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Britain's Kate, Princess of Wales, listens to staff as she and Prince William visit the Open Door Charity, a charity focused on supporting young adults across Merseyside with their mental health, using culture and creativity as the catalyst for change in Birkenhead, England, Jan. 12, 2023. (AP Photo/Jon Super, Pool) **FILE**

Kate, Princess of Wales, says she has cancer and is undergoing chemotherapy

By Brian Melley and Jill Lawless - Associated Press

FILE - Then-Shadow Home Secretary Diane Abbott addresses anti-Brexit supporters in London, Oct. 19, 2019. Police say they are investigating whether the largest donor to Britain’s Conservative government committed a crime when he reportedly said a Black member of Parliament made him “want to hate all Black women” and that she “should be shot.” West Yorkshire police said Friday that they are investigating the allegedly racist remarks that businessman Frank Hester made in 2019 about Diane Abbott. (AP Photo/Alberto Pezzali, File)

Police investigate allegedly racist remarks by biggest donor to Britain’s Conservative government

By Brian Melley - Associated Press

People look at a new Banksy painting on a wall in London, Monday, March 18, 2024. A new Banksy mural drew crowds to a London street on Monday, even before the elusive graffiti artist confirmed that the work was his. The artwork in the Finsbury Park neighborhood covers the wall of a four-story building and shows a small figure holding a pressure hose beside a real tree. Green paint has been sprayed across the wall, replicating the absent leaves of the tree, which has been severely cropped. Banksy claimed the work by posting before and after photos of the location on his official Instagram account.(AP Photo/Alastair Grant)

A new Banksy mural sprouts beside a cropped tree in London. Many see an environmental message

By Jill Lawless - Associated Press

Vaughan Gething poses for a photo, in a lecture hall at Cardiff University, after being elected as the next Welsh Labour leader and First Minister of Wales, in Cardiff, Saturday, March 16, 2024. Gething has won the Welsh Labour Party leadership contest and is set to become the first Black leader of Wales’ semi-autonomous government. Gething, who is currently Welsh economy minister, beat Education Minister Jeremy Miles in a race to replace First Minister Mark Drakeford. (Ben Birchall/PA via AP)

Wales’ first Black leader is a testament to Britain’s political diversity, but racism persists

By Jill Lawless - Associated Press

Britain's Prince William delivers a speech as he attends the Diana Legacy Awards, at the Science Museum in London, Thursday, March 14, 2024. The Prince met key staff and supporters of the Diana Award, and heard about the recipients' work. (Arthur Edwards/Pool Photo via AP)

Oceans apart, William and Harry both salute Princess Diana’s legacy at an awards ceremony

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Pattie Boyd poses next to the original artwork by E. Frandsen De Schomberg, used for the cover of Derek and the Dominoes album 'Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs' as part of The Pattie Boyd Collection at Christie's, in London, Thursday, March 14, 2024. The artwork is estimated to sell £40,000-60,000. (AP Photo/Alberto Pezzali)

A trove from Pattie Boyd’s life with George Harrison and Eric Clapton is up for sale at Christie’s

By Jill Lawless - Associated Press

Britain's Prime Minster Rishi Sunak departs 10 Downing Street to go to the House of Commons for his weekly Prime Minister's Questions in London, Wednesday, March 13, 2024. (AP Photo/Alberto Pezzali)

The British government wants to define extremism. Critics say it risks creating more division

By Jill Lawless and Sylvia Hui - Associated Press

This image released by Bleecker Street shows Anthony Hopkins in a scene from "One Life." (Bleecker Street via AP)

Movie Review: Anthony Hopkins, Johnny Flynn find poignant synergy in real-life war tale ‘One Life’

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Britain's Kate, the Princess of Wales, Patron of The Forward Trust visits HMP High Down in Sutton, England, on Tuesday, Sept. 12, 2023, to learn about how the charity is supporting those in the criminal justice system to manage and recover from their addictions. British officials said Tuesday, March 5, 2024, that Kate will attend a Trooping the Color ceremony in June. It is her first confirmed major official duty since the royal underwent abdominal surgery. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung, Pool, File)

Princess of Wales to appear in June for royal ceremony, first confirmed official duty since surgery

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Irish singer Sinead O'Connor performs on the Stravinski Hall stage at the 49th Montreux Jazz Festival, in Montreux, Switzerland on July 4, 2015. The estate of Sinead O’Connor has asked Donald Trump not to play her music at campaign rallies, saying the late singer considered the former president a “biblical devil.” (Jean-Christophe Bott/Keystone via AP, File)

Trump asked to stop playing ‘Nothing Compares 2 U’ at rallies

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George Galloway gives a speech after being declared winner in the Rochdale by-election, which was triggered after the death of Labour MP Sir Tony Lloyd, in the town of Rochdale, England Thursday, Feb. 29, 2024. (Peter Byrne/PA via AP)

Veteran British left-wing disruptor George Galloway wins a special election dominated by war in Gaza

By Pan Pylas - Associated Press

This is a family photo of Sarah Everard issued by the Crown Prosecution Service. The off-duty police officer who abducted and murdered a 33-year-old woman in south London three years ago should never have been employed in the first place with three police forces failing to spot clear signals of his unsuitability for numerous roles, according to an official report into the murder. Wayne Couzens was found to have had a history of viewing extreme and violent pornography and alleged sexual offending dating back nearly 20 years prior to the murder of Sarah Everard. (Crown Prosecution Service via AP)

The London police officer who killed Sarah Everard should never have been employed, an inquiry finds

By Pan Pylas - Associated Press

Tourists hold umbrellas against the rain as they walk in Parliament Square next to the the Houses of Parliament in London, Thursday, Feb. 22, 2024. U.K. lawmakers have called for a cease-fire in the Israel-Hamas war. But the move came after dozens of lawmakers walked out of the House of Commons in protest at how the vote was handled on Wednesday. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant)

The U.K. is stepping up lawmakers’ security as tensions flare over the Israel-Hamas war

By Jill Lawless - Associated Press

Britain's Prince Harry leaves the Royal Courts Of Justice in London, Tuesday, March 28, 2023. Prince Harry was not improperly stripped of his publicly funded security detail during visits to Britain after he gave up his status as a working member of the royal family and moved to the U.S., a London judge ruled Wednesday, Feb. 28, 2024. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant, File)

Judge rules Prince Harry was not unfairly stripped of U.K. security detail after he moved to U.S.

By Brian Melley - Associated Press

FILE - Chairman of RIT Capital Partners, Lord Jacob Rothschild arrives for a reception, hosted by Britain's Prince Charles, at Clarence House in London for the delegates of the Global Investment Conference, July 26, 2012. Financier and philanthropist Jacob Rothschild, of the renowned Rothschild banking dynasty, has died at 87, his family said Monday Feb. 26, 2024. Rothschild began his career in the family bank, NM Rothschild & Sons, in 1963, before he broke away to start businesses and charitable organizations. His family described him as a “towering presence." (AP Photo/Sang Tan, File)

Financier and philanthropist Jacob Rothschild dies at 87

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Britain's Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and Member of Parliament for Ashfield Lee Anderson visit a class at Woodland View Primary School, in Sutton-in-Ashfield, Nottinghamshire, England, Thursday, Jan. 4, 2024. The U.K.’s governing Conservative Party has suspended ties with one if its lawmakers after he accused London Mayor Sadiq Khan of being controlled by Islamists, as tensions over the Israel-Hamas war continue to roil British politics. (Jacob King/Pool Photo via AP, File)

U.K. conservatives suspend lawmaker after he accused London’s mayor of being controlled by Islamists

By Danica Kirka - Associated Press

Protesters stand with posters at the Royal Courts of Justice entrance in London, Wednesday, Feb. 21, 2024. Julian Assange's lawyers are on their final U.K. legal challenge to stop the WikiLeaks founder from being sent to the United States to face spying charges. The 52-year-old has been fighting extradition for more than a decade, including seven years in self-exile in the Ecuadorian Embassy in London and the last five years in a high-security prison. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant)

WikiLeaks’ Assange went far beyond journalism and should face spying charges, lawyers for U.S. say

By JIll Lawless and Sylvia Hui - Associated Press

Demonstrators hold banners outside the Royal Courts of Justice in London, Tuesday, Feb. 20, 2024. WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange will make his final appeal against his impending extradition to the United States at the court. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)

WikiLeaks founder Assange starts last U.K. legal battle to avoid extradition to U.S. on spy charges

By Jill Lawless - Associated Press

Cillian Murphy poses for photographers upon arrival at the 77th British Academy Film Awards, BAFTA's, in London, Sunday, Feb. 18, 2024. (Photo by Vianney Le Caer/Invision/AP)

‘Oppenheimer’ wins 7 prizes, including best picture, at the British Academy Film Awards

By Jill Lawless - Associated Press

A portion of a Opera page showing the incorporation of AI technology is shown in London, Tuesday, Feb. 13, 2024. The rise of generative AI chatbots is giving people new and different ways to look up information. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant)

One Tech Tip: Ready to go beyond Google? Here’s how to use new generative AI search sites

By Kelvin Chan - Associated Press