Protection For Prince Harry’s Family While In The UK For Jubilee Is Guaranteed

Prince Harry received cast-iron assurances his family will be protected by specialist police when he touches down in the UK.

The Duke of Sussex and his wife Meghan Markle are flying in from California with their own personal security detail but will become the Metropolitan Police’s responsibility when they disembark.

It will be only the second time Meghan Markle has returned to the United Kingdom in more than two years since the couple dramatically quit their royal positions in 2020.

The couple are bringing their two children Archie, three, and Lilibet, who turns one on Saturday.

Security sources have revealed the Met’s Royalty and Specialist Protection unit has spent weeks liaising with the Prince’s team and guaranteed taxpayer-funded officers.

Harry, 37, has been embroiled in a legal row with the Government over a Home Office decision to strip him of his UK security.

Lawyers for the Duke, who fled to Canada and later set up home in the US seeking financial independence, told the High Court he was unable to return home over fears it’s too risky.

Sources close to the Sussex camp said Harry was always in favour of returning to the United Kingdom for the celebrations.

The Duke even later made an offer to pay the Met for the protection of fully trained officers but was told they were not guns for hire.

In the US, the family are protected by a rotating 24-hour unit, understood to consist of up to 12 former special forces personnel and highly trained armed security professionals.

A source close to the Sussex camp said that for Harry, this has always been about protecting his family and that he’s been in regular communication with the applicable parties and made it extremely clear that he wouldn’t travel without obtaining cast-iron assurances over the safety of his family.

And he’s satisfied the right procedures are in place and they’re all very much looking forward to this week’s celebrations and of course getting to spend time with Her Majesty.

Harry and Meghan in early April enjoyed a brief private meeting with the 96-year-old monarch and each a 15-minute meeting with Prince Charles before they rushed off to the Invictus Games in The Netherlands.

The Duke and Duchess promised Her Majesty they would bring the children to see her in the immediate future, but Harry days later provoked anger among senior royals when he told an American broadcaster that he flew in to meet the Queen ahead of a trip to The Hague to make sure she was protected and had got the right people around her.

The pair have not only ignored the wishes of most UK citizens, but they’re also coming across regardless and British taxpayers are having to foot the bill for their protection.

I do like Harry, but I don’t see why the British taxpayer should be footing the bill for them to come over to the United Kingdom. He decided to leave his royal duties and go to another country and to be completely independent, but it seems to be when it suits him.

Why should the people of this country be saddled with protecting millionaires and billionaires while the people of this country are struggling and our Government is borrowing against our children’s future, it’s all very wrong?

However, it’s fair to say that these two are going to need it once in the United Kingdom because they’re really not liked much and people appear to do crazy things these days, so it’s understandable if they don’t feel safe, but then if they don’t feel safe, stay where you are and save our taxpayers some money.

MIND THE GAP

A 76-year-old woman with a 19-year-old boyfriend has gone viral on TikTok.

They say true love has no age, and one couple, from Italy, definitely has skimmed past that, with an age gap of 56 years.

Recently, Giuseppe D’Anna, 19, took the internet by storm, after announcing he’d proposed to his girlfriend, who is 76.

In the clip, that’s been viewed over a whopping 16.1 million times on social media, the young man can be seen kneeling on his right knee with more than a dozen huge balloons in the form of a heart and passionately smooching the lady.

“La nostra promessa” read the caption alongside the viral video, which in English translates to “Our promise”.

The next photo displayed an adorable image of the two, with Giuseppe sporting what appeared to be a gold chain and the bride to be holding a rose.

The 19-year-old, who’s collected near to 190,000 fans on TikTok, also shared a picture of a gorgeous ring.

Although the two may be in love, not everyone was on the same wavelength, with many guessing the true reasons Giuseppe might be seeing the woman, with some thinking that he was pursuing her will, while others were convinced he wanted a Sony PlayStation 5.

And after finding out their age, Giuseppe’s fiancee was also called his grandma on several occasions. However, he appears to be profoundly in love, as he shot back, saying that his love was beautiful, but someone said that she was literally old enough to be his great great grandmother.

But it’s not all negative, as the couple has also managed to gain some supportive fans, like this TikTok user who said that they shouldn’t listen to the hate, date whoever makes you happy, and love who you feel is right for you.

This isn’t the first time a couple with an age gap has gone viral on social media.

Earlier last year, one US couple with a 24 year age gap, took the internet by storm, after announcing they were engaged.

Despite the nasty comments which saw the 61-year-old woman being called the man’s grandma, the couple said the sex chemistry was fantastic, and have even set up a page to share their saucier NSFW content.

It actually is no one else business and they should just leave them alone. The problem is too many people think they’re missing out on something.

The thing is, if it was an old man with a young woman, people probably wouldn’t bat an eyelid, but turn it around and it becomes everyone’s business. If the lady is happy, then who are we to comment on it.

We see a lot of sad-looking young couples, and I’m sure her family are taking care of her family estate if she even has one, and if they get married the lady could always get a prenup, which would definitely show whether he’s in for the big haul or not, otherwise, he will just go running with his tail between his legs.

But people should really stop with the offensive remarks, it will either work or it won’t, either way, it’s none of our business, it’s their business.

There are plenty of 76-year-old men with younger women, look at Hugh Hefner, he was known for it and nobody really cared about that. This woman should enjoy the remainder of her life the way that she wants. They’re both above the legal age of consent, so they should just be left alone.

As long as they’re both happy and he’s not after her money, and let’s hope that he is genuinely in love with her, but if he’s not then he’s the one waking up to a senior citizen every morning, not us!

Children Who Live In Shipping Containers

A leading welfare official said that thousands of children are living in shipping containers or flats built cheaply in old office blocks.

The Children’s Commissioner said that they’re among 124,000 children living in temporary accommodation arranged by councils after their families became homeless.

Anne Longfield said children in homeless families were frequently put up in short term housing that’s dangerous, not fit to live in and usually far away from other family members, friends and schools.

But her report said only a minority of children in temporary accommodation remained there for long, and that three out of five had been found new homes with their families within six months, and only one in 20, about 6,000 children, were in temporary accommodation for a year or more.

Miss Longfield called on the Government to establish a large scale housebuilding programme, and she said that something had gone extremely wrong with the housing system when children were growing up in B&Bs, shipping containers and old office blocks.

She said that children had told them of the disruptive and at times frightening impact this can have on their lives and that it’s a disgrace that a nation as prosperous as ours is leaving tens of thousands of families in temporary accommodation for extended periods of time.

It’s believed there are more than 210,000 homeless children in England, of whom 124,000 are on the official homeless register and living in temporary housing, and a further 90,000 said to be sofa surfing families living with relatives or friends.

Housing Ministry figures say that of homeless people helped by councils last summer, six out of ten were single adults, while a further 26 per cent were lone-parent families and 8 per cent were couples with children.

Miss Longfield’s report said a recent development has been the repurposing of shipping containers, and that the units were typically one or two bedrooms and small in size, meaning that overcrowding can be a problem and that they could become hot in summer and too cold in the winter.

The report warned that households slipping behind on rent or mortgage payments could put another 375,000 children in England in danger of homelessness in the coming years.

The Local Government Association, the umbrella body for councils, said that the extreme shortage of social rented homes available, means councils have no option but to put families into temporary accommodation, including, in emergencies, bed and breakfasts.

The more serious problem is the lack of ventilation these buildings have which is causing mould and overheating, but these people don’t have a choice. On the other hand, I guess it’s better than sleeping on the streets, or in a run-down hostel.

These containers seem useful as a temporary measure but not for long term use, and they’re not just being used to house immigrants, they’re being used to house British people as well, each one still faces the same issues.

Sadly though the land of milk and honey is running out of milk and honey, and the containers aren’t great, but then beggars can’t be choosers, it’s that simple.

Charles Manson follower ‘Big Patty’ could be freed after spending 50 years behind bars

Patricia Krenwinkel, a defendant in the Tate murder case, enters the Los Angeles superior court for arraignment, which was postponed, to Feb. 24, 1970.

The Charles Manson follower known as Big Patty has been recommended for release after more than five decades behind bars.

Patricia Krenwinkel, 74, has been refused parole 14 times for the murders of pregnant actress Sharon Tate and four other people in 1969.

She helped kill grocer Leno LaBianca and his wife Rosemary the next night, using their blood to scribble ‘Helter Skelter’, ‘Rise’ and ‘Death to Pigs’ on the walls.

Krenwinkel claimed her actions came after Manson told her to do something ‘witchy’.

The recent recommendation by California’s parole board is the closest Krenwinkel has been to release.

The decision is likely to go to Governor Gavin Newsom for a definitive decision who’s previously denied parole requests for other followers of Manson, who died in prison aged 83 in 2017.

New laws since Krenwinkel was last refused parole in 2017 require the panel to consider that she committed the murders at a young age, 21, and is now an elderly inmate.

She claimed in 2017 that she was affected by battered women’s syndrome when she assisted in the bloody killings by the Manson Family cult.

Krenwinkel’s attorney Keith Wattley said his client was no longer a threat to society and added that she was completely transformed.

Krenwinkel was a 19-year-old secretary when she first encountered Manson, then 33, at a party, but the fact is the victims are still dead so there should be no parole, ever.

She met Charles Manson in Manhatten Beach in 1967, along with Lynette Fromme and Mary Brunner.

In later interviews, Krenwinkel stated that she had sex with Manson the first night they met and that he was the first person who told her she was beautiful.

Mesmerised by Manson’s allure and starved for attention, she chose to go to San Francisco with him and the other two girls, leaving behind her apartment, car, and last paycheck.

As the Manson Family grew, Katie, as Krenwinkel was now known and the others went on a drug and sex-filled 18-month tour of the American west in an old school bus.

She said they were just like wood nymphs and wood creatures and that they would run through the woods with flowers in their hair, and that Charles would have a small flute.

In the summer of 1968, Krenwinkel and fellow Family member Ella Bailey were hitchhiking around Los Angeles when Beach Boys founding member and drummer Dennis Wilson picked them up.

After being invited to his home while he continued on to a recording session, Krenwinkel and Bailey were able to contact the Family and tell them of their new crash pad.

When Wilson returned later that evening, he discovered Manson and the rest of the Family eating his food, sleeping in his bedrooms, and partying inside and outside his home. The group ended up staying for several months forcing Wilson into financial difficulties, but later Manson and the rest of the Family left his mansion.

Krenwinkel was a participant in the murders on August 9, 1969, at 10050 Cielo Drive, home of actress Sharon Tate and her husband, director Roman Polanski.

After stabbing Abigail Folger, Krenwinkel went back inside and summoned Tex Watson, who also stabbed Folger.

During her trial, Krenwinkel said that she stabbed her and kept stabbing her, and when asked how it felt, she responded that she felt nothing.

Krenwinkel participated willingly in more murders the following night, and along with Manson, Watson, Atkins, Clem Grogan, Leslie Van Houen and Linda Kasabian, Krenwinkel went to the home of Leno and Rosemary LaBianca where Krenwinkel, Watson and Van Houten killed the couple.

The Tate-LaBianca killings were a string of murders committed by members of the Manson Family during August 8-10, 1969, in Los Angeles, California, United States, under the leadership of Tex Watson and Charles Manson.

The perpetrators first slaughtered five people on the night of August 8-9 – pregnant actress Sharon Tate and her friends Jay Sebring, Abigail Folger, Wojciech Frykowski, and Steven Parent.

The child that Sharon Tate was pregnant with later perished of asphyxiation in Tate’s womb.

Manson was allegedly dissatisfied with the messy operation of those slayings, and after, the Family then also killed supermarket executive Leno LaBianca and his wife Rosemary in the Los Feliz section of Los Angeles.

Sharon Tate’s baby, if still alive would have been younger than me, and what might have been if she was alive now, but instead it was a life that was taken away, and this should strike terror in people because this kind of thing could easily happen again, and Krenwinkel should never be freed from prison because fifty years for the deaths of five people and an unborn child just isn’t enough.

It’s fair to say that Krenwinkel could have been transformed in jail, but nevertheless, she still couldn’t have paid her debt to society, especially when you’re taking the life of another human being and she should be kept in prison.

And let’s face it after spending all that time in jail she would have no understanding of how our current society has changed over the years and how to support herself.

She killed an unborn child and its mother. The child would be 50 years old now if the baby were still alive, so Krenwinkel serves no purpose in our society and it would be better that she stay in prison knowing that she has lived longer than those whose lives she took.

Sue Gray Report: ‘I Wish I’d Taken A Fine To Be With My Dying Husband’

“I wish I hadn’t followed the rules, I’d have taken the fine,” Sara said, adding she would have given anything to spend more time with her dying husband.

She told BBC 5 Live she obeyed the rules because she thought the government was doing the right thing, and like many of those bereaved by COVID, she’s furious at the disclosures in the Sue Gray report into Westminster parties during the lockdown.

Boris Johnson said he took full responsibility and was humbled.

Sara, who’s from Surrey but asked for her full name not to be used, said she’d been unable to go with her husband Tony, 59, when he was rushed to hospital during the first lockdown, back in 2020, and even though she was allowed to visit him briefly, the rules at the time meant she had to leave after a few hours and he passed away when she wasn’t with him.

She said that she would have taken the fine because that’s what Mr Johnson seems to have done. He didn’t obey the rules, his staff didn’t obey the rules, and they’ve taken the fine.

Sara, 60, said she’d been distraught but had listened to the government’s messages and obeyed the rules.

She said that she followed the rules and she wishes that she hadn’t. She said neither of her children could be there, they had to Facetime their father, and that their last memory of their father was to Facetime him and that her last memory of him was him saying that he would see her the following morning.

She said that one of the events, on 20 May when they had the ‘bring your own beer’ event, was the day she buried her husband and she just had her children with her and that it just wasn’t acceptable, and she said that she would have given anything for that extra time to have been with her husband.

She said it wasn’t just about a few drinks, it was about the credibility of the government, and said that Downing Street and the office of the Prime Minister had been brought into disrepute.

Sara isn’t alone in her outrage, the campaign group COVID 19 Bereaved Families for Justice says the Prime Minister had treated them like dirt and as an inconvenience.

Group spokesman Lobby Akinnola, whose father Olufemi Akinnola died as a result of coronavirus in April 2020 aged 60, said that when they were texting colleagues about getting away with it, people were having to text their families telling them they couldn’t come to their loved ones’ funerals.

He said the messages in the report show they knew how disrespectful they were being to the families they were failing, but that didn’t worry them.

He said they’re not satisfied with partying whilst he failed to protect our loved ones, the Prime Minister has now spent months ignoring and lying to the people.

Safiah Ngah, 29, called for Boris Johnson to quit over the wild and uncivilised behaviour in Downing Street.

She told the PA news agency restrictions in place last February meant she was unable to say a final goodbye in person to her 68-year-old father Zahari Ngah.

Her family had to settle for a video call as their last contact while government officials were cheers-ing, partying and joking about getting away with it.

Not only that, these freeloaders are getting paid by the taxpayer to have these parties. People couldn’t attend a funeral because Boris Johnson said so, but they could party it up when they wanted to, despicable behaviour from our government.

However, events which occurred are what happens in many bars within Westminster every day of the week. This behaviour is unacceptable and all these bars need to be removed. Westminster is a place of employment, not a social assemblage for boozing MPs and the Prime Minister of our country. The problem is, Westminster isn’t a place of work anymore, it’s just a place to jolly themselves.

There are a lot of people who want him gone, but he just won’t budge, so it seems for the time being we’re stuck with him.

He is a shameless and vile Prime Minister, and it appears that there are people out there that will swallow plenty more of his lies in the next couple of years.

Boris Johnson and his co-workers seemed to forget about the dying people who contracted COVID, while they partied and got their rocks off while people mourned for the loved ones that they lost in the pandemic. Fool me once Boris, shame on me, fool me twice, shame on you Boris Johnson.

Boris Johnson has been taking the piddle out of us, and he needs to go now, but the question nobody appears to have asked is why Boris Johnson even thought it would be safe to mix with people during this deadly pandemic, especially when he himself was in the hospital with the virus, or was that just a PR stunt?

Boris Johnson just saying sorry isn’t enough because he will just turn around and do it all over again, and now he’s just beyond a joke, and he should resign because he was only ever a wannabe Prime Minister and now he’s proved himself to be the biggest slimeball ever.

He evidently fibbed when he said he was unaware of any parties, having been photographed swigging wine at a leaving drinks party. How stupid does Boris Johnson think the public is or is that what he’s counting on? That the people are that stupid.

So, once again the rules have been totally ignored by the government, with the full knowledge that the British public can do nothing about it.

All government parties are as bad as the next, no matter what side they sit on because politicians are like nappies, they smell and they need to be changed regularly.

Doctor, 72, Who Sexually Abused 47 Women And Girls, Sentenced To 12 Years In Prison

A retired doctor convicted of sex offences against 47 women over more than three decades has been imprisoned for 12 years.

Krishna Singh, 72, was convicted of 54 charges, mainly of indecent and sexual assault, following a trial at the High Court in Glasgow which ended last month.

The crimes occurred between January 1984 and 2018, mainly at a medical practice in North Lanarkshire but also at a police office and a hospital accident and emergency department.

The married GP, who was awarded an MBE for medical services, also targeted girls under 16 and pregnant women who went to his surgery in Coatbridge, Lanarkshire.

His actions included kissing and hugging patients, touching their breasts and making improper comments to them.

Sentencing Singh when he appeared at the High Court in Glasgow on Wednesday, Lord Armstrong said that he had been convicted after trial of 54 charges of calculated and manipulative sexual abuse of 47 women and girls in relation to who, as a general practitioner, he was in a clear position of trust.

He said that Singh had committed the offences against his female patients persistently over a span of 34 years.

He said that Singh had breached his position of trust and carried out unwarranted examinations, telling him that he undermined the trust of the medical profession by eroding the trust that women would have had.

Lord Armstrong said that victim impact statements revealed that Singh’s actions had a devastating effect on his victims, some of whom now had a mistrust of the medical profession while others had suffered depression, low self-esteem and anxiety.

He condemned the 72-year-old to 12 years behind bars and placed him on the sex offenders register.

Singh’s defence agent, Janice Green, said he’d expressed extreme regret at his actions.

She said that Dr Singh knows that custody is the only disposal fitting given the serious breach of trust and that the gravity of the offences stems from that breach of trust. Yet, the 72-year-old had denied the charges against him.

Singh qualified as a doctor in India in 1974, and he registered with the General Medical Council as a doctor in November 1976 before taking up a job as a GP at a practice in North Lanarkshire, where he remained until 2018.

Singh also took up a position as a police casualty surgeon between 2005 and 2010 in Scotland, during which he examined people in custody.

This appears to be a health system that has failed for so many decades and for so many victims, and Mr Singh is an absolutely disgusting person who should have been handed down a more extended custodial punishment.

Health And Safety Concerns Force School Closure

A school has been closed over health and safety concerns after a schoolboy lost his finger running from his oppressors, and well-wishers raise more than £94,000 to help his recovery.

Education chiefs closed the campus after Raheem Bailey, 11, had six hours of surgery on his injured hand when he attempted to escape his oppressors, and got his finger caught in a fence.

The child had complained about students being mean to him after starting at 1,600 pupil Abertillery Learning Community in Gwent.

The school trust closed all of its campuses on health and safety grounds while an investigation takes place.

In a statement, Blaenau Gwent County Borough Council said that Abertillery Learning Community was working with Gwent Police in relation to an ongoing inquiry into an apparent attack on the secondary campus, and it said that all campuses at Abertillery Learning Community would be closed on health and safety grounds.

It said that students will access blended education on Monday, 23rd May. The safety and well-being of students and staff remain of paramount importance to the Learning Community and the Local Authority at all times.

The closure comes after Raheem called his mother Shantal Bailey crying in pain before being taken to the hospital.

Mother of four Ms Bailey said that on Tuesday morning break time, Raheem was attacked and beaten by a bunch of children whilst in school.

He was forced to the ground and then repeatedly booted, but he made a desperate attempt to flee the school grounds in order to escape the situation but caught his finger.

His mother said that she received a phone call from Raheem and then the school notifying her of the incident.

In attempting to mount a fence and escape, Raheem broke his finger. He underwent six hours of surgery, but it had to be amputated.

Raheem was taken to a hospital 50 miles away in Swansea but doctors were unable to save his finger.

His heartbroken mother said her son had suffered racial and physical abuse since starting at the school last September, and she’s now raised more than £94,000 through GoFundMe for a prosthetic finger and to help Raheem on the road to recovery.

Ms Bailey said she was very grateful for the charity shown by so many towards Raheem.

She said the kind messages had boosted the spirit of the young boy who she said was still occasionally feeling extremely down because of the bullying he’d received.

Surely it would make more sense to remove these bullies from the school?

Bullying is a behaviour that’s historically been linked to children on the playground, but it can occur among people of any age in any setting, so the primary question is why do people bully others?

The driving forces behind bullying can alter from person to person, but bullies share some common traits.

Some bully because they know it gets them what they want, while others bully because they’re extremely insecure, but no matter the reason, bullying is unacceptable, regardless of where it takes place, and bullies usually target people who are younger or smaller than they are, who work as their subordinates, or who belong to marginalised or minority groups.

Sometimes, even jealousy motivates people who bully, and bullying exists on a spectrum because not all bullies resort to hitting or name-calling, as children are known to do.

Sophisticated adult bullies may engage in smear campaigns against their targets rather than insult them to their faces, they might even enlist other bullies to target on their behalf. However, a bully’s end goal is to humiliate or hurt other people with the intent of destroying their reputation or life.

Harry Isn’t My Child

There’s always been a ton of conjecture about who Prince Harry’s daddy really is, and now speculation has raised its unsightly head to the surface once again.

James Hewitt has denied that he’s the father of Prince Harry like he’s denied it so many times before.

Admittedly Diana, Princess of Wales had a secret love affair with him for five years, and Harry does look remarkably similar to James Hewitt, but if you take a good look at the Spencer family who very rarely get a mention, Harry looks the spitting image of the Spencers, who are all extremely ginger-like on the male line.

Diana and Hewitt were together for a long time, but it’s extremely unlikely that Hewitt is Harry’s father, but we will never know unless a DNA test was done, and I’m sure that Harry is a better-looking chap than Hewitt ever was.

Harry’s paternity has been an issue for an extremely long time and a major talking point, but the gossip always concerned the Princess, and this folly should be scorched. Harry was born on September 15, 1984. Diana didn’t meet James until the summer of 1986.

Harry is amazing, although I’m sure that there will be a bunch of people that won’t agree with me. I actually like him, he has this real glint in his eye and is very down to earth, and I believe his mother would be extremely proud of him and his brother William.

You can also see Charles in Harry, but everyone wants to hop on the bandwagon because people just love a bit of gossip, but I could never actually understand why people were so obsessed with this stupid story that James Hewitt was the father of Harry. Harry has a lot of similarities to his mother’s side of the family, but you can see that he loves his old dad, and it’s obvious to see.

Harry is such an intriguing character, and he was such an adorable child growing up, and I think that we should leave him and his family alone now. Enough gossip seen here, let’s just get on with our lives and our families, rather than worrying over someone else’s.

Her Majesty’s Secret Service

According to reports, the Queen and the Royal Family have secretly opened their doors to Ukrainian refugees fleeing their homeland.

Palace sources say a number of members have promised to do their bit after being impacted by the tragic events following Vladimir Putin’s attack.

Royals have also made significant cash contributions but insist they want to keep their efforts to help under wraps.

The Government’s scheme has seen 54,000 refugees arrive, and the royal family is now offering to house six million people fleeing Russian invaders.

According to a newspaper outlet, Buckingham Palace insists members of the family are working on a number of projects but has refused to embroider on the plan to take in refugees.

The Queen herself has shown her support recently by wearing Ukraine’s famous yellow and blue, while also ordering flowers to Windsor Castle in the same two colours.

A senior royal source said that these things didn’t tend to occur by accident.

It comes after Prince Harry and Meghan Markle also offered public support, paying tribute to the bravery of the Ukraine team at the opening ceremony of the Invictus Games last month, with the Duchess of Sussex exclaiming ‘Slava Ukraini! (Glory to Ukraine!’)

The Duke said he hoped the games would create the opportunity for the world to ‘better show up’ for the country of Ukraine.

Meanwhile, the Duchess of Cambridge recently seemed to fight back tears over the Ukraine situation when visiting the Ukrainian Cultural Centre in London, alongside her husband Prince William, who said that they were all behind you.

Kate and William, who revealed their eldest children had been asking them about the conflict, brought trays of homemade chocolate brownies and granola bars with them from Kensington Palace to give to members of the Ukrainian community and volunteers they met.

Also showing their support, both William and Kate wore pins showcasing the blue and yellow of the Ukrainian flag beneath a white love heart, while the Duke donned a navy suit and jumper for the outing in Holland Park.

The couple heard about the services offered at the centre, the amazing amount of donations they’ve obtained following Russia’s attack on the country and the challenges they continue to encounter to get material aid where it’s most needed.

But how about unlocking the gates to ex-squaddies on the street who swore an oath of allegiance to their Queen, and what about our hundreds and thousands of children who are in temporary housing?

Perhaps the Queen who these ex-squaddies swore allegiance should give up part of her estate because after all, she does have a vast estate, unlike most of the people here in the United Kingdom.

Perhaps they should build a canal from Dover to Windsor and route everyone up to her moat, and then she can wave and welcome them in.

I guess that squaddies signed up for a job they knew would be risky and that they knew the score, and that the people of Ukraine didn’t sign up to be homeless, but then two wrongs don’t make it right.

Perhaps the Queen who is a patron of certain organisations should get them to release more money instead of hoarding it, and this isn’t especially good PR from the Royal Family because all it actually says is that they’re not bothered about the British homeless at all!

Anonymity Could Be Taken Away From Sperm And Egg Donors

Donors of sperm or eggs could lose their right to anonymity as the fertility regulators consider recommending the measure be discarded.

Under existing rules, such contributors are totally nameless, although those who have been involved since 2005 can be contacted by their biological offspring when those children turn 18, but the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA), which governs the fertility industry, has warned popular DNA testing websites make it more difficult to keep identities confidential.

Currently, the fertility watchdog is considering recommending scrapping anonymity for sperm donors and egg donors as part of an overhaul of fertility laws.

Peter Thompson, HFEA chief executive, said that they feel that the technology of affordable DNA tests throws into question the underlying premise of obscurity.

He said that given that, the responsible thing to do would be to start a discussion about where we as a society want to go on these things. It’s a big change.

Whether families like it or not, he told a newspaper outlet that confidentiality might become impossible in the future and that the honest truth is that people will just find out.

The HFEA has launched a review of UK fertility law to recommend to the Government what needs to be updated.

If men could choose to give their names and contact details when they donate sperm, it would bring the UK closer to the US. In the States, some sperm banks offer women looking for contributors a dossier of information. Details that include men’s star sign, religion, hobbies and favourite kind of pet.

Fertility charities are concerned that the current lack of known sperm contributors, for women who want their child’s biological father to be known to them, is pushing people online.

On websites such as Facebook, there is no shortage of sperm donors. However, some try to pressure women into sexual activity or father too many children in one location, increasing the risk of unwitting incestuous relationships between them.

Mr Thompson said the HFEA hadn’t decided on a proposal around anonymity, and that one option under review was the obscurity of donors being lifted at birth rather than at age 18.

In answer to a question about whether this might discourage donors, he said it wasn’t the case when the law changed in 2005. Although the number of contributors dropped briefly, but then it recovered.

The HFEA is also expected to request stronger powers to fine fertility clinics found to be selling useless add on treatments. It also wants to make it easier for same-sex couples and single people to access treatment.

Anonymity was already lost a long time ago with all the DNA testing that’s done, and it’s so easy to do as well, so if men do contribute their sperm they should donate with the realisation that there is no obscurity anymore.

The point is that at the moment the sperm donor’s child can’t find out until they’re 18 who their biological father is, and if they were allowed to find out before then the father might be liable for child support.

Is this fair? No, not really. They gave their sperm anonymously so that someone could have a child because perhaps they were not able to have a child naturally. If the child wants to find their biological father after the age of 18 then that’s different, and I’m sure there are numerous sperm donors that would rather not be found. They provided a service and that was as far as it went because the repercussions of that didn’t go through their mind at the time.

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