Scotland’s only five-star luxury floating hotel is pushing the boat out for Valentine’s Day with the launch of a new tasting ...

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And, of course, the Royal Yacht Britannia was the height of luxury too. Now moored in Leith, Edinburgh, you can see the staterooms ... the Dubai Mall and the Gold Souk. The last tea clipper built in ...

A well-known ‘institution’ in the capital, the Edinburgh Dog and Cat Home has been helping pets ... Jamie Simpson, director of people and services at the home, took the afternoon to walk me round. On ...

By Nazaneen Ghaffar Reporting from London The famed Hogmanay street party on New Year’s Eve in Edinburgh, the Scottish capital, has been canceled because of forecasts of rain, strong winds and snow.

It has been an incredibly difficult year for the British royal family, with the King and the Princess of Wales both diagnosed with cancer within weeks of one another. Tragedy also struck with the ...

Two sailors died in separate accidents on the first night of the 2024 Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race in Australia, the event organizers announced. The Cruising Yacht Club of Australia said in a ...

A four-day cruise from Miami to the Bahamas was briefly disrupted on Dec. 11 when a luxury yacht collided with the Royal Caribbean ship in the Bahamian capital of Nassau. Fortunately, nobody was hurt, ...

On Christmas Day in 1956 The Duke of Edinburgh was away from home on a voyage around the Commonwealth on BRITANNIA. Prince Philip spoke on the radio from the Royal yacht before The Queen ... the ...

After a year of ups and downs, the Royal Family are set to celebrate Christmas at the Sandringham Estate in Norfolk. The main house and surrounding properties will be filled with family members.

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. There have been plenty of “firsts” in the history of the Sydney to Hobart yacht race which was first ...

For 11 years, Britannia was voted the UK's worst hotel ... It provided the basic necessities: a TV, desk area, kettle with coffee and tea sachets, and a large double bed. There was ample room ...