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Rachel Beniso, aged 97, waited outside the Convent for a special greeting from Prince Edward and Sophie, in a doubly-special moment. Not only had she met the Royals, the outing marked the first time she had left an elderly residential facility since the onset of Covid-19.
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The Earl and Countess of Wessex have arrived in Gibraltar at the start of a three-day Royal visit.
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A birthday wish come true for Hamish Summerfield as Sophie, Countess of Wessex, poses for a photo with him. He turns 8 years old today. This morning Hamish and his mum Dita waited in hope they could meet the Royals in Main Street
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Main Street was packed this morning as hundreds of people lined it in all in the hope of meeting or seeing Prince Edward and his wife Sophie.
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Gibraltar’s students left their schools this morning and took part in a worldwide strike against climate change inaction. More in tomorrow’s print and e-edition.
#climatechange
#schoolstrike4climate
#gibschoolstrike4climate
#Gibraltar
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The Union flag flies over the Moorish Castle in
#Gibraltar
to mark the 69th anniversary of the Queen’s accession to the throne.
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Sophie, the Countess of Wessex, takes after the Queen in her love of dogs. She stopped on Main Street to say hello
#RoyalVisit
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Warm welcome for Earl and Countess of Wessex as they arrive at The Convent, the official residence of the Governor of Gibraltar.
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Prince Edward and Sophie, the Earl and Countess of Wessex greet schoolchildren from St Bernards Lower and Upper Primary and Prior Park at Moorish Castle Estate
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Schoolchildren sing ‘God Save the Queen’ as they wait for
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The Queen’s youngest son Prince Edward, the Earl of Wessex, inspected the Royal Gibraltar Regiment at this morning’s Queen’s Birthday Parade in Casemates Square.
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Royal welcome for Princess Anne after fog diverts flight to Malaga
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Prince Edward, the Earl of Wessex, and his wife Sophie, the Countess of Wessex, depart Gibraltar on the British Airways flight direct to Heathrow. Their departure marks the end of a three day Royal visit for the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee.
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Jubilant crowds cheer Royal couple on Main Street walk
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On Wednesday, Sophie, the Countess of Wessex, visited Sandy Bay as part of a three day Royal visit to Gibraltar.
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Sophie, the Countess of Wessex, meets baby Charlie Newnes, aged 7 months today, and his dad Christoph Newnes and mum Charlotte Shaw on holiday in Gibraltar
#RoyalVisit
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Prince Edward, the Earl of Wessex, and his wife Sophie, the Countess of Wessex, walked along Main Street on Wednesday morning as part of their three day Royal visit to Gibraltar.
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Authorities in
#Gibraltar
have released the Iranian supertanker Grace 1, which was seized on July 4 on suspicion it was shipping 2.1m barrels of crude oil to Syria in breach of EU sanctions.
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Sophie, the Countess of Wessex, joined members of Surfability in Sandy Bay this afternoon and learned first hand how the team aim to bring adaptive sports to Gibraltar.
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Prince Edward thanks Gibraltar for 'immense welcome' during Royal visit
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Prince Edward and Sophie, the Earl and Countess of Wessex, greet the public on Main Street
#RoyalVisit
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Countess of Wessex paddles in Sandy Bay
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Prince Edward, the Earl of Wessex, greets schoolchildren outside the Convent on Wednesday morning as he starts a 90 minute walk along a packed Main Street to City Hall.
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Prince Edward stops to talk to Loreto Convent schoolchildren and they discuss the lessons they missed to see him
#RoyalVisit
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The Queen has sent a message to Gibraltar at the start of a Royal visit by Prince Edward, her youngest son, and his wife Sophie.
A message from Her Majesty The Queen to the people of Gibraltar.
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Gibraltar votes to change its abortion laws, with 62% of the vote for Yes.
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UEFA suspends Morata and Rodri after ‘Gibraltar Español’ chants
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The decision to release the ship was taken hours after the US launched a separate last-minute legal move to detain the vessel.
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The Royal Gibraltar Regiment Band and the Irish Guards at this morning’s Queen’s Birthday Parade in Casemates Square.
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Surfability student Sammy meets Sophie and splashed her gently, an action that was humorously returned by the Countess of Wessex. She also watched and helped other students jump into the warm Sandy Bay water.
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An in-principle deal has been reached for Gibraltar’s future relationship with the EU.
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The Royal Gibraltar Regiment, the Royal Gibraltar Regiment band and Irish guards March onto the parade ground at Casemates Square for the Queen’s Birthday Parade.
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The
#Gibraltar
Government has knocked back a US request to seize the Iranian supertanker Grace 1.
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Gibraltar FA to make formal complaint after Spanish national team chants ‘Gibraltar Español’
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Rachel, who is older than the Queen, remembers key moments in her reign, and was even present during the Queen's coronation celebrations in Hyde Park, London.
The event took place while she was still in London after being evacuated from Gibraltar during World War II.
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Gibraltar ‘hours way’ from full vaccination of adult population
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An A400M Atlas arrives on the Rock for a brief visit this morning.
#a400m
#lxgb
#aviation
#gibraltar
#runway09
#militaryaircraft
#militaryaviation
#atlas
#raf
#rafgibraltar
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UK Govt confirms "unlawful incursion" into British
#Gibraltar
waters. Royal Navy challenged + diplomatic protest will follow.
Pic
@dparody
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Morrisons frontline staff in Gibraltar to receive £1,000 bonus
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Tribute to the Catalan volunteers who saw action at the taking of Gibraltar (and to Enric Garriga i Trullols)
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BREAKING NEWS: UEFA initiates disciplinary proceedings against Spanish players over “Gibraltar es español” chants.
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A ‘message of hope’ as octogenarian recovers from Covid-19
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#Gibraltar
athlete Harvey Dixon broke the national 1500m record with a time of 3:43.84 at the Commonwealth Games final. Dixon came 11th from a field of 12, beating Australian Luke Mathews to the line. Dixon is the first local athlete to run in a Commonwealth Games final.
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Gibraltar free of Covid for first time in 10 months
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Great shot by
@jpiris71
.
#Gibraltar
's Moorish Castle, lit up tonight in rainbow colours in solidarity with
#Orlando
.
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The US Virginia-cass attack
#submarine
USS John Warner is pictured sailing into
#Gibraltar
this morning. Photos by
@dparody
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Students from Loreto school sang God Save Our Queen with patriotic passion on Main Street as they waited for Prince Edward and Sophie to pass.
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The Gibraltar flag at Buckingham Palace in the King’s Coronation parade. Photo thanks to veteran Ben Mead.
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BREAKING NEWS: The Gibraltar Government has filed a criminal complaint in Spain against four leaders of the Spanish far right party Vox, accusing them of inciting hatred against Gibraltar and its people.
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OPINION: UK must stand firm in the face of Spanish provocation - Gibraltar Chronicle
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Gibraltarian athlete Harvey Dixon has reached the 1500m Commonwealth Games finals with a time of 3:47:03. It is the first time a
#Gibraltar
athlete reaches a final in the Games.
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HMS Trent makes maiden call to Gibraltar
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#Gibraltar
joined the U.K. in a minute’s silence as Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh, was laid to rest today at a funeral in St George’s Chapel in Windsor.
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The
@RoyalGIBRegt
at Buckingham Palace forming part of the King’s Coronation parade. Photo thanks to veteran Ben Mead.
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Around 2,000 people have joined a protest march in La Linea today calling for measures to mitigate the impact of Brexit and guarantee fluidity at the border with
#Gibraltar
.
Video:
@MarcosMPhoto
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Gibraltar’s second strike for climate change took place yesterday, with over 500 students and pupils marching from Casemates to No.6 Convent Place.
Led by environmental activist Iona Sacarello, 13.
@GretaThunberg
#Gibraltar
#ClimateStrike
#ClimateActionnow
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Under rainy skies in Gibraltar, a 41-gun salute for Prince Philip
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Prince Edward and Sophie arrive in Gibraltar after flight delays
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The
#Gibraltar
Chronicle will be delivering free newspapers to the four elderly residential buildings, in order to help our older readers keep up to date while they are in lockdown over the
#COVID
ー19 outbreak.
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HMS Trent arrives in Gibraltar, its new operating base
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Vaccine’s arrival on Rock signals ‘beginning of end of Covid nightmare’
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In a change from the norm, tomorrow's front page, tonight....
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Tuesday's P1. Without a shadow of doubt, this is the saddest, most worrying front page we've had to lay out in a long, long time. But together. we will get through this.
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No cases of Covid-19 in Gibraltar
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@RoyalNavy
’s nuclear powered
#submarine
HMS Talent sailed into
#Gibraltar
this morning. Pic by
@dparody
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Police in
#Gibraltar
have arrested the captain and chief officer of the supertanker Grace 1 on suspicion of breaching EU sanctions on Syria, a spokesman for the Royal Gibraltar Police has confirmed.
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Airline
@EasternAirways
announce new routes to Gibraltar from Southampton starting May 24 and from Birmingham from May 28. Flights will operate twice weekly.
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As Royals land in Gibraltar, a message from the Queen
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Judge jails nine Catalan politicians amid probe over independence bid
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Lee Spencer smashes solo Atlantic rowing record - Gibraltar Chronicle
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Young Charles Harrison, 8, is currently running alongside his Dad as team
@5in5_
complete the last run in their half Ironman challenge. His father, Adrian Lopez and Kerion Alvarez are raising funds for
@CancerReliefGib
and the Cardiac Association Gibraltar.
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Travel soars with passenger rates tripling and hotel bookings ‘unprecedented’
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The US Department of Justice has applied to seize the Iranian supertanker Grace 1 in
#Gibraltar
, just hours before the Gibraltar Government was poised to release it.
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#GMF2016
Paul Young takes to the second stage... Love of the Common People... gets the crowd going.
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A Kent police officer was given a ‘blue light’ welcome to Gibraltar yesterday as he arrived on the Rock after cycling 1,700 miles from the UK to raise money for charity.
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Busy scene at
#Gibraltar
's Naval Base this morning. RFA Mounts Bay, HMS Diamond + HMS Daring. Pic by
@MAnahory
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Gibraltar records first day in nearly three months without new virus cases
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Team Gibraltar, as the host of the previous Island Games, are first to walk in at tonight’s opening ceremony here in Guernsey.
#TeamGibraltar
#IslandGames
#GuernseyIslandGames2023
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It's over, the 24hours are complete. Over £43k raised so far. 79 teams, 96 survivors and over one thousand people taking part
#relayforlife
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Emotion and pride in Gibraltar as Archbishop Mark Miles is ordained
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Ian Martinez from Bassadone is approaching his goal of 100km at Relay For Life as he walks for 24hours. He “hit the wall” eight hours in, then again at 12 hours when he was physically sick but despite this he is powering on and has no plans on stopping.
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Blood, sweat and cold beers as double-amputee Royal Marine completes epic run to the Rock
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Gibraltar welcomes UK’s newest aircraft carrier
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New flights from Gibraltar to Bilbao this summer, Govt confirms
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Louis Baldachino celebrates five years as a pancreatic cancer survivor
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The Rowing Marine
@_leejspencer
has returned to the Rock to a warm welcome from The Governor and the Gibraltar Band and Drum Association.
#therowingmarine
#leespencer
#guinnessworldrecord
#atlanticocean
#gibraltar
#therock
#notdefinedbydisability
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Public Health said it was monitoring the situation of the fire in Spain.
Currently there are no concerns with air quality in Gibraltar. The majority of the plume of smoke is expected to head in a northerly direction. 1/2
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BREAKING NEWS: Gibraltar's Supreme Court has granted a 14-day extension for authorities in
#Gibraltar
to detain the supertanker Grace 1, which is suspected of breaching EU sanctions by shipping Iranian light crude oil to
#Syria
.
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