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US news
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1 month agoFirst image appearing to show Andrew, Mandelson and Epstein together emerges
A photograph showing Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, Peter Mandelson, and Jeffrey Epstein together has been released by the US Department of Justice as part of the Epstein files, marking the first known image of the three men together.
#house-of-lords-reform
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 month agoUK politics
So long, hereditary peers but the Lords is still full of absurd anachronisms | Polly Toynbee
Hereditary peers were removed from the House of Lords after Conservatives fought fiercely against abolition, violating the Salisbury convention despite 66% public support for a democratically elected second chamber.
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 month agoUK politics
Hereditary peers to lose their seats in the House of Lords
Hereditary peerages will be abolished, with hereditary peers losing their seats after the current parliamentary session ends, though some will receive life peerages as part of a deal that secured Conservative support.
UK politics
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 month agoSo long, hereditary peers but the Lords is still full of absurd anachronisms | Polly Toynbee
Hereditary peers were removed from the House of Lords after Conservatives fought fiercely against abolition, violating the Salisbury convention despite 66% public support for a democratically elected second chamber.
UK politics
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 month agoHereditary peers to lose their seats in the House of Lords
Hereditary peerages will be abolished, with hereditary peers losing their seats after the current parliamentary session ends, though some will receive life peerages as part of a deal that secured Conservative support.
UK news
fromLondon Business News | Londonlovesbusiness.com
2 months agoCalls to 'strip Peter Mandelson of his peerage' - London Business News | Londonlovesbusiness.com
Lord Peter Mandelson faces calls to be stripped of his peerage and investigated over revealed links to Jeffrey Epstein, prompting demands for a full independent probe.
UK politics
fromwww.independent.co.uk
1 month agoPrince William wanted Andrew removed from line of succession last year'
Prince William sought Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor's removal from royal succession in autumn, while King Charles initially resisted but later supported the move following Mountbatten-Windsor's arrest on misconduct charges.
fromwww.bbc.com
1 month agoThe Victorian aristocrat who became first British Muslim lord
It's nearly 200 years since the birth of a British aristocrat who became the first Muslim member of the House of Lords. But few have heard of Lord Henry Stanley, who "defied convention and his family's wishes" when he converted to Islam in 1859, according to historian Jamie Gilham. Little remains of Stanley's letters and diaries "which is really frustrating but adds to the idea that he was a private man," he said.
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