She has been waiting for this moment since getting engaged in July and now the time has finally come for the Duke of Wellington's daughter to tie the knot with her billionaire fiance. Lady Charlotte Wellesley, 25, and New York-based financier Alejandro Santo Domingo, 39 (both centre), are marrying today in Granada, Spain. Vows will be exchanged at the 16th-century Church of the Incarnation in Illora, before a reception at the Duke of Wellington's nearby country estate. And last night the VIPs arrived, including The Duchess of Cornwall Camilla Parker Bowles (left), the former King of Spain Juan Carlos I, and singer James Blunt (right), whose wife Sofia Wellesley is Lady Charlotte's cousin.
Ten children are struck by LIGHTNING at a birthday party in a Paris park leaving at least six seriously injured
Eleven people including ten children have been struck by lightning in a park in Paris. Six of the victims are reportedly seriously hurt. The incident happened in Parc Monceau in the north west of the French capital. Those involved were attending a children's party and had sheltered under a tree during a torrential downpour when the lightning struck. Fire chief Eric Moulin said three children and an adult were in a life-threatening condition.
- The Lady and the billionaire: The Duke of Wellington's daughter prepares to wed her New York financier fiancé today in front of Camilla, James Blunt and the cream of European aristocracy
- Ten children are struck by LIGHTNING at a birthday party in a Paris park - as 35 people are hit by bolts at a kids' football match during storms in Germany
- Expert who called for Rio Olympics to be abandoned amid fears the Games will turn Zika into a pandemic slams 'ignorant and arrogant' health chiefs who REFUSE to cancel it
- Tata agrees £400 million deal to sell part of its UK steel business saving 4,800 jobs
- One migrant dies and 123 more are rescued from packed dinghy 30 miles off the Libyan coast by Irish navy - as Pope warns asylum seekers 'aren't a danger but they are in danger'
- Battle for Fallujah begins: Iraqi army blitzes ISIS jihadis hiding among 50,000 civilian hostages as fight to retake city centre rages a day after militants' commander was killed
- Clarifications and corrections
- Amber Heard is pictured smiling hours after Depp's 'iPhone attack': Actress claims 'cocaine and booze binges turned Johnny into an abusive monster who left her fearing for her life' - but why was this image deleted before court appearance?
- Praying for victory? Wills indulges in some less than regal pre-match stretches as he teams up for polo with Harry (but not before his little brother has had a back rub)
- Princess Anne and Nicola Sturgeon pay tribute to the 8,500 British and German men who died in Battle of Jutland - the biggest naval battle of First World War
- New wedding heartache for Jamie Vardy as it emerges his bride’s mother and step father avoided the ceremony as well as the footballer’s parents
- Amber Heard is pictured smiling hours after Depp's 'iPhone attack': Actress claims 'cocaine and booze binges turned Johnny into an abusive monster who left her fearing for her life' - but why was this image deleted before court appearance?
- 'Crack stick' cooked up in cells, attacks over hash browns and rampant gay sex: Shock findings of seven undercover prisoners who lived in one of America's most violent jails for TWO MONTHS
- EXCLUSIVE: 'He's fine' - Johnny Depp's sister speaks out about divorce from Amber Heard to fuel claims that ex-wife was 'hated' by his sisters and late mom
- Mutiny on the Harmony: The biggest cruise ship in the world is still a building site, angry passengers say during its maiden voyage
- Tragedy as body of pilot, 56, who crashed his vintage WWII fighter in the Hudson River is found during desperate rescue attempt
- Woman wins permission to remove her dead partner's testicles in the hope of using his sperm to get pregnant
- Caught on the camera: The harrowing moment the remains of missing hiker, 66, were discovered, two years after she disappeared on the Appalachian Trail
- There goes the bride! Duke of Wellington's daughter Charlotte marries her billionaire New York financier fiancé in front of Camilla and the cream of European aristocracy
- Why I decided to give up my life in London and become a goat in Switzerland: Jobless Brit lives among mountain animals and creates prosthetics so he is just like them
- Confessions of a voyeur: The married father who spied on couples in his motel for years then gave his diaries to a top author... and now Spielberg's turning them into a film
- Florida teen, 16, arrested for 'recording 15-year-old sex trafficking victim sleeping with multiple boys in high school bathroom' with as many as 25 young men present
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Amber Heard is pictured smiling hours after Depp's 'iPhone attack': Actress claims 'cocaine and booze binges turned Johnny into an abusive monster who left her fearing for her life'
In court documents, where she states she was the victim of multiple domestic incidents during their 15-month marriage, Heard (left and right, yesterday) said she 'lived in fear' of the Pirates of the Caribbean star (left inset) and the idea he could return to the L.A. condominium they shared to 'terrorize me physically and emotionally.' The 30-year-old actress and her lawyer Samantha Spector appeared at the Superior Court of California County of Los Angeles on Friday where she filed for a domestic violence restraining order. Photographs of a smashed photo frame, broken glass (right inset), a discarded wine bottle and what appeared to be wine stains were included as exhibits in the restraining order Heard filed.
'Crack stick' cooked up in cells, attacks over hash browns and rampant gay sex: Shock findings of seven undercover prisoners who lived in one of America's most violent jails for TWO MONTHS
Homemade drugs, violent attacks over food and rampant gay prostitution have been exposed at one of America's toughest jails after seven people went in undercover as prisoners. The brave civilians posed as inmates for a documentary as they spent two months behind bars alongside dangerous thugs and drug dealers at Clark County Jail in Jefferson, Indiana. The volunteers were sent in with fake identities and were treated like prisoners for the full two months, with none of the inmates and hardly any of the jail's staff knowing they were not convicts. The undercover prisoners discovered that drug use was huge inside the jail. With illegal substances harder to get hold of, the inmates had taken to making their own homemade highs, including one called 'crack stick' (top left). The undercover prisoners also found that convicts would get into the most trivial of fights (bottom right), with one violent row (top right) breaking out after a man failed to give another his hash brown as promised. Gay prostitution was rife in the male section of the jail, with one inmate offering himself to others in exchange for items from the commissary (bottom left).
Making the most of the sun: Brits hit the parks and beaches as the Bank Holiday weekend begins to hot up... but it's not very bright in Brighton
Groups of people have been pictured sunbathing at the famous Bath Royal Crescent after the Met Office predicted dry weather over the course of the day, while festival goers were spotted taking selfies at BBC Radio 1's Big Weekend at Powderham Castle in Exeter (main). Low cloud will be confined to some coastal areas, meaning the majority of Britain is predicted to remain dry. But scattered thundery showers are set to hit this afternoon and Brighton had a miserable start (inset). Sunday will be mostly dry with some warm sunshine before torrential rain threatens to spoil the fun on Bank Holiday Monday.
WESTMINSTER TODAY
- Jeremy Corbyn faces backlash after snubbing key First World War commemoration because he is on HOLIDAY
- 'You're outrageous!' Brexit-backing MP Peter Bone goes to war with Remain campaigner who accused him of wanting to send migrants home in TV showdown
- Cameron FINALLY admits migration running at 333,000 a year is 'disappointing' - but blames the figure on strength of our economy!
Remains of a British hiker, 22, who vanished in Canada are found two years after he was last seen heading off on a trek
British hiker Tom Billings, 22, (left) from Oxford, who went missing more than two years ago has been confirmed dead after his remains were found on Cypress Mountain in West Vancouver, Canada (right). Mr Billings was spending eight weeks travelling North America when he was last seen in Vancouver in November 2013. But he was reported missing a week later when he failed to return to his accommodation. Last month a hiker on Cypress Mountain in West Vancouver spotted Mr Billings's remains and he has since been identified through DNA techniques, Vancouver Police said. Foul play is not suspected and the coroner's service is investigating the death, the force added.
She's a fashion Queen: Letizia stuns as Spanish royals pay tribute to fallen military heroes at the country's Armed Forces Day
King Felipe VI was dressed in full air force uniform alongside Queen Letizia, who wore a black and white suit jacket, as they paid tribute (left and right) to their fallen servicemen in the Spanish capital. Shouts of 'Long live the King' and 'Viva Espana' could be heard from the crowd. A smaller group also whistled as the queen walked by. Elite acrobatic flying team 'Patrulla Aguila' (Eagle Patrol, inset)) perform aerobatics and release trails of red and yellow smoke representing the Spanish flag.
Now THAT's open-plan living! Stunning 'skeleton' superyacht features stacked terraces with no walls, a dance floor, outdoor cinema and swimming pool
The 148ft concept yacht, called La Petit Terrasse (top), is the brainchild of US designer Lujac Desautel and features flexible, open-plan spaces (bottom left) that can be used as sun decks, party spots or even a catwalk. Desautel designed it with an Italian fashion mogul in mind and said he set out to create a luxurious home on water. Guests would spend a lot of their time on the main deck (bottom right), where they could jump into the sea from a platform or go for a dip in an on-board pool.
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THE WORLD AT A GLANCE
Horrific moment woman is punched in the FACE and rammed against railings by an armed police officer as labour riots spread across France
This is the shocking moment a middle-aged woman was aggressively shoved and thrown to the floor by a policeman amid protests in France over laws that may end 35-hour working week. Her head is violently thrown back as she is rammed against a railing before falling to the tarmac. The man filming rushes forward to stop the awful behaviour but the policeman is already striding off, disinterested in the woman's state. The bystander helps the visibly distressed woman up as she yells after the officer. This is just one of the disturbing scenes that have been unfolding cross the country this week due to mass strikes in response to proposed labour law reforms. These would end legal protection of a 35-hour week currently enjoyed by French workers, and could make it easier to hire and fire people.
WORLD NEWS
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- Russia successfully tests anti-satellite missile capable of wiping out US navigation, communications and intelligence devices
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- Fears for girl, 15, last seen bleeding and screaming for help as she was dragged across freeway after police shoot dead her suspected kidnapper while she remains missing
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