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Lilibet will be a princess
PRINCESS Lilibet Diana MountbattenWindsor was christened on Friday March 3 in Montecito, at the Sussexes’ home, close to her second birthday.
Her parents Prince Harry and Meghan Markle have confirmed their two children will be known as Prince Archie and Princess Lilibet. The children were referred to as ‘master’ and ‘miss’ on the Buckingham Palace website for the past six months.
The palace has confirmed the site’s line of succession list would now be updated to reflect the change, after a spokesperson for the Sussexes publicly referred to Lilibet as a princess when announcing
New UK military base
THE UK has announced the opening of a new military base in the far north of Norway built to bolster NATO’s capabilities in the Arctic. The newly established Norwegian site, called Camp Viking, will serve as a hub for Royal Marines Commandos, said Britain’s Royal Navy.
The base opens amid concerns following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. More than 1,000 commandos have been deployed to Camp Viking this winter.
The purposebuilt base, located in Øverbygd, around 40 miles south of Tromso, will be able to accommodate all personnel from the elite commandoled Royal Marines force.
news of her christening.
When Archie was born, he was the greatgrandchild of a sovereign rather than a grandchild, so was not given the title.
However, when the Queen died and her son King Charles acceded to the throne, it meant Archie and Lilibet were entitled to be a prince and princess.
They are also entitled to use the HRH style although Harry and Meghan retain their HRH styles, they no longer use them after leaving the working monarchy.
Victorious Festival headliner
GRAMMY and Brit award winners Mumford & Sons will close the three day Victorious seaside festival this summer. The folk rockers are the final headline act for the event in Southsea, Hampshire, during the August bank holiday weekend.
Kasabian and Jamiroquai have already been announced as headliners.
Other acts include AltJ, Ben Howard, DJ legend Pete Tong performing his Ibiza Classic with the Essential Orchestra, Sigrid, Ellie Goulding, Natalie Imbruglia, Friendly Fires,
Annie Mac, Blossoms, The Charlatans, Belle and Sebastian, Jake Bugg, Kaiser Chiefs, Hard Fi, The Vaccines, The Divine Comedy, The Coral, The Enemy and Katy B.
Andy Marsh, lead booker at Victorious, said: “Mumford & Sons strike the perfect balance with the rest of our bookings and the show is going to make for a fantastic finale.”
Victorious is the UK’s biggest metropolitan festival featuring British indie rock; it is a familyfriendly event with huge free kids arena, markets and real food and ale.
