Tag: royal

Royal Mail owner accepts £3.57bn takeover offer from Czech billionaire

The owner of the British postal service Royal Mail, International Distribution Services, said it has agreed to a £3.57 billion (€4.2 billion) takeover offer from Czech billionaire Daniel Kretinsky’s EP Group. The offer would see EP Group buy IDS for 370p per share, while offering a series of “contractual commitments and intentions” to protect public […]

Former Thai prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra indicted for royal defamation

Thai prosecutors have said former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra will be indicted for defaming the monarchy, three months after he was freed on parole on other charges. He will not be immediately arrested after filing a postponement request on Wednesday after contracting Covid-19. Prayuth Bejraguna, spokesperson for the Office of the Attorney General, said at […]

Royal Navy warship deployed to protect trade routes

A Royal Navy warship, HMS Duncan, has deployed on a mission to protect international trade routes in the Middle East. The vessel set off from Portsmouth on Sunday and headed towards the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden. It will replace HMS Diamond, which has been protecting the region since before Christmas and which in […]

Thai Court Convicts Another Opposition Lawmaker for Royal Insult

(Bloomberg) — A Thai court sentenced a lawmaker from a reformist party to three years in jail under the country’s royal defamation law, adding to the legal challenges of the main opposition party that’s facing dissolution despite winning a general election a year ago. Most Read from Bloomberg Chonthicha Jangrew, 31, from Move Forward Party […]

Thai courts hand jail terms to lawmaker and musician for royal insults

By Panarat Thepgumpanat and Chayut Setboonsarng BANGKOK (Reuters) -Courts in Thailand handed jail terms on Monday to an activist musician who set fire to a portrait of the king and to an opposition lawmaker for insulting the monarchy, their lawyers said. Another monarchy-reform activist – who had gone on a partial hunger strike after being […]