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Lilibet will be a princess
PRINCESS Lilibet Diana MountbattenWindsor was christened on Friday March 3 in Montecito, at the Sussexes’ home, close to her second birthday.
Her parents Prince Harry and Meghan Markle have confirmed their two children will be known as Prince Archie and Princess Lilibet.
The children were referred to as ‘master’ and ‘miss’ on the Buckingham Palace website for the past six months.
The palace has confirmed the site’s line of succession list would now be updated to reflect the change, after a spokesperson for the Sussexes pub licly referred to Lilibet as a princess when announcing news of her christening.
When Archie was born, he was the greatgrandchild of a sovereign rather than a grandchild, so was not given the title.
However, when the Queen died and her son King Charles acceded to the throne, it meant Archie and Lilibet were entitled to be a prince and princess.
They are also entitled to use the HRH style although Harry and Meghan retain their HRH styles, they no longer use them after leaving the working monarchy.
THE UK economy grew in January by 0.3 per cent according to figures released on Friday March 10, as the country manages to elude the forecast recession brought on by the pandemic and war in Europe.
Economists polled by Reuters had projected a 0.1 per cent monthly increase in GDP. GDP was flat over the three months to the end of January, the Office for National Statistics said.
“The services sector grew by 0.5 per cent in January 2023, after falling by 0.8 per cent in December 2022, with the largest contributions to growth in January 2023 coming from education, transport and storage, human health activities, and arts, entertainment and recreation activities, all of which have rebounded after falls in December 2022,” the ONS found.
Production output fell by 0.3 per cent in January after growing 0.3 per cent in December, while the con
49.58% of the world population is female.
struction sector dropped 1.7 per cent in January after flatlining the previous month.
Both the Bank of England and the Office for Budget Responsibility have forecast a five quarter recession beginning in the first quarter of 2023, but the data has so far exceeded expectations.
Victorious Festival headliner
GRAMMY and Brit award winners Mumford & Sons will close the threeday Victorious seaside festival this summer. The folk rockers are the final headline act for the event in Southsea, Hampshire, during the August bank holiday weekend.
Kasabian and Jamiroquai have already been announced as headliners.
Other acts include AltJ, Ben Howard, DJ legend Pete Tong performing his Ibiza Classic with the Essential Orchestra, Sigrid, Ellie Goulding, Natalie Imbruglia, Friendly Fires, Annie Mac, Blossoms, The Charlatans, Belle and Sebastian, Jake Bugg, Kaiser Chiefs, HardFi, The Vaccines, The Divine Comedy, The Coral, The Enemy and Katy B.
Andy Marsh, lead booker at Victorious, said: “Mumford & Sons strike the perfect balance with the rest of our bookings and the show is going to make for a fantastic finale.”
Victorious is the UK’s biggest metropolitan festival featuring British indierock; it is a familyfriendly event with huge free kids arena, markets and real food and ale.
