One of the most contentious claims made in Meghan Markle’s interview with Oprah Winfrey this week was that one about race. A member of the Royal Family is alleged to have raised questions or concerns about ‘how dark’ the skin of Meghan’s child might be. And the uproar that ensued has been deafening, with the word … Read more
Lieutenant John Chard’s handwritten account of the Battle of Rorke’s Drift – where a British garrison held off 4,000 Zulu warriors – sells for £175,000 Lieutenant Chard of Royal Engineers was one of 11 men awarded Victoria Cross Account of the battle was auctioned at Bonhams in London on Thursday The collection, sold by his … Read more
A high-ranking officer was today dismissed from the Army for sexually assaulting a colleague’s ‘vulnerable’ wife by squeezing her bottom while she was at hospital with her severely injured son. Lieutenant Colonel Gordon Edwards was standing in a queue at the hospital’s coffee shop when he ‘tried his luck’ because he thought he could ‘get … Read more
The partner of a high ranking Army officer who allegedly groped his colleague’s wife told a court martial she is standing by ‘my officer and gentleman’. She described Lt Col Gordon Edwards, who is accused of fondling the woman’s bottom, as ‘the most loyal man I have ever met’. Giving evidence at the hearing, Beverley … Read more
Army officer ‘100 per cent’ let down his wife when he ‘chickened out’ of reporting Lieutenant Colonel ‘for groping her bottom on hospital visit to see her injured son’ Lieutenant Colonel Gordon Edwards, 59, ‘sexually assaulted a colleague’s wife’ A trial at Bulford Military Court in Wiltshire heard how he ‘squeezed her bottom’ Soldier’s wife … Read more
Last of the Royal Navy WWII destroyer captains dies aged 105: Lieutenant Commander John Manners was commanding officer of HMS Viceroy sinking U-1274 three weeks before end of the war Lieutenant Commander John Manners, was commanding officer of HMS Viceroy Manners oversaw the sinking of German submarine U-1274 in April 1945 Viceroy’s crew found 72 … Read more