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A Union Jack flies proudly next to a framed photo of the late Queen Elizabeth II, while an iconic red telephone box is perched on the corner of the Britain Resto Lounge. If it were not for the stunning mountainous backdrop, you could easily be mistaken into thinking you are standing in the British capital. But the town of Has in Albania's northeast, dubbed 'Little London', now serves as a homage to the country that has taken in so many of its citizens.

The 40-year-old stepped out in an all-green ensemble on Wednesday evening as she and Prince William attended the launch of this year's Earthshot Prize at Boston's City Hall. Despite the three-day tour in the city marking the couple's first US trip for eight years, Kate chose to wear all British designers, including $85 pearl earrings from sustainable brand Shyla London. She completed her look with $430 green pumps from Emmy London and carried a $1,035 Mulberry bag. Earlier in the day, the Princess of Wales arrived at Boston Logan International Airport wearing a $3,000 Alexander McQueen suit, which she paired with sapphire earrings that once belonged to Princess Diana.

RICHARD KAY: Unflappable, loyal and discreet, it was inevitable that Lady Susan, a godmother to Prince William, would be among the handful of the late monarch's most trusted staff invited to serve the new Queen Consort Camilla (pictured together centre). So however unfortunate her comments, her sudden resignation yesterday for repeatedly asking a black British charity boss where she originally came from has stunned her closest friends and reopened the toxic debate about alleged racism within the Royal Household. After her decades at the Queen's side, Lady Susan (seen right with Her Majesty and inset) was recognised as a consummate go-between for the royals and the people they meet. 'She was as skilled as any diplomat and never put a foot wrong,' says one person who worked closely with her. She had all the skills necessary for a royal confidante - caution, a deep understanding of etiquette and a sociable personality. And all those qualities were required as, on Tuesday lunchtime, she welcomed guests to the Palace reception hosted by Camilla for victims of sexual violence.

NEW Kate and Prince William, both 40, were photographed stepping off a British Airways flight at Boston Logan International Airport at the start of their three-day whirlwind visit to the States. The mother-of-three appeared effortlessly elegant in a midnight blue trouser suit from her go-to designer Alexander McQueen - the same British label that designed her wedding dress in 2011 - and a knitter turtleneck jumper. Royal fans noted online that the outfit appeared strikingly similar to one the Duchess of Sussex, 41, wore during a trip to New York in September 2021 ; Meghan stepped out in a black coat, high-neck top and wide-legged trousers.

Kate, 40, looked perfectly polished in the Chanel 1995 trimmed double-breasted garment, which featured CC-logo embossed buttons, when stepping out at the TD Garden stadium. The royal mother-of-three first wore the blazer in October this year, when visiting a former London 2012 venue at the Olympic Park to celebrate the 10th anniversary of sports charity Coach Core. She teamed the vibrant jacket with wide leg trousers on that occasion - but decided to opt for slim fitting black trousers and matching black heels for yesterday's ensemble. The Prince and Princess joined 20,000 basketball fanatics to cheer on the Boston Celtics and promote the Earthshot Prize awards on day one in the city - but their first trip to the US in eight years has been overshadowed by a racism scandal rocking Buckingham Palace. William and Kate arrived in Boston just hours after the Prince's own godmother, Lady Susan Hussey, a former lady-in-waiting to the late Queen, was accused of making racist remarks at a reception hosted by Queen Consort Camilla.

Mollie King said she was 'heartbroken beyond words' as she announced the death of her father Stephen on Wednesday. The former Saturdays singer, 35, took to Instagram to tell her fans of the sad news that her parent had died last week, just days after she welcomed her first baby daughter. Sharing a heartfelt message, she wrote: 'Heartbroken beyond words. In August, my family's world was shattered when my Dad was diagnosed with a brain tumour. Last week, we had to face the day we hoped would never come and say goodbye.'

Nineteen banned sexual relationships were taking place between Sandhurst instructors and cadets shortly before a trainee took her life, a damning official report has revealed. It highlighted the number of flings at the Royal Military Academy in Berkshire (pictured, inset) as a factor in the death of Olivia Perks, 21 (pictured, left). General Sir Patrick Sanders (pictured, right) said yesterday 'I am utterly determined we continue to foster the culture needed to ensure the Army remains a great institution'.

Matthew Hurst, 23, from Wigan, carried out the horrific attack on Congo after he either urinated or defecated on the floor, a court heard. Hurst was captured on video stamping on his pet before grabbing its head and slamming it onto the floor. The video was sent to the RSPCA in April by a member of the public. At Wigan Magistrates' Court on November 17, he was disqualified from keeping animals for ten years.

As one of the most anticipated events in the global fashion calendar, the British Fashion Council's annual awards ceremony in London is a magnet for the biggest names in the industry. But with only a few days left before this year's glittering red-carpet event at the Royal Albert Hall on Monday, a dark and disturbing cloud has been cast over proceedings, a scandal which, no doubt, has left both organisers and well-heeled guests gnawing at their manicured nails. For among the clutch of famous nominees tipped to scoop a gong - that of Designer of the Year, no less - is none other than Demna Gvasalia, the creative director of luxury fashion brand Balenciaga, which this week was in the midst of a spiralling scandal over its use of sexualised images of children and references to child pornography.

WARNING: Graphic images. Tracey Kiss, 35, from Buckinghamshire, didn't want to suffer in silence anymore after watching her hair drastically fall out - and damaging her confidence - for the past ten years. After years of bleaching her locks, as well as two pregnancies, Tracey had noticed her hair thinning and her scalp becoming exposed. She also noticed her hairline was receding so embarked on another procedure. Pictured left: Tracey before the procedure. Centre: Tracey shortly after the procedure. Right: Tracey's new hair grafts.

PETER HITCHENS: The most frightening thing in George Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four is not the torture or the naked terror. It is the obliteration of the past. This makes it impossible to know what life was once like, or to know if it has improved or grown worse. So far, much of Orwell's prophecy has yet to come about. There are no actual Thought Police, though there are a lot of people who would fit well into such a body. The surveillance he describes is in its infancy here - though far advanced in China. But much of the past is being erased. If a piece of information is not on the internet, most people have no idea how to find out about it. Modern books and media actually alter the truth for political reasons. But the most startling example of the wiping out of the past can be found in museums. For example, the Wellcome Trust has just closed a permanent display in London because it 'perpetuates a version of medical history that is based on racist, sexist and ableist theories and language'.

Internet sleuths continue to share their theories on the Idaho murder case that left four university students brutally stabbed - as police are yet to make arrests.  More than two weeks have passed since the gruesome slayings of University of Idaho students Kaylee Goncalves, 21, Madison Mogen, 21, Xana Kernodle, 20 and Ethan Chapin, 20, inside their off-campus home in the small town of Moscow. The grizzly murders have transfixed the nation, leaving many online to do their own digging as police have yet to identify a suspect or murder weapon.

Reports of seaside tragedies often document how the drowned bather disappeared in the blink of an eye. One minute the poor chap was spotted splish-splashing about happily, displaying no visible signs of distress. The next? Gone. Disappeared. Vamoosh. Such an unfortunate occurrence befell Sir Keir Starmer at PMQs yesterday. The Labour leader started off all beaming eyes and cocky smiles as he performed his usual dull breaststroke at the dispatch box, luxuriating in his own magnificence. Then suddenly, before you knew it, he was flapping helplessly before eventually glug-glug-glugging his way down towards the seabed. Sir Keir had come to the House to dabble in a dose of class war, that nasty, age-old conflict many assumed Labour had abandoned when Tony Blair charmed Islington's lavender-scented salons but which, under Starmer's stewardship, is making an unwelcome comeback. Damn thing won't go away. Like syphilis, say, or Timmy Mallet.

Daily Stuff compiled a selection of the best times social media users around the world called out liars online. Left: A woman from the US claimed that she'd been attacked on her college campus and was left with an injured arm, but an eagle-eyed Redditor spotted that she'd used a product shot from Amazon. Right: Nobody was fooled by this before and after dental whitening snap, which seems to have been achieved by lightening the photo.

Anger management specialist Anna Mathur (right) said the number of women seeking help to deal with out-of-control rage has quadrupled since July, And interestingly, they are all mothers. We're now happy to talk about the exhaustion of parenthood, the misery of postnatal depression and the dissatisfaction many women feel with the drastic changes to their lives and bodies. Yet any mention of anger - losing control in front of, or worse, with your children - is considered beyond the pale. Pictured: Michelle Morgan Davies with son Finn, two (left) and Lazara Canton with daughter Santia, also two, (inset).

The hour-long programme, which took over a decade to produce, told the story of Charles's ambitious plan to restore the 18th-century stately home Dumfries House, a 2,000-acre property in Ayrshire which faced a long descent into decrepitude, which viewers joked was unlikely to go over budget. It charted how the King (then the Prince of Wales) led a consortium which paid £45 million for the dilapidated estate in 2007 in a bid to save it from ruin and help regenerate the deprived local community. In the programme, Charles showed Her late Majesty, who died on September 8 aged 96, the walled garden in the Scottish estate at its opening in 2014, while he showcased the completed outdoor centre to then Duke and Duchess of Cambridge in 2013.

A 36-year-old Brisbane man has been handed down Australia's toughest ever e-scooter penalty after he was filmed speeding past a cyclist at 94km/h. Brisbane cyclist Scott Lewis was riding on a bikeway beside the Western Freeway on September 12 when his bike camera caught the moment daredevil e-scooter rider Owen Bagi, 36, flew past him. Police have also been spotted cracking down on e-scooter riders in other major cities, including Sydney.

A video has shown the shocking moment a driver crashes his car into a toll booth before the car flies 50ft into the air and slams into the road upside down. The incident reportedly took place at the Shihe Toll Station of the Shenyang-Dalian Expressway, in central China on November 24. CCTV footage shows the moment the driver speeds towards the concrete at the entrance of the toll station before slamming straight into it. The impact is so great that it launches the car a jaw-dropping 50ft in the air before it overturns and smashes on the ground. In mid-air, debris from the vehicle is flung into the air, while the crash barrier remains intact.

The incident, which took place just before Tuesday at Discovery High School in Lawrenceville, happened after a parent-teacher meeting the night before where the teacher told the student's parents he was underperforming. The video went viral after it was posted by the infamous @LibsofTikTok Twitter account. The teacher, who has not yet been identified, was left with a bloody mouth and head injuries, as well as dizzy spells.

Cocaine Bear, a new film by Elizabeth Banks, tells the story of a 175-pound black bear who eats tons of cocaine and tears a Georgia forest apart. Nobody is safe from the bear in the preview for the film released Wednesday, with the bear tracking down his victims before tearing them limb from limb. He could be seen in the film mauling victims and climbing trees while law enforcement desperately tries to track down the drugs that fell from a drug smuggler's plane. It is the dramatic retelling of a true story of a black bear that ingested an entire duffel bag carrying about 70 pounds of cocaine in September 1985, when a notorious Lexington, Kentucky drug smuggler offloaded the drugs while flying over Georgia. The real-life bear is now on display at the Kentucky for Kentucky Fun Mall.

Worsening matters, is that the momentous occasion - which has put the tens of thousands living Hawaii's Big Island on high alert - has been compounded by the fact that its sister volcano 20 miles away also erupted, something that has not transpired since Loa's last discharge in 1984. Loa, the largest active volcano in the world, erupted for the first time in 38 years Sunday night, attracting scores of onlookers desperate to catch a glimpse of the event - while scaring off others all too aware of the risks. The rare 'dual eruption' marked the end of Mauna Loa's longest quiet period in history, and came four years after an eruption from the Kilauea volcano, located 20 miles east on Hawaii's big island, left 700 residences destroyed. Area in the immediate vicinity of both volcanoes have since been deemed by local officials to be at 'extreme risk' of encountering lava flows from the simultaneous eruptions - despite assurance provided by scientists Monday that the lava had deviated to an area where it does not pose a risk to communities. Still, the uncertainty was unnerving for many who packed up and left their homes on the scenic isle, which is home to a handful of A-list stars such as Pierce Brosnan and Matthew McConaughey. Loa's eruption nearly 40 years ago lasted more than two weeks - but did not flow into any of the island's communities. Officials said Monday that should be the case this time around as well, but warned to be wary of the lava and emissions left by the simultaneous disasters.