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    Christians should pray for Prince George to be gay in order to force the Church of England to support same-sex marriage, a senior Anglican minister has said. The Very Rev Kelvin Holdsworth wrote in a blog post that Christians should hope that the Lord blesses George with the love of a fine young gentleman to help the progression of LGBTQ+ rights in the church. He wrote: If people don’t want to engage in campaigning in this way, they do in England have another unique option, which is to pray in the privacy of their hearts (or in public if they dare) for the Lord to bless Prince George with a love, when he grows up, of a fine young gentleman. A royal wedding might sort things out remarkably easily, though we might have to wait 25 years for that to happen. Who knows whether t...

    The little-known Italian brand Parosh experienced the greatest PR boost in its 25 year history on Monday, when American actress Meghan Markle chose to wear one of its green fitted dresses to announce her engagement to Prince Harry. As thousands of fans tuned in again this morning to see the couple arrive for their first day of duties in Nottingham, many of the world’s designers will have also been on standby again, just in case the royal-to-be has been shopping, incognito, in one of their stores. Almost overnight, a thumbs up from Markle has become the most sought-after endorsement a brand can get and today’s chosen ones included a mix of her go-to American labels, with some newly discovered British brands too. The double-breasted military maxi coat by American outerwear l...

    Benefit fraud has reached record levels after it rose by £200 million in the space of a year, the Department of Work and Pensions has admitted. Fraud swallowed up almost £2.1 billion of the department’s total budget of £174 billion the equivalent of £40 million per week. It means that the DWP now loses almost twice as much money to fraud as the entire budget of the Foreign Office, which is £1.1 billion per year. MPs said David Gauke, the Work and Pensions Secretary, now had questions to answer over why the figures have gone up despite repeated assurances that they would be brought under control. Figures released by the DWP show that in 2016/17 the total amount of money lost to overpayments which counts both fraud and errors by staff stood at £3.6 billion, up £300 million f...

    Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's wedding day has reportedly been revealed. And there's good news for those hoping for a bank holiday for the Royal Wedding - but not for the reason you think. The happy couple will reportedly break from royal tradition and tie the knot on a weekend. The nuptials will take place at Windsor Castle on Saturday, May 26, according to The Sun. Harry and Meghan's big day happens to coincide with the Spring Bank Holiday weekend, which means Brits will have Monday May 28 off work anyway. Earlier this week, Downing Street there were no plans for a bank holiday to celebrate the Royal wedding in 2018. Prime Minister Theresa May's spokesman said there was "no precedent" for one - a blow to the millions who wanted a day off. Kensington Palace confirmed on...

    Little more than two weeks after arriving in the UK, Meghan Markle has dived straight into her strange new world as Prince Harry’s fiancee with an introduction to that royal staple the walkabout. Nottingham was chosen for her inauguration into the firm, and her first step in a career that will include an abundance of royal waves, handshakes, tree plantings and ribbon cutting. Meghan Markle is an American actor, best known for her role in the hit series Suits. She has described herself as an actress, a writer, the editor-in-chief of my lifestyle brand the Tig, a pretty good cook, and a firm believer in handwritten notes. She has also campaigned for humanitarian causes. The 36-year-old grew up in Los Angeles. She studied at a girls Roman Catholic college there before attendi...

    Rogue states and terrorists will get their hands on lethal artificial intelligence in the very near future, a House of Lords committee has been told. Alvin Wilby, vice-president of research at French defence giant Thales, which supplies reconnaissance drones to the British Army, said the genie is out of the bottle with smart technology. And he raised the prospect of attacks by swarms of small drones that move around and select targets with only limited input from humans. The technological challenge of scaling it up to swarms and things like that doesn't need any inventive step, he told the Lords Artificial Intelligence committee. It's just a question of time and scale and I think that's an absolute certainty that we should worry about. The US and Chinese military are testi...