A former senior staffer to National Australia Bank chief executives has told a court she became “dependent” on a Sydney businesswoman who gave her a string of luxury gifts while allegedly defrauding the bank of millions. Rosemary Rogers, a former NAB employee who rose in the ranks from a teller in 1995 to chief of […]

From mistress to Queen Consort… Camilla’s extraordinary transformation into one of the Royal Family’s most popular members Camilla completed a transformation from royal mistress to Queen Consort It once would have been controversial to give her the ultimate royal title Camilla was blamed by some for the breakdown of Charles’s marriage to Diana The Queen endorsed Camilla […]

Buenos Aires: A judge in Argentina indicted 19 people for their alleged involvement in a yoga school in Buenos Aires that operated like a sect and coerced female members to have sex with rich and powerful men in order to obtain money and other benefits. Judge Ariel Lijo formally charged 19 people on crimes including […]

It was an innocent slip that simultaneously ruptured the right cruciate ligament and a young woman’s dreams. Michele Brown had been a champion netballer in a sports-mad family. Now she was an ex-champion. A member of the Victoria under-17 side she was in the squad to be selected for the Australian Institute of Sport. The […]

Pillar boxes, cash, stamps, police helmets, passports. So much will be different under King Charles III… and even QCs will become KCs The Queen’s image on everyday items such as bank notes, coins and stamps will have to be changed They will be gradually replaced to feature portraits of the new King, Charles III but it […]

VLADIMIR Putin has paid tribute to the Queen and extended his to the Royal Family after her death. In a letter to King Charles, the Russian tyrant passed on his condolences to the British people after Her Majesty's passing was announced. Her Majesty, who reigned for 70 years, passed away at Balmoral at the age […]

IT was the one place in the whole world she felt most at home. Balmoral Castle where the Queen died yesterday was where for three months every summer she could “kick off her shoes” and relax. This 50,000-acre estate beside the River Dee in the Scottish Highlands is where she could be a mum, and […]

CHARLES takes on the monarch’s titles of King, Defender of the Faith and Duke of Lancaster. Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall automatically becomes a Queen but will be styled as Queen Consort in accordance with the late Queen’s wishes. William becomes the Duke of Cornwall but keeps the title of Duke of Cambridge so will be […]

THE state funeral for the Queen will take place at Westminster Abbey a week on Monday — as the nation falls silent to remember her extraordinary life of service. Full details were expected to be revealed later today after King Charles meets with Earl Marshal, the Duke of Norfolk, to approve the carefully choreographed farewell. […]

Thuan An, Vietnam: A fire at a karaoke bar in Vietnam has killed at least 33 people, becoming the deadliest fire in the Southeast Asian country in over 20 years and prompting nationwide debate over fire safety standards and code enforcement. People were seen jumping from the balcony of the three-storey building on Tuesday night […]