on the frontline.  William, 37, and Kate, 38, were seen giggling as the pupils, wearing Easter-themed bunny ears, presented them with a ‘virtual’ bouquet of paper flowers.   The couple, dialing in from … Read more