Princess Anne's children don't have titles

 

Anne's children do not have titles, even though they are grandchildren of a monarch because Anne and her first husband declined the offer from the Queen to bestow them. 

(Peter Phillips was the first legitimate grandchild of a monarch in more than 500 years to be born without a title or courtesy title.)

 

Royal carriage pulled by members of Sovereign Guard

 

Members of the armed forces march during the funeral procession of Queen Elizabeth II from Westminster Hall to London’s historic Westminster Abbey.  AP

The carriage was pulled by a 98 members of the Sovereign Guard and followed by 40 additional Guards who acted as brake.

 

 

President Biden attends Royal Funeral

 

President Joe Biden, the US president, was seated 14 rows from the front at the late Queen’s funeral 

CREDIT: Dominic Lipinski /PA

HRH Princess of Wales

 

Beauty, grace and dignity

Why isn't Queen Elizabeth II in an open coffin?

 

Members of the English royal family are typically buried in lead-lined coffins for preservation purposes. This is because lead seals the coffin from moisture, slowing decomposition for up to a year. When Princess Diana died in 1997, her coffin also contained this special lining, which is why it weighed nearly 540 lbs.

 

English nobility have followed this tradition for at least four centuries.  Westminster Abbey records indicate that Elizabeth I and Charles II were buried in lead lined coffins, as well as nobles like Sir Francis Drake and revered artists such as George Frederic Handel.

Sydney brothers arrested for drug dealing on dark web

 

For seven years, two Sydney brothers Alexander Busse of Rose Bay and Ioan Busu of Chatswood allegedly sold cocaine, MDMA, prescription drugs and other illicit substances in small amounts to thousands of users across Australia via the Dark Web.

The Dark Web now represents a global $14 billion industry according to Chainalysis’ annual Crypto Crime Report, with illicit sites doubling their revenue from 2020’s $7 billion.

 

 

Russia joins Germany in Polish Invasion, 1939

 

On this day in 1939, the USSR joined the German invasion of Poland in line with the terms of the Nazi-Soviet Pact.  Putin doesn’t want you to know, it’s a secret.