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Camilla has unlucky break at ship launch

SOUTHAMPTON, England, Dec. 11 (UPI) -- A champagne bottle used to christen the Cunard ocean liner Queen Victoria in Southampton, England, didn't break, leading some to wonder if bad luck lies ahead.

Prince William's girlfriend at Balmoral

ROYAL DEESIDE, Scotland, Oct. 14 (UPI) -- British royal watchers say Kate Middleton turned a corner in her romance with Prince William by being invited to hunt at Balmoral during the weekend.

Italian firm to build British luxury liner

TRIESTE, Italy, Oct. 10 (UPI) -- An Italian shipbuilder has won a contract to build a new luxury liner for Britain's Cunard Line, the shipbuilder announced Wednesday.

Ethiopia seeks return of prince's remains

LONDON, June 11 (UPI) --

No memorial for Scotland's bad bard

EDINBURGH, Scotland, June 2 (UPI) -- William Topaz McGonagall, the Scottish poet widely reviled in life, is getting no honor in death either.

Stage, screen actor Derek Waring dies

PETSWORTH, England, Feb. 22 (UPI) -- Derek Waring, known as Detective Inspector Goss in the BBC drama "Z-Cars," has died of cancer at Petworth Cottage Hospital in West Sussex, England, at age 79.

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Rediscovered play may be worst in history

EDINBURGH, Scotland, Nov. 6 (UPI) -- A recently discovered play by the Scottish writer long proclaimed the worst poet ever makes William McGonagall a candidate for the worst playwright ever.

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