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Trump praises UK troops as brave warriors after widespread condemnation
campaign rally at the Forum River Centre in Rome, Georgia, US. — Reuters/File
- King Charles’ concern over Trump’s initial remarks.
- Trump says soldiers of UK will always be with US.
- Soldiers’ sacrifice must not be forgotten: British PM.
US President Donald Trump on Saturday praised “brave” British soldiers, calling them warriors, a day after remarks he made about Nato troops in Afghanistan were described as “insulting and appalling” by Britain’s Prime Minister Keir Starmer.
Trump provoked widespread anger in Britain and across Europe after he said European troops had stayed off the front lines in Afghanistan.
Britain lost 457 service personnel killed in Afghanistan, its deadliest overseas war since the 1950s. For several of the war’s most intense years it led the allied campaign in Helmand, Afghanistan’s biggest and most violent province, while also fighting as the main US battlefield ally in Iraq.
“The GREAT and very BRAVE soldiers of the United Kingdom will always be with the United States of America!” Trump wrote on Truth Social. “In Afghanistan, 457 died, many were badly injured, and they were among the greatest of all warriors. It’s a bond too strong to ever be broken.”
The Sun on Sunday newspaper reported that King Charles’ concern over Trump’s initial remarks had been relayed to the president, who last year expressed his admiration for the monarch during a state visit to Britain. Buckingham Palace declined to comment on the report.
Trump had also provoked an unusually strong reaction from Starmer, who has tended to avoid direct criticism of the president in public.
The British leader’s office issued a statement to say the prime minister had spoken to the president on Saturday about the issue.
“The prime minister raised the brave and heroic British and American soldiers who fought side by side in Afghanistan, many of whom never returned home,” the statement said. “We must never forget their sacrifice,” he said.
Veterans in Britain and elsewhere have been lining up to condemn the US president’s comments to Fox Business Network’s “Mornings with Maria” on Thursday, in which he said that the United States had “never needed” the transatlantic alliance and accused allies of staying “a little off the front lines” in Afghanistan.
Among them was King Charles’ younger son Prince Harry, who served two tours in Afghanistan.
“Those sacrifices deserve to be spoken about truthfully and with respect,” he said in a statement.
Entertainment
How Taylor Swift ended up reuniting with ex John Mayer after public digs
Taylor Swift and John Mayer’s previous relationship resurfaced after they recently came face to face at Paul McCartney’s concert, years after their messy breakup.
The 36-year-old pop superstar and Mayer, 48, were both spotted at the Fonda Theatre in Hollywood in pictures posted on celebrity gossip accounts on social media.
While it’s unclear if the former couple interacted, the Saturday concert outing marked their first time attending the same event ever since they broke up in 2010.
The 14-time-Grammy winner was seen talking to Olivia Rodrigo in the pictures, and her pal Sabrina Carpenter was also in attendance at the event.
Swift and Mayer also used different exits as they left the concert separately.
The Gravity hitmaker and the Eras Tour performer had a difficult break up at the time, with Swift releasing Dear John allegedly about their age-gap relationship.
After the song was released and Mayer landed in backlash, he discussed how it negatively impacted him, telling Rolling Stone, “I’m pretty good at taking accountability now, and I never did anything to deserve that. It was a really lousy thing for her to do.”
The Opalite hitmaker slammed Mayer’s claims the same year, saying it was “presumptuous” of him to believe she wrote the song about him.
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Ferne McCann reveals simple secrets behind her body transformation
Ferne McCann cut a sensational figure as she posed in a tiny blue bikini after shedding two stone.
The former TOWIE star, who is a mum to daughters Sunday, eight, and Finty, two, recently shared a photo of herself, showing off her physique in before and after images, revealing the secrets behind her weight loss.
The clip began with her displaying her post-baby body in a string two-piece shortly after giving birth to her youngest daughter Finty, two.
Revealing the secret behind her weight loss, she insisted that it ‘wasn’t anything drastic’, but was the result of changing up her dietary habits.
The reality star said she made sure to stay in a calorie deficit and got enough protein, while also drinking up to 3 litres of water daily, emphasising that ‘consistency’ was the key.
Ferne penned: ‘The things that actually changed my body shape and helped me lose weight… It wasn’t anything drastic.
‘It was: Following a simple nutrition plan. Sticking to my breakfast meal replacement shake (high nutrition, low calories). Drinking 2–3L of water a day.
‘Staying in a calorie deficit. Hitting my protein target. Daily movement. Accountability (this is a big one!!! being surrounded by women doing the same as you).’
‘Nothing extreme. Nothing restrictive. Just consistency with the basics… and that’s where the results come from’, she concluded.
Ferne has been candid about her weight loss journey and revealed last year she had shed 2.5 stone after overhauling her lifestyle with a focus on nutrition and high-intensity interval training.
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Royal family ‘hides’ senior member cancer struggles: Shocking details out
Royal family maintained silence over the cancer struggles of a senior member as new, surprising details emerged.
An author, Hugo Vickers, talked about the royal figure’s health scare that was not disclosed by the firm at the time of his death.
The royal commentator wrote that Queen Elizabeth II had been informed that Prince Philip had been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer eight years before his death.
At the age of 91, the Duke of Edinburgh’s medical team shared with the royals about his inoperable form of the disease in June 2013.
Following the diagnosis, “there was a view that [Philip] might not be seen in public again”, but “the duke outwitted the pessimists,” Hugo shared, as per The Times.
The royal expert opened up about Prince Philip’s last days of life, stating there were “moments of tranquillity.”
“On the last night of his life, he gave his nurses the slip, shuffled along the corridor on his Zimmer frame, helped himself to a beer and drank it in the Oak Room,” he penned.
Hugo added, “The following morning, he got up, had a bath, said he did not feel well and quietly slipped away. By this point, he had lived with pancreatic cancer for nearly eight years — far longer than the usual survival time from diagnosis.”
It is important to mention that the Queen was not with her husband when he passed away.
For the unversed, Prince Philip passed away in Windsor Castle in 2021 just before his 100th birthday.
As per the death certificate, his cause of death was mentioned as “old age,” hinting that the Palace wanted to keep it a secret.
The cancer shock returned in the royal family after King Charles and Princess Kate were diagnosed with the disease in 2024.
Catherine is in remission from cancer after completing her preventive chemotherapy. Whereas the monarch is still undergoing cancer treatment.
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