LONDON — LONDON (AP) — Prince William took a day trip from royal duties on Friday to function an usher on the wedding ceremony of his buddy Hugh Grosvenor, the Duke of Westminster, an occasion briefly disrupted by environmental protesters.

The marriage of 33-year-old Grosvenor, one in every of Britain’s wealthiest landowners, to his companion Olivia Henson, 31, is without doubt one of the high-society occasions of the yr in Britain.

William, 41, arrived together with his fellow ushers at Chester Cathedral in northwest England forward of the noon service. The venue is near the duke’s 10,000-acre (4,000-hectare) Eaton Corridor property, the place friends had been as a result of attend a personal wedding ceremony reception.

A whole lot of onlookers gathered outdoors the cathedral cheered the arrival of Grosvenor, wearing a morning swimsuit, and Henson, carrying a white wedding ceremony gown by British designer Emma Victoria Payne. Her lengthy veil, worn over a tiara, rippled within the wind.

Because the couple emerged from the cathedral to kiss in entrance of the ready crowd, two environmental protesters sprayed orange powder from a hearth extinguisher. They had been shortly led away by police.

Cheshire Police mentioned a 69-year-old lady and a 73-year-old lady had been arrested on suspicion of public order offenses. The group Simply Cease Oil mentioned the 2 had been its members, demanding an finish to fossil gasoline exraction.

Grosvenor is a godfather to 10-year-old Prince George, the eldest son of William and his spouse Kate.

Kate, who’s being handled for most cancers, didn’t attend the marriage. Neither did William’s estranged youthful brother Prince Harry, who lives in California together with his spouse Meghan and their two kids.

Grosvenor inherited his title on the age of 25 when his father died in 2016. His ancestor, Sir Thomas Grosvenor, married heiress Mary Davies and bought what was then marshland in 1677. Over the generations the household developed the land into two of London’s most prosperous neighborhoods, Mayfair and Belgravia.

The household’s Grosvenor Property owns 300 acres (121 hectares)of land in London, in addition to land throughout Britain and housing, workplace and retail area all over the world.

The 2024 Sunday Instances Wealthy Record estimated the duke’s wealth at simply over 10 billion kilos ($12.8 billion.)

Westminster marriage ceremony followers rejoice! We lastly know what tiara Olivia Henson is carrying as she ties the knot with Hugh Grosvenor, Duke of Westminster, at Chester Cathedral this afternoon.

And what does the bride of the nation’s richest man beneath 40 put on as she marries into the Grosvenor household, a dynasty that dates again nearly half a millennium? A bit of household historical past: the Fabergé Myrtle Leaf Tiara.

The attractive piece, says The Court docket Jeweller, was commissioned in 1906 for the marriage of Lord Hugh Grosvenor and Woman Mabel Circhton. Based on the Royal Watcher, the diamond-set tiara is ‘composed of two sprays of myrtle leaves and berries, with stalks of engraved pink gold, and leaves in a rubbed-over silver setting.’ A gesture to the Greek custom of myrtle leaves being sacred to Aphrodite, goddess of magnificence, the Fabergé tiara is a becoming selection for the bride-to-be.

Right here comes the bride: Olivia Henson arrives in an Emma Victoria Payne marriage ceremony gown

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Lord Hugh and Woman Mabel’s daughter-in-law, Sally Perry, wore the Myrtle Leaf tiara when she married the 4th Duke of Westminster on 11 April 1945, and the piece was donned by her successor, Viola Lyttelton throughout her marriage ceremony to Robert Grosvenor the subsequent yr. Over 80 years later, her grandson, Hugh Grosvenor, seventh Duke of Westminster will watch on as his bride, Olivia, wears the household’s favorite tiara down the aisle.

Extra lately, the Myrtle Leaf Tiara was worn by Woman Tamara Grosvenor, the Duke of Westminster’s older sister, when she married Edward van Cutsem in 2004. The late Queen Elizabeth noticed Woman Tamara carrying the Fabergé treasure of the Grosvenor vault as she walked down the aisle at Chester Cathedral 20 years in the past.

Meghan Trainor grew up listening to Enjoyable 107.

Now the Cape Cod native has landed an opportunity to host a present on what was as soon as her native radio station.

Trainor was born in Nantucket simply days earlier than Christmas 1993.

When she was about 12 or 13 years outdated, Trainor dabbled in music, singing in some native tribute bands and writing songs when she had time. Her focus was on Bob Marley music and ska, however she was a music lover of all genres.

When she was a sophomore at Nauset Regional Excessive Faculty on Cape Cod, she wrote and carried out a music for the troops.

Meghan has spent a whole lot of time behind the microphone over the previous 10 years throughout her rise to mega fame, however it is a bit completely different stepping behind the mic in a radio studio than on stage.

READ MORE: Win an Autographed Version of Meghan Trainor’s ‘Timeless’

Meghan plans on answering questions that the Enjoyable 107 viewers sends in on the Enjoyable 107 app.

She’ll additionally share tales about how she is balancing being a working mom and world-famous recording artist.

The Meghan Trainor Present on Enjoyable 107 is ready for Sunday, June 9, at midday. Trainor will play a bunch of her personal music, after all, but additionally sprinkle in a few of her favourite present Enjoyable 107 songs.

To prepare for the massive occasion, why not enter to win an autographed copy of Trainor’s new album, Timeless?

We might prefer to thank Trainor and her administration firm for making this Enjoyable 107 look doable. We’re positive the star’s outdated neighborhood will probably be listening. We’re additionally hoping that she’s going to take into account doing extra radio exhibits for Enjoyable 107 sooner or later.

In spite of everything, we’re solely a brief drive from the Cape, the place she grew up.

However England retained nearly all of the possession to maintain the lead on the break earlier than interim head coach Futcher shuffled his pack with a lot of substitutions early within the second half.

And the Younger Lions doubled their lead simply shy of the hour mark, when captain Dane Scarlet scored from shut vary after shielding off a lot of challenges within the field.

Deniz Gul pulled a aim again for the Swedes with a minute remaining however England had been capable of maintain onto their lead and safe victory.

England: 1 Jed Ward (Bristol Rovers), 2 Kellen Fisher (Norwich Metropolis), 5 Ben Nelson (Leicester Metropolis), 7 Abu Kamara (Norwich Metropolis), 8 Jobe Bellingham (Sunderland), 9 Dane Scarlett (Tottenham Hotspur) ©, 10 George Earthy (West Ham United), 14 Kaelan Casey (West Ham United), 16 Noel Buck (New England Revolution), 18 William Alves (Leicester Metropolis), 23 Ben Chrisene (Aston Villa)

Substitutes: 4 Samuel Braybrooke (Leicester Metropolis) for Buck 50, 17 Martial Godo (Fulham) for Alves 50, 6 Charlie Hughes (Wigan Athletic) for Bellingham 55, 15 Bradley Hills (Norwich Metropolis) for Nelson 55, 3 Archie Brown (Okay.A.A. Gent) for Casey 55, 21 Alex Matos (Chelsea) for Chrisene 55, 20 Romain Esse (Millwall) for Fisher 65, 19 Bailey-Tye Cadamarteri (Sheffield Wednesday) for Earthy 65, 12 Roman Dixon (Everton) for Scarlett 65, 11 Benico Baker-Boaiter (Brighton & Hove Albion) for Kamara 65

Substitutes not used: 13 Tommy Simkin (Stoke Metropolis), 22 Tommy Setford (Ajax), 23 Ben Cisse (West Bromwich Albion)

Interim head coach: Ben Futcher

Targets: William Alves 11, Dane Scarlett 59

As Merciless Summer time fades away and he or she surveys the viewers, Taylor Swift appears startled. She clasps her hand to her chest and shakes her head in disbelief. They cheer louder. “That went straight to my head!” she exclaims, apparently unable to soak up the vociferousness of their response.

After all, that is hokum – she likely says one thing related each evening. That stated, a sure diploma of incredulity does attend the Eras Tour.

It arrives within the UK trailing but extra mind-boggling headlines. In Aberfeldy, Loch Tay has been renamed Loch Tay-Tay in her honour. To not be outdone, and undaunted by their incapacity to give you a Taylor Swift-related pun, Liverpool has rebranded itself as Taylor City. A radio station in London has been arrange that performs nothing however Taylor Swift songs. A current function on this newspaper claimed that it’s turn out to be actually unattainable to keep away from listening to Taylor Swift’s identify talked about: no imply feat in an period the place standard tradition is so atomised and personally tailor-made that – if a rash of puzzled social media posts about SZA are to be believed – an artist could be sufficiently big to headline Glastonbury whereas remaining unknown to a major proportion of Glastonbury-goers.

A lot consideration has been centered on the Eras Tour that reviewing it appears nearly inappropriate. Each conceivable element has already been dissected and mentioned in depth, from the shock songs she inserts into every present – right here it’s Would’ve Might’ve Ought to’ve from 2022’s Midnights and a medley of Evermore’s ‘Tis the Rattling Season and Lover’s Daylight – to the mass of visible signifiers and live performance rituals that depart Swifties trying much less like mainstream pop followers than Deadheads, albeit extra susceptible to sequins and fewer focused on LSD than the Grateful Lifeless’s infamous travelling military of devotees.

Nonetheless, it’s an extremely spectacular present. It succeeds in leaping between an eclectic vary of fabric – dubstep-inspired, dark-hued pop; tweedy folks; monster-chorus-sporting anthems and acoustic guitar-driven songs that present her Nashville grounding – all of it linked by Swift’s eager melodic consciousness and skill to show songs about well-known ex-partners and superstar nemeses into universally relatable figures.

You don’t need for plumes of dry ice and flames, costume adjustments – a snake-bedecked catsuit and diaphanous wood-nymph with cape appropriate for Stevie Nicks-ish twirling – or certainly dancers pedalling across the stage on glowing neon bicycles throughout Clean House, however it feels much less predicated on particular results than on Swift’s skill to work the cameras that monitor her each transfer in a manner that appears to attract within the partitions of an unlimited rugby stadium. She’s a genuinely partaking performer on a grand scale, the large screens behind her continually decide up on an array of expressions and asides that create a way of collusion and intimacy.

The songs from her most up-to-date album, The Tortured Poets Division, get the identical vociferous response because the well-worn hits from 1989 or Crimson, however it does depart you questioning the place the lady on the centre of all of it goes subsequent. It’s not Cassandra-ish to recommend that this type of ubiquity and success is an unsustainable second. Whether or not she’ll even attempt to is an fascinating query: maybe, like Macavity, the character Swift sang about within the film Cats – one a part of her oeuvre that doesn’t get an airing tonight – she’ll do a disappearing act.

However, for now, Taylor Swift appears omnipotent, a lot so she will be able to take dangers: amid the large hits, truncated so extra of them could be crammed into the present, she performs All Too Properly – a 10-minute-long track – and it’s a show-stopping emotional sucker punch. And when she performs the piano ballad Champagne Issues, the response is so loud, and goes on for therefore lengthy, that Taylor Swift appears overwhelmed once more: this time it doesn’t seem to be hokum.

BJ Thompson, a defensive finish with the Kansas Metropolis Chiefs, is “awake and alert” after struggling a seizure and going into cardiac arrest throughout a staff assembly on June 6, Rick Burkholder, the staff’s vice chairman of sports activities drugs and efficiency, informed reporters on June 7.

Throughout a press convention, Burkholder informed reporters that when Thompson, 25, began seizing, teammate Harrison Butker ran to get medical assist.

“As a staff we tried to stabilize BJ after which put him on the ground whereas he was nonetheless seizing. Then he went into cardiac arrest,” Burkholder mentioned. “Our staff of that group of individuals offered CPR for him. He had one AED (automated exterior defibrillator) shock and got here again. So he was solely in cardiac arrest for in all probability lower than a minute, minute and a half.”

Thompson’s agent Chris Turnage additionally informed NBC Information that the participant “is awake and alert proper now.”

Thompson was assisted by the Kansas Metropolis hearth division and paramedics, who took him to the College of Kansas Well being System, the place “he was closely sedated yesterday via the evening,” Burkholder mentioned.

Burkholder shared that Thompson was on a ventilator in a single day “simply so he may breathe as a result of he was so closely sedated” however was introduced out of the sedation on the morning of June 7.

“He’s alert. He’s awake. He’s coming via fairly properly. We don’t have a analysis. In drugs typically you don’t have that,” he continued, including, “Like I mentioned, he’s awake and alert and he’s headed within the absolute proper path. All issues good in just a little little bit of a bushy scenario.”

The staff canceled all offseason coaching actions for June 6 following the episode, based on NFL.com, whereas head coach Andy Reid and choose gamers moved their media session set for June 6 to June 7.

Reid additionally spoke with reporters on June 7, calling Thompson’s incident a “powerful scenario.”

“I’ve been via a few these earlier than in my time and it’s by no means, ever enjoyable,” Reid mentioned. “Thank goodness. I imply, if it needed to occur, no higher place than proper right here the place you might have a help unit that is aware of what to do.”

Thompson, who shall be in his second NFL season in 2024, was chosen within the fifth spherical of the draft in 2023 out of Stephen F. Austin State College in Texas. The England, Arkansas, native is listed as 6-foot-6, 243 kilos. He performed in a single sport final season, recording two tackles within the Chiefs’ Week 18 victory over their AFC West rival Los Angeles Chargers.

Chiefs gamers are at the moment participating in a voluntary offseason program, with obligatory minicamp slated to open June 11.

The staff is making ready to go for its unprecedented third consecutive Tremendous Bowl. The staff visited the White Home final week in honor of this previous season’s championship.

England have been overwhelmed 1-0 by Iceland of their ultimate warm-up recreation forward of Euro 2024. With Gareth Southgate naming his 26-man squad on Thursday there was a sense of anticipation forward of the conflict at Wembley to see what the Three Lions’ youthful gamers might produce.

The reply wasn’t a lot. Cole Palmer, beginning on the best aspect alongside Harry Kane and Anthony Gordon, was a livewire within the early phases however Iceland have been those to open the scoring. A pointy transfer from Hakon Arnar Haraldsson in midfield noticed the ball slipped via to Jon Thorsteinsson who minimize inside and drilled a low shot via the legs of John Stones to beat second-choice goalkeeper Aaron Ramsdale on the close to publish.

That purpose shocked Wembley and England who appeared to reply. Harry Kane fired over the bar, Phil Foden slotted an effort vast and Palmer tousled a one-on-one. There was a scarcity of ruthlessness and creativity within the ultimate third.

Gareth Southgate’s males head to Germany on the again of a defeat which he’ll hope will spur them on to higher issues come the beginning of the event.

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England’s flaws on full show as Wembley defeat sours Euro 2024 departure

It was a defeat to Iceland that ended a dismal Euros marketing campaign to primarily begin the Gareth Southgate period and… nicely, you possibly can fill in the remainder. The supervisor should think about filling within the many gaps on this surprisingly callow crew earlier than the Euro 2024 first recreation in opposition to Serbia on Sunday week, and possibly a bit extra. A wierd historical past was made with the 1-0 defeat to Iceland at Wembley on Friday, that doesn’t essentially augur that nicely for the month forward. England misplaced the final recreation earlier than a full event for simply the second time of their historical past, and the primary since 1954.

That was a well-known 7-1 defeat to Hungary, which illustrates simply what a distinct period it was. The actual fact that many victorious send-offs since produced some unhealthy tournaments signifies that little sufficient needs to be learn into such outcomes, and it’s not like there will likely be wails of protest within the method we’ve seen up to now.

There have been some boos, although, and so they accompany what’s a real query for Southgate forward of what’s presumed to be his final marketing campaign.

England have generally been seen as possibly the favourites for Euro 2024 because of the approach a deep squad has grown in expertise and expertise over eight years. Now, simply as they’re on the brink, Southgate has stripped away so lots of these stalwarts to introduce loads of comparatively untried gamers who’ve by no means performed collectively earlier than.

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So, England head to Germany off the again of a 3-0 win in opposition to Bosnia and Herzegovina, and a 1-0 loss to Iceland.

You’ll be able to hardly ever learn an excessive amount of into pre-tournament friendlies, and England nonetheless go into Euro 2024 as one of many favourites, however the Three Lions will want some huge performances from their vital gamers in the event that they’re to banish any worries in opposition to Serbia. You wouldn’t guess in opposition to them doing it both.

All of it begins on 16 June at 8pm BST! Thanks for following.

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Euro 2024: The right way to comply with England and Scotland in Germany this summer time – and what to do in every metropolis

For those who’re travelling to observe England in Germany this summer time, now we have a helpful information, whether or not you might be planning a midsummer’s dream journey to help your crew or simply wish to take in the ambiance.

Beneath are the important thing questions and solutions, from fundamental journey mechanics to tips about travelling round Germany and among the host cities.

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Gareth Southgate is the final one to talk to the media. He calls it “a disjointed and disappointing efficiency”, including that “we didn’t present sufficient character, however I believe it’s good for us earlier than a global event”.

“I believe we’ve acquired to be higher with out the ball. I believe that there have been loads of causes for that and throughout the 2 video games we in all probability haven’t had our full aspect out throughout any two video games. We’ve been in a position to have a look at folks, we’ve been in a position to study in regards to the stability of the crew.

“I’ve been concerned in loads of final matches main right into a event. Inevitably gamers have one eye on what’s coming when it comes to early challenges. No excuses on the outcome however there are loads of issues we will put proper shortly.”

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Declan Rice is subsequent to talk to Channel 4, and he calls the outcome “not ultimate”.

“However there have been loads of constructive performances. In the long run it turns into a frustration recreation, you’re chasing your tail a bit bit and get caught on the counter-attack. It’s not ultimate we misplaced however there’s loads of studying curves you possibly can construct on as a crew.”

“There’s little question about our high quality on the ball as a collective. Perhaps in opposition to the groups that sit in it’s about being a bit mentally switched on. I felt at instances we have been a bit stretched, not as compact as we often are. Between now and the subsequent recreation there’s work to be completed.”

When requested about Kobbie Mainoo’s efficiency, he says “it was actually constructive”.

“I can think about as a result of we’ve misplaced some persons are saying stuff however that’s soccer as of late. We’re going to study each recreation we play. Each recreation is an opportunity to study and get higher.”

Chris Wilson7 June 2024 22:25

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Euro 2024 fixtures: Full event schedule, teams, kick-off instances and dates

Simply over per week now till England start their Euro 2024 marketing campaign. It begins in opposition to Serbia on 16 June, with the event having began two days earlier than when hosts Germany face Scotland in Munich.

England then face Denmark and Slovenia of their different group video games, earlier than the spherical of 16 begins on 29 June. If England prime their group, they’ll play their first knockout recreation on 30 June in Gelsenkirchen. The Three Lions’ full fixtures record is as follows:

Sunday 16 June – Serbia vs England, 8pm BST

Thursday 20 June – Denmark vs England, 5pm BST

Tuesday 25 June – England vs Slovenia, 8pm BST

Learn under for the complete event schedule.

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Right here’s the replay of Iceland’s purpose, with some nice work by Thorsteinsson.

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Anthony Gordon was first in entrance of the Channel 4 cameras.

He says that “a little bit of a scarcity of high quality within the ultimate third allow us to down” on the night.

“It didn’t go the way in which we wished nevertheless it’s the larger image.

“It’s nice apply for us, that’s in all probability how groups are going to play in opposition to us, so the extra we play in opposition to groups like that and study to interrupt them down the higher.”

When requested if he thinks he could have performed his approach into the beginning eleven, he mentioned: “I hope so. That’s the primary time I’ve kicked a ball actually for 4 weeks so I simply wished to run to enter the event feeling match and feeling recent.”

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So, a well-known Wembley win for Iceland to go together with their much more well-known win in opposition to the Three Lions at Euro 2016.

Not an excellent recreation for Southgate in any respect, by any stretch. England have been merely disjointed, missing any type of cohesion in assault, and have been weak in defence when it mattered.

It’ll be totally different come the opening recreation on 16 June, when there’s one thing vital on the road, however that was not a efficiency that may fill any England fan with confidence.

Chris Wilson7 June 2024 21:41

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