Princess Diana’s godson Prince Philippos and Princess Nina welcome first child, son Kimon Thomas Konstantinos, via surrogate in the US nearly six years after their wedding

Prince Philippos and Princess Nina welcome baby boy Kimon Thomas Konstantinos. Prince Philippos and Princess Nina of Greece have become parents for the first time, welcoming a baby boy via surrogate earlier this summer in the United States. The former Greek royal family announced the arrival on September 1, revealing that their son, Kimon Thomas…

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Dad who won only a cabbage in 1977 meat draw scoops £4 million Georgian mansion in Bath with wife, £250,000 cash, mortgage-free home and £140,000 worth of furnishings through Omaze

From a cabbage to a £4 million mansion! (Photo: SWNS) A father who once won nothing more than a cabbage in a 1977 meat draw has now landed a dramatically bigger prize – a £4 million Georgian mansion in Bath, Somerset, along with £250,000 in cash.According to SWNS, Wayne Wood, 64, from Loughborough, Leicestershire, and…

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Quote of the day by William Shakespeare: “All the world’s a stage, and all the men and women merely…” – a timeless lesson on change, identity and life | World News

William Shakespeare (Image: Wikipedia) Two people can look at their own life story and understand its shape in completely different ways. One sees a single, continuous identity, the same person carrying the same fixed role from beginning to end, expected to remain recognisably consistent throughout. The other sees something closer to a sequence of distinct…

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Meet Mike Nithavrianakis, former British diplomat to Pakistan who is running a global marathon to help educate 25.2 million children in the country

Mike Nithavrianakis worked as a British diplomat in Pakistan for three years from 2019 to 2022, working as Deputy High Commissioner in Karachi and Trade Director for Pakistan. During his time there, he clearly remembers his first visit to a school run by The Citizens Foundation (TCF) in Pakistan, The students in the classrooms were…

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Quote of the day by Princess Diana: “I like to be a free spirit. Some don’t like that, but…” – powerful words on being yourself | World News

Quote of the day by Princess Diana (AP photo) Princess Diana’s words reflect her genuinely independent nature and her willingness to remain true to herself, even when doing so clearly stood apart from what was expected of her public role. “I like to be a free spirit,” she said. “Some don’t like that, but that’s…

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Tiny Scottish village of 200 homes in Auchtertool, Fife, fights plans for world’s second-largest data centre covering more than 100 football pitches; 1,600 objections pile up, residents fear it could dwarf their community

The proposed Cato data centre would cover an area larger than 100 football pitches. (Photo: Daily Mail) Residents of a tiny Scottish village have launched a fierce campaign against plans to build what has been described as the world’s second-largest data centre on their doorstep.The proposed Cato data centre in Auchtertool, Fife, would occupy a…

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In 1864, an Indian Maharaja built a 368-foot well in a drought-hit English village; the story behind Stoke Row’s ‘Maharaja’s Well’

Ishwari Prasad Narayan Singh of Benares, lived from 1822 to 1889. There is a small English village where an ornate well carries an Indian connection. In Stoke Row, Oxfordshire, stands the Maharaja’s Well, a 368-foot-deep water well funded by the Maharaja of Benares in the 1860s. It was built when the village was struggling with…

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A man spent his life’s earnings buying a 130-acre abandoned gravel pit, he planted 50,000 trees, and years later, the barren land had become a thriving wildlife oasis

The natural landscape Edmondson created also became the setting for Log House Holidays. (Photos: LHH) Anthony Edmondson spent his life’s earnings buying a 130-acre abandoned gravel pit in the Cotswolds, south central England, in the 1980s. He planted 50,000 trees, sowed wildflowers and added reeds to the water which over the years, has transformed the…

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