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Added on the 18/07/2024 17:35:50 - Copyright : AFPTV - First images
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is welcomed by UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer as he arrives at Blenheim Palace near Oxford for the European Political Community summit. IMAGES
The main frontage of Blenheim Palace, where Britain is hosting the European Political Community (EPC) summit. IMAGES
Britain's King Charles III leaves Buckingham Palace to attend the Trooping the Colour military parade in central London. Trooping the Colour marks the British sovereign's official birthday and is a minutely choreographed military tradition dating back more than two centuries. Charles was actually born in November, but the second birthday tradition dates back to King George II in 1748, who wanted to have a celebration in better weather as his own birthday was in October. IMAGES
The flag above Buckingham Palace flutters in the wind the morning after the palace announced that King Charles III was diagnosed with a form of cancer and has begun treatment, a week after he was discharged from hospital for prostate surgery. The 75-year-old British monarch, who became king upon the death of his mother Queen Elizabeth, had been advised by doctors to postpone public duties, although he would continue to "undertake state business and official paperwork as usual", the palace added. IMAGES
Tourists react outside Buckingham Palace in London as King Charles III has been diagnosed with a form of cancer and has begun treatment, Buckingham Palace said earlier, just a week after he was discharged from hospital for prostate surgery. "It is really sad news for all the world" says Mahmoud Moeit, tourist from Egypt, while Ben Tan, from United States, declares "it's shocking". SOUNDBITE