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People gather outside the Prince Harry pub in Windsor, England.

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Royal Wedding Reflects A Changing Britain

8:51am May 19, 2018

Beyond the pageantry and royal stagecraft at which the British excel, there is a story about a changing Britain, a complicated U.S. family, a resilient monarchy and the redemption of a wayward prince.

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Prince Harry and Meghan Markle greet well-wishers in Belfast, Northern Ireland, in March.

A Royal Wedding With Global Appeal

3:27pm May 18, 2018

by Autumn Brewington

Interest in Prince Harry and Meghan Markle transcends borders in a way that past royal weddings have not, writes Autumn Brewington, who anchored The Washington Post's royal wedding blog in 2011.

A souvenir shop in Windsor, England, sells wedding-themed T-shirts and other memorabilia ahead of Saturday's royal wedding.

British Businesses Hope To Cash In On Royal Wedding

10:01am May 17, 2018

by Alice Fordham

"People like them," a London souvenir shop employee says of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle. "They're a bit cool, aren't they?" And, he says, "For our business, they're absolutely essential."

Britain's Conservative Party politician Enoch Powell, right, listens to two demonstrators in Canada in April 1968, reading a petition that describes him as a "racist."

An Anti-Immigration Speech Divided Britain 50 Years Ago. It Still Echoes Today

5:11am April 20, 2018

by Joanna Kakissis

Half a century after Enoch Powell delivered the most incendiary political speech in Britain's recent history, his dire vision of race war hasn't come true. But it resonates in British politics today.

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Sally Armstrong, who plays the role of ragged school teacher Miss Perkins, stands her ground.

A 'Ragged School' Gives U.K. Children A Taste Of Dickensian Destitution

5:11pm April 01, 2018

by Sam Alwyine-Mosely

The East End of London was once synonymous with Dickensian squalor. Now it's prime real estate. A tiny museum in the back streets shows schoolchildren what life was like in the past.

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A statue of Edward Colston towers over a square off Colston Avenue in Bristol, England. A small plaque calls Colston "one of the most virtuous and wise sons" of the city. Officials plan to install another plaque explaining his links to the Atlantic slave

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An English City Grapples With The Slave-Trading Past Of Its Most Celebrated Figure

10:54am March 28, 2018

He's known as "one of the most virtuous and wise sons" of Bristol, but the philanthropist Edward Colston made his fortune as a 17th century slave trader. Many want his name erased from city landmarks.

Nikolai Glushkov's death is being investigated as a murder, London's Metropolitan Police say.

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Russian Nikolai Glushkov's Death In London Was A Murder, Police Say

4:03pm March 16, 2018

by Bill Chappell

The cause of death was "compression to the neck," police say. Glushkov was a former close associate of a noted critic of Russia's President Vladimir Putin.

Military personnel wearing protective suits investigate the poisoning of Sergei Skripal in Salisbury, England. Skripal and his daughter, Yulia, remain critically ill.

Nerve Agent Found In U.K. Is Rare And Definitely Russian

6:08pm March 12, 2018

by Geoff Brumfiel

Novichok-class agents were developed in top-secret Russian labs at the end of the Cold War. Experts say only Russia is known to have made them. "They've been a deep, dark secret," says one expert.

Comedian Simon Brodkin, also known as Lee Nelson, hands Prime Minister Theresa May a P45 form — the equivalent of a pink slip — during her speech at the Conservative Party Conference in Manchester.

Britain's Theresa May Had To Give A Major Speech. It Didn't Go Well

6:38pm October 04, 2017

by Frank Langfitt

Many things went wrong during the prime minister's speech in Manchester on Wednesday: She had coughing fits, a prankster handed her a pink slip and a party slogan behind her fell apart.

Brexit Leaves French Fishermen On The Hook

11:57pm September 11, 2017

by Joanna Kakissis

French fishermen in Brittany and Calais say up to 80 percent of their haul is from British waters. Many fear financial ruin if their access is restricted after Brexit.

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