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R ByMartin Benedyk And Jill Lawless

FATE UNEXPECTEDLYmade her queen. Duty andendurance have made her aninstitution and an icon.

On April 21 Queen Elizabeth II turned90. As Britain’s oldest and longest-reigning monarch, drawing crowds ofwell-wishers and floods of tributes to the

stamina and service of a woman who canclaim to have given her name to the age.

Britain is living, Prime Minister DavidCameron said, in the “modern Elizabe-than Era.”

The queen usually spends her birth-day privately, with most of the pompand ceremony reserved for an officialbirthday that’s marked in June. But lastmonth’s milestone brought an outpour-ing of public goodwill.

Thousands of fans greeted the queenon a tightly choreographed walkaboutnear her Windsor Castle home, whileelsewhere her government and subjects

Flood Of Tributes For QueenElizabeth On Her 90th Birthday

held gun salutes, fireworks and speechesin Parliament, and televised retrospec-tives offered scenes from a royal life thathas stretched from the Roaring ’20s tothe Internet age.

STEADFAST“Her Majesty has been steadfast – a

rock of strength for our nation, for ourCommonwealth and on many occasionsfor the whole world,” Cameron said as heled tributes in the House of Commons.

He praised the monarch’s “unshakablesense of duty,” pointing out that she hadprovided counsel to 12 British prime

R ByKathleen Hennessey

LENDING political backupto a struggling friend, Pres-ident Barack Obama madea forceful plea last monthfor Britons to heed PrimeMinister David Cameron’scall to stay in the EuropeanUnion and dismissed criticswho accused the US presi-dent of meddling in Britishaffairs.

Standing aside Cameron at anews conference at 10 Down-ing Street, Obama said Britain’spower is amplified by its mem-bership in the 28-nation union,not diminished. He delivered analmost sentimental appeal to the“special relationship” betweenthe two countries and cast a grimpicture of the economic stakessaying flatly the US would not rush towrite a free trade deal with Great Britainif it voted to exit.

“Let me be clear, ultimately, this issomething the British voters have todecide for themselves. But as part of ourspecial relationship, part of being friends,is to be honest and to let you know whatI think,” Obama said. “And speakinghonestly, the outcome of that decision isa matter of deep interest to the UnitedStates, because it affects our prospectsas well. The United States wants a strongUnited Kingdom as a partner, and theUnited Kingdom is at its best when it’shelping to lead a strong Europe.”

DEBATEObama spoke on April 21, the first

full day of a three-day visit to London,likely the last of this presidency. Comingtwo months before a June referendumon leaving the union, Obama plungedhimself into heated debate about Brit-ain’s national identity, immigrationpolicy, economic fairness and the trustin institutions.

Just ice Minis ter Dominic Raab, aleader of the Leave campaign, said Brit-ons shouldn’t put stock in Obama’s view.

PRESIDENT ADVOCATES STAYING IN EU

Obama, Cameron Meet As Britain DebatesEuropean Union Exit

. . . AND IT’S GOODNIGHT FROM HIM

Celebrities Attend RonnieCorbett’s Funeral

RONNIE CORBETT, described as “A diminutive, verbally dexterousentertainer with exquisite comic timing, has been hailed as a giantof comedy by the fans and fellow stars mourning his death at theage of 85 on March 31.

Corbett was bade farewell at St Johnthe Evangelist Church near his home inCroydon, April 18. The comedian hadbeen diagnosed with a suspected formof motor neurone disease. Prominentwas a floral arrangement referencing theactor’s trademark spectacles.Among the mourners were SirMichael Parkinson, David Walliams and Jimmy Tarbuck.

Sir Michael said of the service that it“hit exactly the right note”, adding that“It was the least showbizzy funeral I’vebeen to. He wasn’t a very showbiz personin that sense. He was unaf fected by fameand recognition. It didn’t bother him.”

In a touch of humour, four candlesburned at the back of the altar – a refer-ence to the famous Two Ronnies sketch,Four Candles/Fork Handles.

Corbett’s daughter Emma paid tributeto her father during the service, saying:

“My dad was loved and cherished and it isan enormous honour to be his daughter.His integrity, kindness, style and gracewere ever present and never left him,even in death,” she said.

R ByJames Brooks

“ALL THE world’s a stage,” wrote Wil-liam Shakespeare, who died 400 yearsago April 23. But he played out much ofhis life in one small English market town:Stratford-upon-Avon.

“It’s the home of one of the greatestwriters who’s ever lived, whose worksare translated into all the world lan-guages ... and it’s therefore a magnet tocome to understand a little bit about whatmade William Shakespeare, what formedhim, to find out about the history of his

Stratford-Upon-Avon Marks 400Years Since Shakespeare Died

time, and to cel-ebrate his on-goinglegacy,” said DrPaul Edmondson,head of research atShakespeare Birth-place Trust.

Shakespearewas born here in1564 in a half-tim-

bered house in Henley Street. The homehas been restored to look as it would havewhen Shakespeare was 10. His father John, who was appointed mayor of thetown in 1568, had a glove-making work-shop that’s been recreated downstairs,while the room where Shakespeare wasbelieved to have been born is upstairs.

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JURY VERDICT

96 Fans ‘UnlawfullyKilled’ In Hillsborou

Football DisasterIT HAS taken 27 years, but last montha jury concluded that the 96 Liverpoolsoccer fans who were crushed to deathin overcrowded sections at HillsboroughStadium in 1989 were “unlawfully killed”in a disaster caused by police actions.

The police force responsible for thestadium in the northern English city ofSheffield said “we unequivocally acceptthe verdict,” while apologising for theirfailings to families who have spent 27years campaigning for the police to beofficially blamed.

Relatives of the victims of the disasterchanted “Justice for the 96” and sang theLiverpool club anthem,You’ll Never Walk Alone, outside a specially-built courtroomafter the conclusion of two years of freshinquests into Britain’s worst sportingdisaster.

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Court Rules Woman Can’tName Her Daughter Cyanide

A WOMAN from Wales cannot name herbaby daughter Cyanide, a British court ruledlast month.

The woman, whose name cannot be

published for legal reasons, has infant twinsand wants to name her son Preacher andher daughter Cyanide, saying the poison isa “lovely, pretty name” with positive asso-ciations because it helped kill Nazi leaderAdolf Hitler.

Local officials objected, and a familycourt judge ruled against the mother inSeptember, saying she was not acting tosecure her children’s welfare.

She challenged the ruling, saying it washer right to choose her children’s names.But three Court of Appeal judges upheld theearlier decision in a judgment published later.

One of the justices, Eleanor King, saidit was “one of those rare cases” in whichjudges should intervene.

“It is hard to see how ... the twin girl couldregard being named after this deadly poisonas other than a complete rejection of her byher birth mother,” she said.

The woman has a history of drug abuseand mental health problems, and her childrenhave been placed in foster care.

High-Altitude Balloon TakesStuffed Dog To Stratosphere

SAM THE DOG has gone where no stuffedanimal has gone before – into the strato-sphere and the English unknown.

Teachers and pupils at an elementaryschool in Morecambe in northwest Englandstrapped the white fluffy school mascot toa high-altitude helium balloon and launchedhim from a hotel roof last month. Theyrecorded his rapid ascent some 15 miles into the atmosphere, much higher than planned,and captured the trip with an on-board videocamera.

After the balloon burst, Sam disappeared.The school hoped to retrieve him, but he wasmissing from the site where the balloon’scamera and GPS system landed some 30miles to the east.

They have launched a social media-drivenhunt for Sam in hopes that someone innorthern England will find him.

Teenager Passed Driving Test,After Killing A Deer Enroute

MANY UJ readers will have taken a Britishdriving test at some point in their lives, andrecognize how difficult it was, even manyyears ago.

Over the decades the driving test hasbecome even more difficult, with a written test along with the gruel ling, rule- ladendriving test.

There are certain things you hope for tomake passing as easy as possible. Examplesbeing: clear roads, no pedestrians crossing the street and a forgiving examiner have tobe a high priority.

But our guess is, that there can’t be toomany learner drivers who have prayed for aday free of deer running out in front them.

But, call it not a lucky day for Tom Lo,because that unlikely scenario became areality when he took his test in Essex lastmonth.

And, unbelievably 17-year-old Lo not only

hit a deer, but killed it, and still passed his test. Lo was travelling at around 40mph nearFingringhoe when the animal jumped out infront of him. Tom got away with a crackednumber plate and kept his composure topass with only two minor errors.

“He has kept his composure and he did

very well,” his driving instructor RobertJezierski said, adding: “We teach them theemergency stop as part of the curriculum that we cover but it is very rarely that theyhave to put it into practice.”

Tom, who said he believes the deer was amuntjac, said there was nothing he could do.

“The driving examiner checked the carand then we went on with the exam,” he said.

“It was something I was not expecting soI was a bit shaken up, but luckily I wasn’t too shaken up to continue. I got this test asa cancellation, the next one was June 15, soit was quite important to pass it before myexams I was really pleased because I haveworked hard to pass the test.”

‘Cheeky’ Warning NecessaryAfter Loo Rat Bites Man

THE COUNCIL in Midleton, Cork County

in Ireland had to issue a warning for the townsfolk to “watch their bums” when using the loo last month.

Councillor Noel Collins said that an elderlyman had come to him to complain about theincident which happened during flooding.It’s believed the rat got in through a brokensewer pipe.

In an incident that fits the worst nightmareof many, a man reported being bitten on thebuttocks by a rat while using his toilet.

A council is now warning people to watch their posteriors when they use the loo toprevent it from happening again.

“The flooding resulted in another problemfor residents, that of rat infestation, whichreally upset many families, mentally andphysically, and indeed, one elderly gentle-man suffered a rat bite to his posterior whileusing his toilet, and had to receive immediatemedical attention,” the councilman told the Evening Echo.Councillor Noel Collins reported theincident to Cork County Council during aSouthern Area Meeting, after asking them to investigate the possibility of flushing ratpoison through the sewer system.

Footballer On Field WhenPA Announcement Says His

Car Lights Still OnWHEN THE announcement came over thepublic address system that someone hadleft their car lights on, Rochdale midfielderCallum Camps immediately began lookingfor some help.

The 20-year-old Camps happened to beon the field at that moment playing againstGillingham in a third-division soccer match.

“I was listening because the ball was outof play, and as soon as I heard the (reg-istration) I was thinking that’s my numberplate,” Camps told BBC Radio Manchester.“I thought I’d blocked someone in, so I said to (teammate) Jamie Allen: ‘That’s my car, that.’”

Camps quickly found some help on thesidelines.

“I looked over to (head of sports science)Kevin Gibbins and said, ‘My car’s just beenread out, can you sort it out?’” Camps said.

Camps went on to a score late in the firsthalf to give his team the lead in the eventual1-1 draw.

Last Of PG Tips Monkeys DiesAfter ‘Struggle ToBe A Chimp’

THE LAST of the original chimps from theold PG Tips adverts has sadly passed awayat the age of 48. Choppers, who lived atTwycross Zoo, played Ada in the classicads which were popular on TV in the 1970sand 1980s.

“Choppers was known for her gentlenature and loved grooming other chimps andinteracting with her keepers, whom she wasalways excited to see,” he said.

“She was a much-loved member of thechimpanzee group and she will be sadlymissed by all staff at the zoo, as well as hernumerous friends.”

Choppers, who was 48, played Ada in thememorable adverts which were broadcast onTV from the 1950s through the 1980s. Thezoo said the “much-loved” ape had signs ofheart and liver failure and the decision to puther to sleep was made April 21.

In 2014, the zoo told the BBC the useof apes on television had been wrong andChoppers was “mixed up” as a result.Chimps like Choppers were trained byTwycross, in Leicestershire. They weredressed up in clothes and lip-synced with the voices of actors such as Peter Sellersand Bob Monkhouse. They also appeared

in children’s showsTiswasand Blue Peter and their messy tea parties were a big hitwith the public.

After about 30 years, the zoo ended itsagreement for its apes to be used in adver- tising but chimpanzees from abroad stillappeared in tea adverts until 2003.

Sadly, after years of doing this, Choppersonly figured out how to act like a chimpanzeein her later years. According to the BBC, sheshunned her own kind for years and preferred the company of humans. And it was only in2014 that she began taking part in groomingsessions – an important chimp behaviour.

She shared an enclosure with Louis,who played Mr Shifter in the ads, until hedied in 2013.

Prime Minister’s Praise Of TheQueen Sees Twitter Erupt

DAVID CAMERON called the Queen a #rock-ofstrength on her 90 th birthday last month,and Tweeters “got busy.”

Back story being, when David Cameronsays anything, Twitter tries its level best to mock it, with varying degrees of comicsuccess. But every now and again, he says

something that is just vague enough orridiculous enough for social media usersacross the country to have a field day.

And, with it being a special day, respect-ful, but hilarious descriptions of how theQueen had been a rock of strength for manyindividuals were abound!

In the Twittersphere users were asked toexplain: “How the Queen has been a rock ofstrength for you?”

These are some of the hilarious responses:• When the wall of our daughter’s class-

room collapsed, the Queen stood in as a supporting beam for nearly a month.

• She looked after our hamster while wewent to Butlins for a week in 1974. Thanks Auntie Betty.

• The Queen signed for my Royal Maildelivery when I was out AND brought it rounwhen I got home.

• The Queen was my rock of strength

when she loaned me £900 interest free tocover a small debt.There were also a good number of Scot-

tish Tweets, less favourable, very funny, buunprintable. AND, we know not all Scots think that way!

Since Her Royal Highness is Tweetingoccasionally herself, it would have nice tosee a reply from her along the lines of: “WARE amused.”

Underground ‘Mind The Gap’Announcer Phil Sayer Dies

MILLIONS know his voice. Few knew hname.

Phil Sayer, whose warning to “mind thegap” is heard every day on the LondonUnderground, has died at the age of 62.

SayerHamilton, the voiceover company hran with his wife Elinor Hamilton, said Say

died April 14. The BBC reported that he hasuffered from cancer.His voice is also heard on trains and at

railway stations around Britain, often apologising for cancelations and delays.

“I probably apologise more than anybodyin the UK,” Sayer told the Daily Telegrapnewspaper in 2010.

On its Facebook page last month, Sayer-Hamilton called Sayer the “voice of reasonradio, and railways. A dearly loved husbandfather, grandfather, brother, uncle and friendWe are sorry to announce that this service terminates here.”

Prince George, Gets Boost From Foam Blocks In Royal Photo

PRINCE GEORGE gets a boost in a photo

for a new British stamp set – thanks tosome foam blocks and duct tape.The toddler prince is pictured along-

side his father Prince William, grand-father Prince Charles and great-grandmother Queen Elizabeth II instamps issued to mark the queen’s90th birthday last month.

The adults are seated, but a smiling

George stands atop four foam blocks

secured with tape so that his head is atroughly the same height as the others.The blocks can’t be seen on the stamp,but a full-length version of the imageby photographer Ranald Mackechnie

was released by the Royal Mail April 20.The group photograph has been

issued as a sheet that divides into fourstamps, one for each of the royals.


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MANY CITIES are defined by the river thatruns through them and nowhere is this more true than with the mighty Thames. The manybridges and meandering nature of London’smain waterway provide fantastic backdropsfor millions of tourist photographs every year.This is all under threat though, according toHistoric England, who are calling for action

to stop the river becoming a canyon of highrise apartment blocks and offices.

There is no doubt that the skyline along the river has changed dramatically in the last twenty years and this looks set to continueapace as developers vie with one another to build the next startlingly shaped edifice.

Historic England are calling on the govern-

Old Man River

ment to provide statutory protection to theentire section of river and banks betweenPutney Bridge in south west London andTower Bridge in the City. They say that thereis a danger of London becoming a “genericglobal city” and Duncan Wilson, chief execu- tive, adds that the Vauxhall area, for instance,is “already blighted by piece-meal, high-risedevelopment”.

This view is certainly shared by a lotof people, Barbara Weiss of the SkylineCampaign which campaigns against tallbuildings in the capital claims that “as thebuildings rise, the river has begun to feelmuch narrower”.But is the fast flowing, tidal Thames nota metaphor for the ebb and flow of prosper-ity and change that London has embracedat every stage over the last two thousandyears? When you look at Canaletto’s beautifulpainting of St Paul’s and the Thames in themiddle of the Eighteenth century with some twenty or so church spires piercing the sky,we see an almost Venetian capital reflecting the religious fervour of the time. Right now,St Paul’s still rises majestically in an alreadyprotected area of development but alongsideare the beacons of 21st Century prosperity,plus if you look very carefully, a few blots on the landscape caused by German bombs andderanged post-war architects. Quite right too!

London – #1 DestinationWell, according to Trip Advisor, anyway!

Jumping from sixth position in 2014 to the topspot in 2015, London has been awarded thisaccolade following analysis of the millions ofsite reviews of restaurants, hotels and touristattractions.

The city was promised a huge windfallfrom the London Olympics in 2012 and thisseems to have been delivered. In 2014, therewere 17.4 million visitors, making it the citymost visited by International travellers.

The Trip Advisor figures matter because they are based on rea l fee dback fromgenuine people and, welcoming the top

ranking, Mayor Boris Johnston said “Lon-don is undoubtedly the cultural capital of the world thanks to our iconic attractions,buzzing entertainment scene and amazingmuseums and galleries, [it has] somethingfor everyone”.

Separately, the Association of LeadingVisitor Attractions has released researchshowing that 65 million people visited Londonattractions in 2015 (roughly the entire population of the UK!). The British Museum cameout top with nearly seven million visitors, fol-lowed by the National Gallery with six million.

There are high hopes for a record-breaking performance again this year with theupcoming 90th birthday celebrations of theQueen, some exciting new West End stageproductions and favourable foreign currencyexchange rates.

And The Walls CameTumbling Down...

There is something funny going on in thechurchyards of East London. Though youmight be expecting a tale of body-snatchingor other dark activities, in fact, this is all about the brick walls surrounding the headstones.

Many churchyards are enclosed by wallsof “London Stock”, yellow bricks which candate back to 17th and 18th Centuries. Thesebeautifully weathered, mellow bricks arehighly sought after and sell for around £1 a time on the black market. Police are currentlyinvestigating a spate of some 30 thefts in eastLondon and these even include one casewhere a van was driven deliberately into agarden wall and the occupants scooped up asmany bricks as they could before driving off!You Can’t Always Get WhatYou Want

As the Rolling Stones themselves foundout when they wanted to play a few hitsoutside the Saatchi Gallery to herald theopening of their new exhibition there. TheChelsea Residents” Association blocked

the plan according to Stones guitarist, KeRichards, 72. Maybe all that loud music ashouting was too much for the residentaround the King’s Road!

Nevertheless the group, who famously lmonth performed a first-ever free concein Cuba, have taken over the entire gallfor a fabulous exhibition entitled...we“Exhibitionism” of course! With hundredunseen photographs, costumes and valuabguitars and other instruments on display, audio tour promises to guide you through band’s tumultuous 50 year history. This is band’s first ever exhibition and took yearsput together. As lead singer Mick Jaggealso 72, said, “We’ve been thinking abo this for quite a long time, collecting thinand thinking, ‘this will be good, we’d besave this because people want to see it’.”

There was further controversy whe the band failed to invite Mick Taylor to opening even though he had replaced BrJones in 1969 and stayed with the group un1974 – a period which many fans would swas their very best.

With a new album due out shortly and thexhibition running until September, therstill no moss growing on these guys!Online: ww.saatchigallery.com/currnt/rolling_stones.php

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PM Cameron Defends Financial Arrangements R ByJill Lawless

PRIME MINISTER David Cameronfought back last month after days ofcriticism over his finances, lashing outat what he called hurtful and untrueclaims about his late father’s investmentssparked by leaked details about the off-shore accounts of the rich and famous.

Trying to restore his government’sshaken reputation, Cameron insisted that“aspiration and wealth creation are notsomehow dirty words” and said Britainwas acting to stop evasion in its overseastax havens.

Cameron has been under mountingpressure since his father, Ian Cameron,was identified as a client of a Panamanianlaw firm that specializes in helping thewealthy reduce their tax burdens. Theprime minister initially refused to saywhether he had a stake in BlairmoreHoldings, an offshore firm establishedby his father, before acknowledging hehad sold his shares in it shortly beforehe was elected in 2010.

“I accept all of the criticisms for notresponding more quickly to these issueslast week,” Cameron told lawmakers in

the House ofCommons lastmonth. “But

as I said, I wasangry aboutthe way myfather’s mem-ory was beingtraduced.”

C a m e r o nsaid his fatherhad set up aninvestment fund overseas so it couldtrade in dollar securities – “an entirelystandard practice and it is not to avoidtax.” He said millions of Britons hadinvestments in such funds through theirworkplace pensions.

HURTFUL Cameron said “there have been some

deeply hurtful and profoundly untrueallegations made against my father,” whodied in 2010.

Revelations about the Cameron familyfinances – found among more than 11million documents from the Panamanianlaw firm Mossack Fonseca – have over-shadowed the government’s claim that

it is committed to closing tax loopholes.Cameron has championed greater

financial transparency, and is due to host

an international anti-corruption summitin London this month.INTUITION

The prime minister, a former PR manwith a reputation for sharp political intu-ition, appeared to be caught off-guard bythe tax furor. His office initially insistedthat his financial arrangements wereprivate, before acknowledging that Cam-eron and his wife had sold some £30,000($44,000) in shares in the offshore fundshortly before he became prime ministerin 2010, to avoid any potential conflictof interest.

Then, a week later, Cameron pub-lished a summary of his tax returns since2009, becoming the first British leaderto do so. The records appear to showthat Cameron paid his full share of tax –£75,898 on taxable income of £200,307in the most recent tax year.

But the document also generated anew round of headlines over a £200,000gift from his mother on which Cameron– legally – paid no tax.

Falkland Island LawmakersReject Argentine Claim

LAWMAKERS in the far-flung Falkland Islandsare rejecting Argentina’s claim that a recentdecision by a UN commission strengthensthe South American nation’s claim over thearchipelago.

Last month, the Argentine governmentsaid that the UN commission on the limits ofthe continental shelf had sided with Argentinain a dispute with Great Britain going backdecades. The government said the commis-sion had ratified a 2009 Argentine report thatfixed the limit of its territory at 200 to 350miles from its coast.

Argentine Foreign Minister Susana Mal-corra, previously chief of staff to UN Secre-tary-General Ban Ki-moon, posted a map on Twitter that showed the islands included inArgentina’s continental shelf territory.

Like with everything related to the islands,even what the extension of territory wouldinclude is in dispute. The report itself has

not been made public. The UN “has agreed to continental shelf

extension for Argentina in those areas northof the Falklands Islands that are not thesubject of competing claims,” Mike Sum-mers, one the local legislative assemblymembers that govern the British Overseas Territory, told The Associated Press duringan interview.

Summers added the decision “has noeffect for the sovereign position of theFalklands.”

In 1982, Argentina invaded and was thenrouted by British troops. April 2 marked the34th anniversary of the war. Argentine vet-erans of the war held a vigil in Buenos Aires.

Islanders and the British government havelong rejected Argentina’s claims and refusedto negotiate. While the commission’s rec-ommendation is non-binding, it adds moreweight to Argentina’s contention.


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What Would It Cost To Leave EU?UK Slaps A Price Tag On It

R ByDanica KirkaBRITAIN’S Treasury chief hasput a price tag on it: Leavingthe European Union would costBritain the equivalent of $6,100per household.

The estimate is based on a 200-pageanalysis of the long-term costs and ben-efits of EU membership and its alterna-tives that George Osborne published lastmonth ahead of the June 23 referendum.

The UK economy would be six percentsmaller in 2030 than currently forecastif the country were to leave the EUand replace it with a trade agreementsimilar to the one Canada is currentlynegotiating, according to the Treasury’sanalysis. Opponents rejected the esti-mate as absurd.

“The conclusions could not beclearer,” Osborne told the BBC beforethe release. “Britain would be perma-nently poorer if we left the EuropeanUnion, to the tune of £4,300 ($6,100) forevery household in the country. That’s a

fact everyone should think about as theyconsider how to vote, and as chancellor,I’m clear we’re stronger, safer and betteroff in the European Union.”

ANALYSISOsborne said the analysis looked

at the benefits the UK receives frombeing inside the EU. It also consideredalternatives that range from relyingonly on World Trade Organization rules,like Russia and China, to negotiating aNorway-style agreement in which Britainwould gain access to the single marketbut be required to pay into the EU budgetand accept the free movement of people.The Canadian option represents themiddle ground, Osborne said.

“What I would reject, however, is theidea that Britain can sign up to some kindof deal where we get all the benefits ofEuropean Union membership but noneof the obligations or costs,” he said. “The

Germans or Frenchwouldn’t give thatto us because it’sa better deal thanGermany or Francegets and it’s not

credible.”The ana lys isconcludes that taxreceipts would facea £36bn black hole.

“This is more than a third of the(National Health Service) budget andequivalent to eight pence (about 12cents) on the basic rate of income tax,”the analysis said.

EXPORTSIt also estimated that 3.3m jobs are

linked to exports from the UK to otherEU countries.

Osborne also rejected the idea thatthe analysis was merely campaign propa-ganda dressed up as fact, but supporters

of the leave campaign argued that thewarnings were an attempt to confuse theBritish public.

Writing in his column for the DailyTelegraph, the leading figure in the “out”campaign, London Mayor Boris Johnson,

argued that the public was being askedto “accept the accelerating loss of demo-cratic self-government as the price ofeconomic prosperity.”

Even so, he said the public sees “theemperor has no clothes and that Britaincould have a glorious future outside theEU.” The migrant crisis shows the dan-gers of remaining in the bloc, Johnson said.

“They all know that there is one eventin the next few weeks that could remindthe British people of at least one salientpoint in this debate – that this countryhas lost control of its frontiers – andthat is another migration crisis on theborders of the EU, and within the EUitself,” he wrote.

George Osborne

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BRITAIN’S European Union referendumcampaign has officially begun – thoughBritons could be forgiven for thinking it hasbeen going on for months.

April 15 marked the start of the offi-cial 10-week campaign ahead of a June23 vote on whether Britain should leavethe 28-nation bloc. The opposing sides– Britain Stronger in Europe and VoteLeave – unveiled billboards, “battle buses”and stump speeches, setting out starklyopposed visions of the potential economicimpact of a British exit.

Vote Leave said quitting the EU – aprospect known as Brexit – would saveBritain billions which could be used to fundthe overstretched National Health Service.Justice Secretary Michael Gove said the UK

In Or Out? UK’s EU ReferendumCampaign Officially Kicks Off

pays the EU £50m ($71m) a day, moneythat could be spent on “British people’spriorities.”

Opponents say that figure is misleading,since it does not include money Britain getsback from the Brussels-based bloc.

HARM“Remain” campaigners say leaving the

bloc and its free-trade zone would severelyharm the British economy. The InternationalMonetary Fund warned this week that Brexit“could pose major challenges for both theUnited Kingdom and the rest of Europe.”

Former Treasury chief Alistair Darlingtold a pro-EU event that there is “nothingpatriotic about turning a blind eye to cred-ible warnings of economic disaster.”

“When the IMF single us out as facing

what will be a self-inflicted wound, we can’tignore it,” he said.Unofficial referendum campaigning

has been going on since Prime MinisterDavid Cameron secured an agreement onrevised EU membership terms for Britain inFebruary. He says that deal means the UKshould stay in.

During the official campaign period,Britain Stronger in Europe and Vote Leavewill each get free TV ad slots, receive somepublic funding and be able to spend up to£7m of their own money.

UK Labour Chief CorbynArgues For ‘In’ Vote In

EU ReferendumTHE EU is deeply flawed but remaininga member of the 28-nation bloc, “wartsand all,” is in Britain’s best interest,opposition Labour Party leader JeremyCorbyn said last month.

Prime Minister David Cameron andmost of his Conservative government arein the “remain” camp but several seniorministers argue that Britain should leave.

Corbyn comes from the socialist left-wing of the Labour Party and has longbeen seen as a lukewarm supporter ofthe bloc. In 1975, he voted against joiningwhat was then the European EconomicCommunity. His ambivalence sets himapart from many Labour lawmakers, whostrongly favor an “in” vote.

‘Leave’ Leader: UK Could KeeEU Free Trade After Brexit

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BRITISH POLITICIANS and bankerstussled last month over the economicimpact of quitting the European Union,with an exit-supporting Cabinet ministeraccusing his opponents of treating voterslike children and trying to scare them

into staying with forecasts of doom.But Bank of England Governor MarkCarney said uncertainty about Britain’sfuture was already having a destabilizingeffect on the economy, driving down thevalue of the pound and creating “somesoftening in growth.”

Carney, who has avoided backingeither side outright, told a House ofLords committee that leaving the EUwould cause an “extended period ofuncertainty about the economic outlook”and could slow growth.

On April 18, the Treasury said quittingthe EU – a prospect known as Brexit– would leave the British economy sixpercent smaller by 2030, the equivalentof a £4,300 ($6,100) loss per household.

SENSECarney said he was not involved in the

Treasury analysis but the “broad approachto me makes sense.” Justice Secretary Michael Gove, whobacks Brexit, said the Treasury predic-tion was an example of scare tactics by apro-EU campaign that treats people “likechildren – unfit to be trusted and easilyscared by ghost stories.”

In a speech in London to supporters ofthe Vote Leave group, Gove said warn-ings that Britain faced economic declineand isolation outside the EU offered a“profoundly negative vision of the future.”

“I sometimes think that the ‘In’campaign appears to be operating toa script written by George RR Martinand Stephen King – Brexit would meana combination of A Feast for Crows and Misery,” he said.

In contrast, he said leaving the EUwould be the start of “a happy journey toa better future” in which Britain wouldcontrol its borders, laws and economy.

DECIDEBritain will decide in a June 23 refer-

endum whether to leave the 28-nationbloc. Prime Minister David Cameron andmany in his government support stayingin, but Gove and several other ministersare backing a “leave” vote.

The “remain” campaign accuses Goveand others of failing to outline what rela-tionship Britain would have with the EUif it leaves. As an EU member, Britainis part of a single market of some 500million people and does most of its tradewith other members of the bloc.

Gove said that if Britain left the EU it“would still benefit from the free-tradezone which currently stretches fromIceland to the Russian border, but wewouldn’t have all of the EU regulations”and associated cost.

Others have challenged that view,pointing out that countries such as Nor-way and Iceland have had to agree toabide by EU rules in order to be admittedto the free-trade zone.

“Michael Gove wants to wish awayreality, but the truth is every credibleindependent forecaster says Brexit willhurt our economy,” said Labour Partylawmaker Alan Johnson.

Amid EU Vote Uncertainty, BankOf England Keeps Rates Steady

BANK OF ENGLAND policymakers voted unanimously last month to keepinterest rates on hold amid concerns about whether Britain will leave theEuropean Union.

The June 23 referendum has added uncertainty to an already weakeningeconomic outlook, prompting some economists to downgrade their growthforecasts. Members of the Monetary Policy Committee expressed concern inminutes released from their April 13 meeting.

“There are some signs that uncertainty relating to the EU referendum hasbegun to weigh on certain areas of activity, as some decisions, including oncapital expenditure and commercial property transactions, are being postponedpending the outcome of the vote,” the minutes said. “This might lead to somesoftening in growth during the first half of 2016.”

The International Monetary Fund warned that an exit from the EU coulddisrupt trade and damage the world economy. As a result, the IMF cut itsforecast for UK economic growth this year to 1.9 percent, from 2.2 percent.

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Anglican Leader Says DNA TestsHave Revealed His Real Father

THE ARCHBISHOPof Canterbury saysDNA tests have iden-tified his real father,but the revelationhasn’t shaken hissense of identity.

Earlier this month,DNA analysis ofArchbishop Justin Welby’s mouth swabsdetermined that his father was notwhisky salesman Gavin Welby but civilservant Sir Anthony Montague Browne.Browne and Welby’s mother, Jane Wil-

liams, both worked as aides to PrimeMinister Winston Churchill.

Last month’s announcement fromWelby, leader of the Church of Englandand the worldwide Anglican Communion,followed an investigation by the DailyTelegraph newspaper.

Welby said: “I find who I am in JesusChrist, not in genetics, and my identityin him never changes.”Williams issued her own statementconfirming a drunken one-night standwith Browne shortly before her 1955marriage to Welby.

Ryanair Flight LandsSafely After Bird StrikeIRELAND-BASED airline Ryanairsays a flight heading to the Spanishisland of Mallorca aborted its flightshortly after takeoff and returnedto the airport in Manchester,

England, because of a bird strike.Airline spokesman Piaras Kellysaid that “the aircraft landed nor-mally and the flight to Palma willoperate as soon as possible.”

Kelly characterized the incidentas a “minor bird strike.”

Mars To Label SomePasta Sauces As AnOccasional Treat

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AMERICAN presi-dential electionsmake only verygeneralised impres-sions back here inEurope. So I hopeyou will forgive thisvery partial series of thumbnail sketchesof presidents though they do stretch back to the early 1950s.

Ike was probably the first to impingeupon my conscious mind. Clean-shaven andremote with an oddly-named wife, Mame. Acurious marital union of the military and showbusiness that more or less summed up theUSA after the war.

FREEDOMSJFK followed with his dazzlingly beautiful

wife and entourage. The sixties had arrived,I was off to university in London, and theworld was finally waking up to all sorts ofnew-found freedoms. They were dented notreversed when Kennedy fell in 1963 and threemore initials beat their way to the top.

LBJ seemed to be on the right and wrongsides at precisely the same time. A goodliberal in some ways yet the man who started the Vietnam War, or at least escalated it. Hedidn’t stop around long, he and his Ladybirdbeing succeeded by Tricky Dicky. Nixon wasa politician’s politician, a man who calculatedevery move, whose life was spent lookingin the mirror for two things: (a) to see whateffect he was making and (b) to keep an eyeon who might be behind him.

EXPLETIVE DELETEDHis presidency ended in (expletive deleted)

disgrace to be followed by Mr America as itseemed. Mr Ford. What better name? Wecould have had Nelson Rockefeller whocombined extreme wealth with the specialrelationship engendered by his christianname but he never quite made it. Ford, forhis part, was allegedly a little light of brain-power. Something to do with having no suit-able headgear and suffering much physicalassault on the playing fields. Give him credit though for having married well with Betty, andher contribution to medicine dwarfs anythinghe may have done in political terms.

Jimmy Carter came next. Another short term spent this time with a peanut farmerfrom a council house with a troublesomebrother as I recall. He gave way to a Holly-wood B-rated actor who was tall, amiable andat this distance a little dopey. He struck upa close relationship with our Maggie, whichmore or less said everything you needed toknow about him.

EDGEReagan took us to the edge of the 90s

when the first of the Bushes arrived. In allfairness, George made and left no impressionat all. That was left to his son.

But first we had Clinton. Funny businesswith Monica Lewinsky apart (and it is stilldifficult to discount the negative impressions that incident produced) . But Clinton wasgenerally liked here for he seemed genuinely to be fond of the UK.

The Millennium began with Dubya whosepained thought processes were mirrored onhis troubled face. He seemed at ease onlywhen he was walking, a feat he carried offwith a single-minded swagger that enabledhim to march right into Iraq, ably assisted by

A Glimpse At The US Presidencyour Tony. The pair of them blithely wroughtdestruction across the Middle East, the con-sequences of which we and our children arehaving to face to this very day.

Sanity returned with Barack Obama whohappily married intelligence and liberalism.

All of which brings me up to today andDonald Trump. All the commentators agree that the man hasn’t a hope in hell of landing the Republican nomination. That – if true – issome comfort though not a lot.

STONE AGE His ideas have a Stone Age ring about

them. Surely his attitude to women must have turned half the population against him. Hiscomparison of his wife’s looks and those ofMrs Ted Cruz was frankly shameful. As was the suggestion that the size of his reproduc- tive organ was wondrous. In my entire life,I have never once heard a man seriouslybragging to other men on this matter. Hewould be mocked for ever.

Not that I think for one moment that hewould take the slightest notice of the opinionsof his fellow men. For him the size of his wal-let must be all that matters in life and since heis a billionaire, he will be clearly unaffectedby what others say of him.

It remains troubling to consider who theRepublicans might put up this November.Clearly the ludicrous views of Trump havefound some sort of resonance in voters’mind. There must be some value in f inding aless odious misogynous half-wit who mightmount an attractive campaign that couldgarner enough votes to mount a seriouschallenge.

BROAD BRUSHAgain, I can only talk from the other side

of the Atlantic so my view of the Democraticcandidates is as broad brush as all my otherviews so far.

The similarities between Bernie Sandersand our Jeremy Corbyn have struck mebefore. So unlikely a choice was Corbynfor the Labour leadership that people whohad no intention of voting for him made theeffort of proposing him to get on the ballotpaper. He was considered such a far-fetchedcontender for the top job yet he was swept to the top by the rank and f ile of the Labourmembership and currently enjoys the supportof less than 10 percent of the Labour MPssitting alongside and behind him.

WARDIt seems as though Bernie has the ability

to cause a bit of an upset here and there butnever one big enough to stop Hilary Clintonfrom winning the Democratic nomination. Itis hard to know what to make of Hilary butshe is not exactly sensational. If I had to finda previous incumbent who had the same sortof charismatic appeal it would have to beDwight D Eisenhower. Upright and forthrightand even possessing a partner with a touchof the show business in him.

I can only hope she has something of Ike’sdown-to earth pragmatism. His attitude to lifewas a million miles away from the Donald’sand his speeches revealed all you need toknow about a leader able to take himself witha pinch of salt:

“Farming looks mighty easy when yourplow is a pencil, and you’re a thousand milesfrom the cornfield.”

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“Childbirth is always difficult, but even

worse 400 years ago and baby Shakespearewas lucky to survive, because there wasplague in the town the year he was born andthe parish register is rammed full with burialsfor that year,” said Edmondson.

Some two million tourists visit the townannually but it’s not just Shakespeare’s Birth-place that they come to see.

During the late 1580s and early 1590s,Shakespeare left Stratford to seek fame andfortune in London. In 1597, he gained enoughsuccess to purchase a new family home inStratford-upon-Avon called “New Place,”where he’s believed to have written many ofhis famous plays.

on Stratford-upon-Avon’s Holy Trinity Church,a parish church on the banks of the River Avon.Church records show he was baptized there onApril 26, 1564 and buried there on April 25,1616, two days after his death.

Above Shakespeare’s grave, a warning isinscribed on his gravestone: “Good friend, for Jesus’ sake forbear, To dig the dust enclosedhere. Blessed be the man that spares thesestones, And cursed be he that moves mybones.”

Mark Kimmons, visiting with his familyfrom Anchorage, Alaska, says he grew up beingtaught Shakespeare’s plays and sonnets. “Iwas thinking that he was famous in his day,”Kimmons said, “but not nearly as famous as heis now, so many years after his death.”

“He argued that he thinks it is inAmerica’s interests for the UK to stay inthe EU but what is good for US politiciansis not necessarily good for the Britishpeople,” Raab said in a statement.

Obama had been expected to treadcarefully on the issue, mindful that inter-vention in a domestic matter could turnsome voters off. But the president did notappear to be holding back. Although he

couched his views as “my opinion,” healso accused his critics of being “afraidto hear an argument being made.”

ECHOEDLast month, Obama echoed several

of the arguments Cameron and otherRemain advocates have been making forweeks – with an added punch only Obamacould deliver. He noted some have sug-gested that if Britain exited the EuropeanUnion, the US and United Kingdomwould quickly arrange a bilateral freetrade deal to soften the blow to Britishbusinesses. Obama said the US is focusedon negotiating the Transatlantic Tradeand Investment Partnership with the EU.

A US-UK trade deal might happensomeday, but “it’s not going to happenanytime soon,” he said, adding the UKwould have to get “in the back of thequeue.”

“Right now, I’ve got access to a mas-sive market, where I sell 44 percent ofmy exports,” Obama said. “And now, I’mthinking about leaving the organizationthat gives me access to that market, andthat is responsible for millions of jobsin my country and responsible for anenormous amount of commerce and uponwhich a lot of businesses depend, thatis not something I would probably do.”

POPULARObama has remained a broadly popu-

lar figure in Britain, although reliablesurveys are scarce. In June 2015, three-quarters of Britons told pollsters theyhad confidence in his judgment on worldaffairs, according to a Pew Researchsurvey.

But both Cameron and Obama soughtto dismiss any talk of division. Both spenttime discussing their personal ties andfriendship.“I’ve always found Barack someonewho gives sage advice,” Cameron said.

Obama, Cameron…Continued from page 1

UK Inflation Highest In 15 MonthsBRITAIN’S inflation rate has risen unexpectedly to its highestlevel in 15 months, driven by higher air fares over the Easterperiod.

The Office of National Statistics said last month the annualinflation rate rose to 0.5 percent last month, up from 0.3percent in February. It was slightly higher than consensusforecasts of 0.4 percent.

The rise was driven by air fares, which climbed 22.9 per-

cent, and by clothing, which rose 1.7 percent.Despite the increase, the rate remains well below the Bankof England’s two percent target.

Holy Trinity church on the River Avon.

This year is an importantone for Stratford-upon-Avonand its 26,000 residents. Thetown marked 400 years sinceShakespeare’s death on April23 with new exhibitions, the-ater performances and a col-orful parade through its busystreets.

“The buzz around this hasbeen incredible, even greaterthan we had for the 450thanniversary of his birth whichwas literally only two yearsago,” said Helen Peters, chiefexecutive of Shakespeare’sEngland.

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At Audrey’s salon, new girl Gemma man-ages to upset everyone. Gemma comfort eatsher way through a kebab in Prima Doner andas she’s eating, a couple of lads come in andgive Chesney cheeky grief. Chesney’s not up to seeing them off with a flea in their ear –but Gemma is! And it’s not long before Devagrees to give her a trial behind the counteras Chesney’s assistant.

Over at Eileen’s, evil Pat Phelan gets hisfeet under the table, his bum on the sofa andpajamas under her duvet. Well, when I saypajamas, you know what I mean. Yes, Phelanand Eileen are now together, in bed and inlove. When Anna finds out she storms round to tell Eileen to be careful with evil Phelan.

Sarah gives birth to a healthy baby boyshe names Harry. Audrey drives them homefrom hospital and it’s a bittersweet event forSarah. Nick’s not there as he’s out with Carlaand Gail’s in town buying slippers, such as

the priorities of the Platt clan.Michelle returns from visiting Steve in

Spain and goes straight back to work behind the bar. She’s called to help plan a weddingfor a woman called Saskia who’s marrying afella called Will. Now then, Will and Michellerecognise each other – it’s a real blast from the past for them both. It turns out that theydated for eight months when they were in their teens and it’s clear they’re still close.

Over at the Bistro, Tracy lords it over thestaff now that Robert owns the place. Sheeven plans and arranges for a new sign togo up outside – until Robert stops her in her tracks. They argue in the Bistro and in comesCarla who gets Tracy’s anger thrown at her fullforce. In return, Carla gives Tracy one of thebest slaps that Corrie’s had in years. Robert then tells Tracy she’s banned from the Bistro.He’ll stick to his business and she should stick to hers. Tracy’s isn’t happy with this, and yellsat Robert “You don’t know what I’ve done foryou!”. Robert wants to know what this means,but Tracy keeps quiet, for now, about bribingCarla for the extra £10,000 so that Robertcould buy the Bistro.

Poor Izzy continues with her very painfulstruggle. Gary says he’ll get her more dopebut the dealer gives Gary much stronger stuff than normal and Izzy has a bad turn with thedrugs. When Anna finds out that Izzy’s beensmoking cannabis as a form of pain controlshe flies off the handle, unable and unwilling to understand what’s going on. Gary hates tosee Izzy in so much pain and determines tomove in with her to look after her and little Jake.What a lovely lad that Gary is. Izzy goes to seeher GP again to ask for the legalised versionof cannabis as pain relief, it comes in a spray.However, the GP refuses Izzy’s request as itcan only be prescribed for Multiple Sclerosis.

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THINGS ARE going from bad to worse for Phil.If things remain the same, he will die. He needsa liver transplant but he cannot even be puton the transplant list until he has been soberfor six months, but he won’t stop drinking.In the midst of all of that, he files for divorcefrom Sharon, and almost (accidentally) killsdaughter Louise – who had turned up at hishouse after mum Lisa threw her out, but whomBen turfed out, so she was crashing in the carlot porto-cabin when he stole a backhoe andknocked it down (shades of the time he fired the car lot at Frank’s request and accidentallykilled a guy who was sleeping rough in oneof the cars). Louise recovers though and pro-ceeds to be a terror; stealing Phil’s credit cardand threatening Abi, all the while pretending to be sweet as pie to Phil… And speaking ofsweet as pie, true sweet as pie couple, aftermuch storm und drang, Nancy and Tamwarget back together and make plans to leave theSquare to travel the world...

Elsewhere, Stacey is deemed well enough to go home, where she is a tad hyper butmanaging. Also living with her, Martin, andkids Lily and Arthur, is Stacey’s brother, whois transgender and used to be her half-sister(one of the children Stacey’s bigamist dad hadwith another woman while married to Jean).They are playing happy families until anotherfantom Slater, Belinda, shows up to report that Kat is done paying their rent – and at theworst possible time: Ian has decided to sell hisrestaurant property to a supermarket, whichwill take all of Martin’s trade. Now what?…

Across the Square…after what happenedwith Lucas and Jordan, Denise is resigned,and then excited at the prospect of raising littleJJ on her own. Then the bad news: it turns outJordan had been lying about JJ’s mother beinga dead junkie. She is very much alive and nojunkie at all, and Jordan had taken JJ. SocialServices get involved. At first Denise vows tofight, but then is resigned and turns JJ over tohis mum… Jack is back for good (it seems),and back with Ronnie as well, and all seems to be rosie, but is it? It seems Ronnie has anunseen stakes, skulking in the bushes andsending her threatening notes, even calling thefuneral home and asking them to come pickup her corpse. Who is it? Early signs pointed to the daughter of Joel, her late, childhoodsweetheart, with whom she had Danielle(when she was 14); and Joel’s daughterwas arrested for trying to take baby Matthew.But it seems that if she was the stalker shewasn’t the only one… And speaking of crazystalkers, no news from Claudette or Gavin,both of whom were thought to be killed, thennot, last month...

And President of the crazy club, Abi made the Big Mistake of getting on the wrong side of

buddy/ally disturbed Aunt Babe, who was the“brains” behind Abi pretending to be pregnant,and now Babe ain’t having it. She sends a letter to Ben telling him all about Abi’s ruse – leav-ing out the part about her own involvement(natch), and now Ben knows. How does Benseek his revenge? He, at first pretends to want to get busy with Ani in the Vic toilets, thengrabs her and in a very disturbing scene, Bendrags Abi through the Vic in her underwear andup to the stage and karaoke mic (with no onestepping in to help her), where he humiliatesher further by announcing to all that she wasnever pregnant. Finally Uncle Jack helps herout and takes her to Dot’s, planning to take her to Tanya’s. But Abi decides not to go, leavinga suspicious me to think that maybe she isup the duff after all, but not with Ben’s baby— with Lee’s (after that desperate one-nightstand attempt to get him to impregnate her withBen’s baby. And if he didn’t give her a baby,she, no doubt, gave him an STD). Hmmm...

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Her record is all the more remarkablebecause she was not born to be queen.When Princess Elizabeth was born onApril 21, 1926, her father was a youngerson of king and not expected to reign. Hisolder brother took the throne in 1936 asEdward VIII – but abdicated the sameyear to marry his divorced Americanlover, Wallis Simpson.

Elizabeth’s father became KingGeorge VI and, at 10, she became heirto the throne. When she was 21 – almostfive years before she became queen –she promised the people of Britain andthe Commonwealth that “my whole life,whether it be long or short, shall bedevoted to your service.”

PROMISEShe kept the promise, and it has struck

a chord with people in Britain and aroundthe world.

Thousands lined the streets of thetown carrying cakes, cards, balloonsand Union Jack flags. The band of theColdstream Guards played “Happy Birth-day” and royal fans snapped cellphonephotos as the queen, clad in pale green,greeted local dignitaries, townspeopleand tourists.

By her side was 94-year-old PrincePhilip, her husband of 69 years, withwhom she has four children, eight grand-children and five great-grandchildren

Elsewhere, artillery companies firedgun salutes from sites including HydePark and the Tower of London, thebells of Westminster Abbey rang out incelebration and the Parliament buildingwas being lit in the red, white and blueof the Union Jack.

There was even a tea party aboardRoyal Navy flagship HMS Ocean, whosecrew stood in formation to spell out“EIIR 90” – Elizabeth II Regina, herofficial monogram – on the flight deck.

BEACONSIn the evening, the queen lit the first in

a chain of 1,000 commemorative beaconsto blaze across Britain and around theworld, before attending a private familyparty at the castle.

The BBC was showing a documentarythat includes rare home-movie footage ofthe queen as a child in the 1930s and ayoung mother in the 1950s. In the docu-mentary, Prince Charles watches a clip ofthe moment a man fired blanks while thequeen was riding by in 1981, startling herhorse. The prince notes that his motheris “made of strong stuff.”

The 67-year-old heir to the thronealso recorded a tribute to his mother forbroadcast on the BBC World Service. Herecited a passage from William Shake-speare’s “Henry VIII” about the birthof the monarch’s predecessor, QueenElizabeth I:

“She shall be, to the happiness of England,

An aged prince ss; many days shall see her, And yet no day without a deed to crown

it.”The passage was apt. The first Eliza-

beth reigned for decades and broughtstability to a fractured nation. ElizabethII has also become a reassuring pres-ence at home and an emblem of Britainabroad – it’s no surprise she appeared atthe opening of the 2012 London Olympicsalongside another icon, James Bond.

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TARNISHEDShe has weathered tough years when

the divorces of three of her childrentarnished the monarchy. And she cameback from the death of Princess Diana ina 1997 car crash, when the royal familywas criticized as being out of touch withthe public’s grief.

And there was more (much more)to come.

For four nights in March there wasa musical pageant in Windsor, involv-ing 900 horses and some 1,500 actors,dancers and musicians, celebrating thequeen’s nine decades.

If that wasn’t enough for the monarch,on June 11 comes the monarch’s “offi-

Obama, The Queen And Shakespeare And, while most people send a card, call, or post on Facebook for someone’s b

President Obama went the extra mile – thousands of miles, actually – to deliv birthday greetings to the Queen over lunch at Windsor Castle.

The two heads of state were sitting down to lunch the day after the monarch 21 birthday, at the castle, west of London. Afterward, Obama also had dinner wWilliam, his wife Kate and brother Prince Harry at the younger royals’ Kensing home in central London. Obama’s wife, Michelle, flew in from Washington to royal engagements. The queen’s husband, Prince Philip, was also attending the

President Obama also, took a break from political talks in London to tour ShakGlobe Theatre, listening to Hamlet’s “To be or not to be” soliloquy and admiopen-air venue – a recreation of the theater, built in 1599, where many of the plays were first performed.

In marking Shakespeare’s death 400 years ago, the president met a Globe tthat has taken Hamlet on a two-year tour to almost 200 countries. They’ve peShakespeare’s tragedy on a tennis court in Kabul, Afghanistan, in a Syrian refug in Jordan and at the UN General Assembly in New York.

Cameron Hails ‘Steadfast’ QueenPRIME MINISTER David Cameron has called Queen Elizabeth II “a rock fo the monarch celebrated her 90th birthday April 21.

The queen spent the day at Windsor Castle, near London, with her family.Cameron said that Britain’s longest-reigning monarch “has lived through so

dinary times,” from World War II to the moon landing, the end of the Cold Waof peace in Northern Ireland.

He said that “Her Majesty has been steadfast – a rock of strength for our nour Commonwealth and on many occasions for the whole world.”

Buckingham Palace issued three portraits by photographer Annie Leibov the day. One shows the queen surrounded by seven young grandchildren and great-grandchildren, including 11-month-old Princess Charlotte, whom she holds i

Another shows the queen walking in the grounds of Windsor Castle with beloved dogs – corgis Willow and Holly and dorgis Vulcan and Candy.

cial” birthday, traditionally marked bythe Trooping the Colour military parade.This year there will also be a service at StPaul’s Cathedral and a huge street partyin the Mall outside Buckingham Palacefor members of charities the queen sup-ports. The government has even givenpubs permission to stay open later on June 10 and 11, until 1am instead of thestandard 11p.m.

Not everyone in Britain has suc-cumbed to royal-mania. The anti-mon-archist group Republic published aresolutely undeferential message headed“Happy Birthday Mrs Windsor.”

“A long life is no reason for a longreign,” it said.


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OVER THE PONDFive hectic days later and we’re on the

tarmac taking off, heading for home. An aver-age flight, unrecognisable food, two reallynice air hostesses, and we’re landing in theUK. Two very long lines for Border Controlwhich, if you have a chip in your passport,you can avoid. Karen, as an American, cango in the shorter line with me. If she registersshe’ll save 90 minutes wait next time and wellworth using after an exhausting trip.

Welcoming us to England and checkingpassports, an exceptionally nice and verypolite gentleman complete with turban.Waiting patiently outside, life long friendsZoe Clough (BBC) and Bill Wilkinson in hisFerrari FF. The trip home to Devon, 200 milesand normally three hours, was, I’m thinking twenty minutes. That’s was it felt like. In factI’ve come up with a new promotional slogan:See the UK in one day? Drive a Ferrari!!!

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UK-US TAX INFORMATION

IT’S BEEN an interesting few weeks, with lightrelief available (when I could raise my headfrom working on tax returns!) from the docu-ments released from a law firm in Panama,compromising people from all around theworld. Having worked in tax for as long as Ihave, this is definitely a case of what goesaround, comes around!

Quite clearly, whatever tax rate is set,people quickly see it as too high. The UKhad a highest tax rate of 98 percent not thatlong ago (83 percent was the highest rateand 15 percent on top for unearned incomeas an investment income surcharge). Notsurprisingly, that was enough to make peopleleave the country, if they could (including theRolling Stones!). Or if you couldn’t leave thecountry, wealthy taxpayers often used foreignentities to keep some money offshore.

This would only work if none of the moneycame back to the United Kingdom, and thisis so often where things went wrong. Someof the people who made these arrangementswere not wealthy enough to be able to leave the money well alone. Some people fell outwith people who knew about these arrange-ments and some fell out with their spouses,which can also be expensive!

Making overseas arrangements is nevercheap – both local and overseas advisershave to be paid, often on an ongoing basisrather than just once! And the local beneficialowners (the people who on paper own theshares or the interest in the entity) all expect to be paid – regularly.

The current moves by the UK and otherEuropean countries to try to show they’redoing something to counteract offshore taxplanning are likely to affect only the medium-wealthy. The seriously wealthy will seek out the places with the minimum level of compli-ance, because they can.

Governments often mention the exchange

of information (or better still, the automaticexchange of information!) as being theanswer to these problems. Surely the point is that in many tax havens (including Delawareand Nevada), nobody has to know who theultimate owners are. Since you can’t beexpected to exchange information you don’thave (well, not yet anyway), that’s a hugeincentive to not do anything that might involveobtaining the information. And in the mean- time, you can sign exchange of informationagreements with all countries, knowing youhave nothing to offer!

There’s nothing new about the fact thatour relationship with money is complicated.Our view of the amount of tax we pay to anygovernment is that it’s too high, particularlyif we can only see a reduction in servicesprovided by said government or, even moreannoyingly, if there seem to be wealthierpeople paying a whole lot less. Actually thatseems to bother people here in the UnitedStates less than one would think, but that isbecause until quite recently most people haveseen themselves as millionaires-in-training.Many of the political changes we’re seeing this year (and I speak as a non-voter!) arebased on the realization that this training may take longer than they thought!

A lower tax rate would be possible if all the complications of the tax legislation wereswept away – both here and in the UK – butI’m certainly not holding my breath on thathappening any time soon!

Mary-Heather Styles enjoys having worked long enough to have a historical perspectiveon tax – which means she’s paid a lot over the years both here and in the UK! She is based in Phoenix, Arizona and can be reached at (602)845-1420 or [email protected] . Having got through the first part of the tax season, she will be visiting friends and family in the UK for part of May – yeah!

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We’re off to Cornwall, then next week to the Cotswold’s so Karen can see a little the UK. My main purpose for being hernew teeth (another frustrating two-year stand how it backfired on me in California)dispel the myth that English dentistry isn’good as American, from my experience thare wrong. Dr Emma Kateb, BDS RDT oTorquay is exceptional and a gem of a lad

We had the opportunity to have a famreunion at the Olde Manor Inn in Paigntonfamily coming from Llandudno, Nottinghand London. What fun to be home. The Uits best!!! We will misswww.BritWeek.org inLA. Hope you have a good one! Will exchstories on our return. We’re putting off rena car as long as we can (think Ferrari).

PRINCE HARRY has unveiled Britain’s team of Invictus Games athletes ahead ofthe 2016 Paralympics-style event.

Harry posed with most of the 110 athletes April 6 at Buckingham Palace.The games for veterans and serving men and women will be held in Orlando,

Florida, May 8-12. Harry has been a driving force behind the competition for wounded, sick or injured service personnel and veterans. The first games wereheld two years ago.

Harry, 31, a military veteran who served in Afghanistan, is fifth in line toBritish throne.

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