A Sea Cadet lieutenant commander accused of cruelly abusing dozens of young teenagers spent years mixing with dignitaries, including Prince Andrew. Peter Sherwin once rubbed shoulders with the Duke of York during a royal ceremony at cadet site TS Stirling in Birmingham in 2001. Sherwin was regarded as a ‘pillar of the community’ prior to … Read more
One of the most contentious claims made in Meghan Markle’s interview with Oprah Winfrey this week was that one about race. A member of the Royal Family is alleged to have raised questions or concerns about ‘how dark’ the skin of Meghan’s child might be. And the uproar that ensued has been deafening, with the word … Read more
Lieutenant John Chard’s handwritten account of the Battle of Rorke’s Drift – where a British garrison held off 4,000 Zulu warriors – sells for £175,000 Lieutenant Chard of Royal Engineers was one of 11 men awarded Victoria Cross Account of the battle was auctioned at Bonhams in London on Thursday The collection, sold by his … Read more
A high-ranking officer was today dismissed from the Army for sexually assaulting a colleague’s ‘vulnerable’ wife by squeezing her bottom while she was at hospital with her severely injured son. Lieutenant Colonel Gordon Edwards was standing in a queue at the hospital’s coffee shop when he ‘tried his luck’ because he thought he could ‘get … Read more
A high-ranking Army officer was today convicted of sexually assaulting a colleague’s wife by squeezing her bottom while she was at hospital with her severely injured son. Lieutenant Colonel Gordon Edwards was standing in a queue at the hospital’s coffee shop when he ‘tried his luck’ and thought he could ‘get away with a quick … Read more
An Army officer ‘100 per cent’ let down his wife when he ‘chickened out’ of reporting a high-ranking colleague ‘for groping her bottom’ on a hospital visit to see her son, a court martial heard. Lieutenant Colonel Gordon Edwards has been accused of ‘trying his luck’, believing he could ‘get away with a quick grope’, before telling … Read more