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Prince Andrew’s Downfall, An Ill Wind, and Chatbots Go Sex-Mad.

In this week’s unholy trinity of headlines: first, King Charles III heads to Rome for a historic meeting with Pope Leo XIV, the first time in half a millennium a British monarch will pray publicly with a Pope. Yet the headlines aren’t about prayer, but about Prince Andrew’s latest fall from grace as he withdraws from public life amid renewed scrutiny. Next, the BBC’s Celebrity Traitors delivers a moment of comic relief when beloved actress Celia Imrie CBE breaks wind during filming and instantly confesses, reminding Britain that honesty and humour still beat pretence and pomposity. Finally…

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