DANICA KIRKA

Britain's Prince Harry, left, and his brother Prince William, right, stand with their grandfather the Duke of Edinburgh as they wait for the start of the Rugby World Cup final between New Zealand and Australia at Twickenham Stadium, London, October 31, 2015. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant, File)

April 12, 2021, 11:08 pm

Sense of duty and barbecue skills: William and Harry remember ‘grandpa’ Philip

‘I know he would want us to get on with the job,’ says 2nd in line to UK throne of Queen’s 73-year consort, in statement separate from brother’s, issued amid ongoing family rift

By DANICA KIRKA and Jill Lawless

A tribute to Britain's Prince Philip is projected onto a large screen at Piccadilly Circus in London, Friday, April 9, 2021 (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)

April 10, 2021, 11:30 pm

Prince Philip’s funeral set for next Saturday, with only 30 people attending

Pandemic prevents large event; Prince Charles says family ‘deeply grateful’ for public support, his father ‘would have been amazed by reaction’

By DANICA KIRKA

An arrangement of UK daily newspapers photographed as an illustration in Brighton on March 8, 2021, shows front page headlines reporting on the story of the interview given by Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, wife of Britain's Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex, to Oprah Winfrey, which aired on US broadcaster CBS (Glyn KIRK / AFP)

March 8, 2021, 2:40 pm

UK and royal family absorb blow of revealing Harry, Meghan interview

Many Brits left shell-shocked after couple paint deeply unflattering portrait of royal life, saying they encountered racist attitudes and duchess was driven to thoughts of suicide

By Jill Lawless and DANICA KIRKA

Rabbi Bieberfeld is administered a dose of the AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine at an event to encourage vaccine uptake in Britain's Haredi Orthodox Jewish community at the John Scott Vaccination Centre in London, February 13, 2021. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein)

February 14, 2021, 7:45 pm

Ultra-Orthodox Londoners roll up sleeves to fight COVID

Hundreds of elderly members of particularly hard-hit community line up for vaccines, in hopes of reuniting with grandchildren

By DANICA KIRKA

This photo issued by the University of Oxford shows of vial of coronavirus vaccine developed by AstraZeneca and Oxford University, in Oxford, England. (John Cairns/University of Oxford via AP)

December 30, 2020, 10:37 am

UK is 1st to approve use of AstraZeneca’s cheap, easily stored COVID-19 vaccine

Developed by British-Swedish drugmaker and University of Oxford, shots can be stored in a regular refrigerator making them an easy option for many countries

By DANICA KIRKA

90-year-old Margaret Keenan, the first patient in the UK to receive the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine, administered by nurse May Parsons at University Hospital, Coventry, England, Dec. 8, 2020 (Jacob King/Pool via AP)

December 8, 2020, 8:34 am

‘V-Day’: UK rolls out trailblazing coronavirus vaccine program as world looks on

Initial 800,000 doses slated to begin to be given to people over 80 who are hospitalized or already have appointments scheduled, in West’s first major inoculation campaign

By DANICA KIRKA

In this December 20, 2017, photo provided by Joel Friedman, Rabbi Avrohom Pinter makes a speech at Canvey Island,in Essex, southeast England. (Joel Friedman via AP)

October 13, 2020, 12:58 pm

UK rabbi felled by COVID remembered for building bridges between people, faiths

Rabbi Avrohom Pinter, who died in Apil, contracted virus as he worked to warn community; was active in interfaith initiatives and acted to improve girls’ education

By DANICA KIRKA

A Muslim man uses hand sanitizer at the Bradford Grand Mosque as Muslims gathered for Eid al-Adha prayers, in Bradford, West Yorkshire, England, July 31, 2020. (Danny Lawson/PA via AP)

July 31, 2020, 4:42 pm

UK puts lockdown-easing on hold as virus spread accelerates

Hours before planned rollback of restrictions set to take effect, Johnson says country needs to ‘squeeze [the] brake pedal’ as infections start to climb for first time since May

By DANICA KIRKA and Jill Lawless

Peter Green, founding member of Fleetwood Mac, at B.B. King Blues Club & Grill in New York, on April 7, 2001. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, FILE)

July 25, 2020, 8:26 pm

Peter Green, Fleetwood Mac’s pioneering, troubled, blues guitarist, dies at 73

Green, fourth child of an east London Jewish family, had ‘the sweetest tone I ever heard,’ said B.B. King; wrote ‘Black Magic Woman,’ ‘Oh Well,’ ‘Albatross’

By Robert Barr and DANICA KIRKA

Placards belonging to remain in the European Union, anti-Brexit protesters stand outside the Houses of Parliament in London, January 7, 2020. (Matt Dunham/AP)

July 21, 2020, 2:30 pm

Long-awaited report says hard to prove Russian influence on UK Brexit referendum

But parliamentary Intelligence and Security Committee says ‘serious questions needed to be asked’ about government’s slow recognition of threat of meddling

By DANICA KIRKA and SYLVIA HUI

Captain Sir Thomas Moore receives his knighthood from Britain's Queen Elizabeth, during a ceremony at Windsor Castle in Windsor, England, Friday, July 17, 2020 (Chris Jackson/Pool Photo via AP)

July 17, 2020, 10:32 pm

UK’s Cpt. Tom a knight at 100, no kneeling required

Thomas Moore captivated British public by walking 100 laps around his garden and raising some 33 million pounds for the National Health Service

By DANICA KIRKA

Colleagues and pupils of teacher James Furlong stand together to take part in a period of silence at the Holt School, in Wokingham, England, in memory of teacher James Furlong, a victim of a terror attack in nearby Reading, June 22, 2020. (Steve Parsons/PA via AP)

June 22, 2020, 5:47 pm

English town Reading mourns victims of suspected terror attack

Students light candles, lay flowers for history teacher James Furlong; family of another victim, Joe Ritchie-Bennett from Philadelphia, stranded in US due to virus lockdown

By DANICA KIRKA and Jill Lawless

Black Lives Matter supporters during a protest at Trafalgar Square in central London, June 13, 2020. (AP/Kirsty Wigglesworth)

June 20, 2020, 6:02 am

Bank of England apologizes for past links to slavery, as UK reckons with past

UK’s central bank disavows former governors who had ties to slave trade; global anti-racism movement forcing British institutions to grapple with uncomfortable histories

By Jill Lawless and DANICA KIRKA

Dame Vera Lynn attends a ceremony to mark the 70th anniversary of the Battle of Britain, in central London, August 20, 2010. (Lefteris Pitarakis/AP)

June 18, 2020, 2:26 pm

World War II forces sweetheart singer Dame Vera Lynn dies at 103

Iconic artist, who said she was ‘an ordinary girl,’ became famous for entertaining British troops abroad with favorites such as ‘We’ll Meet Again’ and ‘The White Cliffs of Dover’

By DANICA KIRKA

A person is injected as part of the first human trials in the UK to test a potential coronavirus vaccine, taken by Oxford University in England, on April 23, 2020. (Screenshot/Oxford University Pool via AP)

June 14, 2020, 1:31 am

AstraZeneca agrees to make experimental COVID-19 vaccine for Europe

Drugmaker to supply EU states with up to 400 million doses of desperately needed vaccine, as it scales up production with human trials still under way

By DANICA KIRKA