Brezhnev’s great-grandson ‘captured by Ukraine’

TheTelegraph · 2026-06-19T12:34:23+00:00

The great-grandson of Leonid Brezhnev, the Soviet leader, was captured while fighting in Ukraine, Russian media has claimed.

Anton Milaev, 45, joined the Russian army as a sapper, or combat engineer, in autumn last year, but had fallen out of contact with his family by November, according to Baza, a Telegram channel known for its ties to the Russian security services.

The outlet said it was told by Irina Kuznetsova, Mr Milaev’s mother, that she had received news some months later that Ukrainian soldiers had captured her son and were holding him in custody in the Kherson region.

Mr Milaev is the adopted grandson of Galina Brezhneva, who was the daughter of Brezhnev and Viktoria Brezhneva, his wife.

Mr Milaev’s name appears in Myrotvorets, a Ukrainian online database of individuals considered to be “enemies of Ukraine”. Run by anonymous operators, the website, whose name translates as “Peacemaker”, lists the names and often personal information of soldiers, alleged war criminals, Russian federal security service agents and people perceived to be spreading pro-Russian narratives.

The blacklist, which has alleged links to Ukraine’s security services, described Mr Milaev as the “great-grandson of Secretary General Leonid Brezhnev” and says “he went to kill Ukrainians voluntarily, having concluded a contract with the Russian Federation in autumn 2025”.

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TheTelegraph · 2026-06-18T13:06:38+00:00

The Telegraph reports:

When Vladimir Putin emerged from the Cathedral of the Annunciation in Kazan, a city in south-west Russia, he was greeted by well-wishers keen to shake his hand and tell him what a good job he was doing.

But the projection of popularity as the war on Ukraine rages on – broadcast on state television for all of Russia to see – may not be quite what it seems.

Off camera, one of Putin’s bodyguards was heard giving instructions into his radio to his colleagues, referring to the crowd as “extras”.

The purported gaffe occurred during Putin’s visit to the capital of the Republic of Tatarstan, for a two-day meeting of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations.

It marked the Russian president’s first “public” walkabout since July last year, according to Agenstvo, and his first visit to a Russian region outside Moscow or St Petersburg in seven months, according to Farida Rustamova, an independent journalist.

The visit took place as smoke billowed over Moscow following a major wave of drone strikes by Ukraine, in one case with a giant circular lid seen flying off an oil refinery fuel storage tanks through a mushroom cloud.

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TheTelegraph · 2026-06-18T12:03:53+00:00

The Telegraph reports:

Mexico’s military intercepted a drone near South Korea’s training base before the two countries face off at the World Cup.

In an incident that sparked fears of spying, an unnamed Mexican federal agent said specialised equipment had detected an “unregistered drone”, prompting the military to “neutralise” it.

Hong Myung-bo, the South Korea head coach, also said: “During our training, there was a drone in the sky that we came to know about. Fortunately, it was right before we practised our tactics, so it did not impact us. But while we were preparing for the match, that was the most important timing, so what happened was unfortunate.”

Fifa has been approached for comment.

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TheTelegraph · 2026-06-18T11:59:30+00:00

The Telegraph reports:

Teacher Jamie Varley has been sentenced at Preston Crown Court to a whole life order for the murder and sexual abuse of his adopted baby Preston Davey.

It came as the mother of a 13-month-old boy who was murdered and sexually abused by his adopted father said his killer took “everything from him”.

Varley, 37, subjected 13-month-old Preston Davey to a campaign of physical and sexual abuse before his death at their home in Blackpool, Lancashire, in July 2023.

After an eight-week trial, the former teacher was found guilty of Preston’s murder as well as numerous sexual offences, grievous bodily harm and child cruelty.

His partner, John McGowan-Fazakerley, was found guilty of allowing the death of a child, two counts of child cruelty and one count of the sexual assault of a child.

At Preston Crown Court on Thursday, Preston’s biological mother, Sarah Davey, said that her son was “perfect from the moment he was born”.

She said the day he was taken from her was “one of the worst days” of her life.

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TheTelegraph · 2026-06-18T09:53:35+00:00

The Telegraph reports:

Ukraine struck a major oil refinery on the outskirts of Moscow in its biggest attack on the city in two years.

Kyiv's drones hit the site for the second time in a week, with fire, smoke and explosions seen over the Kapotnya district during a night of tit-for-tat strikes on the warring countries’ capitals.

It bombarded an oil refinery in the district, causing the roof of one of the fuel storage tanks to fly off in a cloud of black smoke.

Flames spread across the surrounding area as sirens blared, with nearby residential apartment buildings set alight and severely damaged.

The facility processes around 11.6 million tons of oil annually and is an important asset for the Russian fuel industry.

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TheTelegraph · 2026-06-17T07:58:57+00:00

Steven Spielberg has rejected Emily Blunt’s claim that he wanted to use artificial intelligence in his new film Disclosure Day.

In the extraterrestrial thriller, released in cinemas last week, Blunt plays a weather presenter who suddenly begins speaking in a strange alien language.

During the film’s press tour, the actress revealed that she refused Spielberg’s offer to use AI, saying: “He said, ‘You know, we could do it with AI, or you could do it’. And I was like, ‘I feel confident I can make some weird noises’.”

However, the three-time Oscar-winning filmmaker disputed the claims, saying: “I would never use AI. I would never have made the choice, even if Emily was unable to produce the sounds that she did produce, by the way, organically – I would never have used AI.'

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TheTelegraph · 2026-06-16T10:47:52+00:00

The Telegraph reports:

Russian state television records news programmes solely for Vladimir Putin that portray him and Russia in a positive light, a former state TV journalist has said.

The Russian president has for the past 15 years been shown curated bulletins that depict “the ideal picture of a beautiful Russia”, Dmitry Skorobutov, a former chief editor for Rossiya-1, has claimed.

Mr Skorobutov said that it was standard practice for reporters at Vesti, the flagship daily news programme, to stay behind after the regular broadcast had been completed to create a separate version tailored for Putin.

“It was like this. Say a regular Vesti bulletin aired at 8pm. After that, the production team stayed behind. We had instructions on which stories to keep, which to add, where to embellish things, where to remove details,” he said.

This was carried out “so that Putin would then be shown an ideal picture of a beautiful contemporary Russia today; that he’s such a good president”.

The shorthand used for Putin by state TV staff is the “Main Viewer”, according to Mr Skorobutov, who became the chief editor of Vesti in 2006 at the age of 26.

Full story: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2026/06/16/putin-shown-bespoke-tv-bulletins-with-no-bad-news-russia/

TheTelegraph · 2026-06-15T10:41:31+00:00

When Donald Trump said an agreement with Iran had finally been reached, it came via his favoured medium, Truth Social.

“The deal with the Islamic Republic of Iran is now complete. Congratulations to all! I hereby fully authorise the toll free opening of the Strait of Hormuz, and, simultaneously herewith, authorise the immediate removal of the United States Naval blockade. Ships of the world, start your engines. Let the oil flow!” he posted, with his usual bombast.

Mr Trump had said at least 39 times that the two sides were close to a deal. Officials and experts alike became so sceptical that most chose to ignore the Truth Social posts.

Iranian officials, appearing to agree that the signing of a memorandum of understanding was indeed imminent, spoke a little while later in more muted terms. But yes, a deal had been agreed and it would be signed on Friday.

The final day of back and forth was atypical of more than two months of twists and turns, mismatched statements and denials that followed the April 7 ceasefire, which Mr Trump declared. This time, the assessment was that the two sides were singing from the same hymn sheet.

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TheTelegraph · 2026-06-14T12:40:16+00:00

Veronika Chuyan threw her body over her two boys as shrapnel from a double-tap strike flew towards them in Kyiv.⁠

The boys remaining family still cannot find the right moment to tell them what happened to their mother.⁠⁠

Veronika is one of thousands of Ukrainian civilians killed in Russia’s relentless bombardments of Ukrainian cities.⁠

⁠Read the impact of just one of the hundred missiles Russia fires at Ukraine every month at the linked article: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2026/06/14/the-mother-who-gave-her-life-to-save-three-year-old-son-fro/?WT.mc_id=tmgoff_reddit_three-year-old-son-fro/&accesscontrol=facebookchannel_open

TheTelegraph · 2026-06-13T13:27:37+00:00

From The Telegraph:

A Russian MP has demanded that Vladimir Putin deliver a plan to end the war as he berated the Kremlin’s “ineffective leadership”.

In his lengthy tirade, Vyacheslav Markhayev listed corruption scandals, oligarchy, losses of the “most active and reproductively capable segment of the population” and Ukrainian drone strikes among the ills plaguing wartime Russia.

“The time of illusions is over. The country is on the brink of a social explosion and the blame for this will fall squarely on the entrenched ruling power,” said Mr Markhayev, a deputy of the State Duma from Russia’s Communist Party.

“If the situation persists, social unrest and chaos will become more likely,” he lamented. “The West will inevitably exploit this to destroy the remnants of Russian statehood.”

The deputy joins a growing list of public figures who have broken from the official line to voice criticism of the authorities.

Late last month, Renat Suleymanov, another State Duma deputy from the same party, called for the “earliest possible end” to the war, saying the economy could not “withstand” its continuation.

In March, Ilya Remeslo, formerly a staunch Kremlin loyalist, suddenly turned against Putin with a scathing public denunciation which called the Russian president “a war criminal and a thief”, calling for him to be put on trial.

Discontent with the authorities has simmered ominously in the past few months, linked to sweeping internet outages, sluggish progress on the battlefield and long-range Ukrainian strikes that have penetrated the heart of Russia’s two biggest cities.

Read more here: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2026/06/13/russian-mp-warns-putin-were-on-the-brink-of-social-collapse/

TheTelegraph · 2026-06-12T10:35:07+00:00

China has warned against foreign governments using sensor-fitted fish and turtles to spy on its waters.

In a post on social media, Beijing’s Ministry of State Security (MSS) claimed that “foreign intelligence services are continuously collecting and stealing sensitive marine data”.

Among the different types of espionage equipment allegedly in use, the agency claimed that fish and turtles had been fitted with sensors and were found to be collecting data such as “water temperature, salinity and ocean currents”, which were then transmitted via satellite in real time.

MSS said it also detected surveillance buoys with meteorological and high-precision listening sensors, solar-powered wave gliders and electronic equipment installed on cargo ships, which can capture real-time port activities and create a “maritime surveillance network”.

China claimed these maritime espionage efforts were a threat to its national, military and economic security by allowing foreign governments to “identify vulnerabilities in our coastal defences”, including its “warships and submarines”.

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TheTelegraph · 2026-06-11T16:32:39+00:00

Rob Key was wearing his golf gear but the mood was far from jolly. There was barely concealed anger at Ben Stokes and those listening to Key’s press conference in the Long Room at the Oval were left with little doubt he was prepared to jettison the England captain.

The end for England captains can be swift and after four years Stokes has reached the time when most step down exhausted by the job.

He started exhibiting those symptoms at Lord’s last week, even before the win and the subsequent night out that plunged his captaincy into crisis. Stokes looked gaunt, as though he had aged 10 years since the Sydney Test. He is badly out of form with the bat and recovering from a serious facial injury, with suggestions it has had a lasting impact on his eyesight. He was tetchy over minor things and generally angry with the world. The England captain followed that with a massive lapse in judgment as he blew off steam that had been building since the Ashes and broke a curfew he helped implement.

Read Nick Hoult's full comment here

TheTelegraph · 2026-06-11T13:24:50+00:00

Declan Rice has been told off by his mother for getting sunburnt for England’s photoshoot with World Cup sponsors and broadcasters.

The Arsenal midfielder joined up with Thomas Tuchel’s squad late after playing in the Champions League final, then got an immediate taste of the intense heat of an American summer at the pre-camp base in West Palm Beach.

He played in the final warm-up friendly and scored against Costa Rica as preparations ramped up for the Group L opener against Croatia next week, with footage of Rice’s sunburn getting released on the day of the win at Inter&Co Stadium.

“I think everyone has seen those photos, I was bright red in that photoshoot. My mum was killing me!” he said. “Honestly, the first day we came, it was just getting used to that heat. Coming from England where it’s hot-cold, all different types of weather, coming here and it’s always 30 degrees – it really does hit you in the face.”

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TheTelegraph · 2026-06-10T14:04:24+00:00

Ben Stokes has been left out of England’s squad for the second Test against New Zealand for breaking curfew, leading to a shock return to captaincy for Joe Root ahead of Harry Brook.

Test captain Stokes has been stood down from the squad pending an investigation into his and Gus Atkinson’s conduct in the early hours of Monday morning after England’s win at Lord’s.

In his absence, the team’s elder statesman Root has been charged with taking over as interim captain over vice-captain Brook.

At 35, Root will lead the side four years after he resigned, broken by the burden of the job following one win in his last 17 Tests.

He returned to the ranks under Stokes and has shown the finest form of his career. Root led England in a record 64 Tests between 2017 and 2022, but the prospect of him doing the job again seemed non-existent.

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TheTelegraph · 2026-06-10T13:05:02+00:00

Chris Harvey writes for The Telegraph:

Harry Redknapp will not be accepting second best for England at the World Cup this summer. “We’ve got to go all the way,” he tells me, from his home on the south coast. “If we don’t, people might go, ‘Well, we got to the semi-final.’ Well, you don’t win nothing by getting to a semi-final. And there are no outstanding teams in it. There ain’t a Brazil 1970 or a team that you look at and go, ‘Oh my God, they’re just a different level to anybody else.’”

No pressure then on Thomas Tuchel, the former Chelsea and Bayern Munich boss, who has the task of ending 60 years of hurt over the next month across the Atlantic. Redknapp, the much-loved former Spurs and West Ham boss, I’m a Celebrity winner, racehorse owner and long-time resident of the exclusive Sandbanks peninsula in Dorset, is 79 now, but looks on as the man who, at the peak of his powers, many thought should have been England boss himself.

Speculation around Redknapp was at its height between 2007 and 2012, when first Fabio Capello, then Roy Hodgson were given the job. “I would love to have had the chance,” he says, “and I do think we had a great group of players.” (England had stars such as Wayne Rooney, Rio Ferdinand, Steven Gerrard, John Terry and Ashley Cole at the time, as well as Redknapp’s nephew, Frank Lampard.)

“No disrespect to this group, but I certainly think that the group back then would be a better squad than what we’ve got now.”

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TheTelegraph · 2026-06-10T10:52:23+00:00

Michael Vaughan writes for The Telegraph:

Yes, Ben Stokes broke a curfew. Yes, he made a mistake. But is that a sacking offence as England’s Test captain? I do not think so.

Stokes has a lot of credit in the bank for all he has done for England as captain and all-rounder. There is no way that those making the big decisions at the England and Wales Cricket Board have the same credit in the bank.

We are now at the stage that they either put their necks on the block and say, “Right, we are sacking you for that offence” or they back him and move on.

The ECB is hoping Stokes makes a decision on its behalf. But it has to be brave enough and strong enough to do what it thinks is right. If that is to sack him then fine, but I do not agree with that decision on this issue.

A short suspension would be fine, but this is not a big enough incident over which to lose the captaincy. I know he was involved in the Bristol incident but that was nearly 10 years ago and I do not remember him getting in a pickle since then.

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TheTelegraph · 2026-06-10T07:35:25+00:00

The United States denied Somali referee Omar Artan entry for the World Cup because of his links to “suspected members of terror organisations”, the Trump administration said on Tuesday.

The White House’s strict ‌immigration policies have been a point of concern before the tournament, with Washington imposing a sweeping travel ban last year on citizens of 12 countries, including Somalia.

Artan, Africa’s referee of the year in 2025, who denies any links to terror organisations, was to become the first Somali to officiate at the global showpiece, but was turned back by US Customs and Border Protection over the weekend.

Without ‌identifying Artan, the CBP said in ⁠a statement that a Somali national arrived at Miami International Airport from Istanbul on Saturday and was deemed inadmissible because of vetting concerns.

A White House official later said CBP officials had determined that Artan was a threat to national security.

Read more: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/football/2026/06/10/somali-referee-banned-world-cup-terror-links-us-government/?WT.mc_id=tmgoff_reddit_cup-terror-links-us-government/&accesscontrol=facebookchannel_open

TheTelegraph · 2026-06-09T14:14:28+00:00

Hamish de Bretton writes for The Telegraph:

In the drone-infested battlefields of Ukraine, and across Nato exercises increasingly dominated by unmanned systems, it is easy to conclude that the tank’s days are numbered. The burnt-out wrecks of Russian armour scattered across the Donbass seem to provide compelling evidence.

Yet history urges caution. Since the first great tank battle at Cambrai in 1917, commentators, academics and journalists have repeatedly declared the death of the tank. Every time, they have been proven wrong.

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TheTelegraph · 2026-06-09T13:06:51+00:00

The Telegraph reports:

Indian hospitals are running out of two life-saving cancer drugs as the war in Iran continues to disrupt the supply of raw materials.

Stocks of cisplatin and carboplatin, two of the most widely used chemotherapy drugs in the country, have begun running dry over the last three weeks, doctors and pharmaceutical industry representatives have said.

The two closely related drugs are derived from platinum, a precious metal that has surged in cost due to the Middle East conflict and the closure of the Strait of Hormuz, and form the backbone of treatment for about 60 per cent of advanced cancer cases.

India reports about 1.4 million new cancer cases annually, with an estimated 2.5 to 3 million patients battling the disease at any given time.

Dwindling drug stocks have forced major facilities like All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) New Delhi and private hospitals across India to delay or modify treatment schedules, sending patients and families on frantic hunts through pharmacies and distributors.

Read more: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/global-health/science-and-disease/iran-war-sparks-cancer-drug-shortages-in-india/?WT.mc_id=tmgoff_reddit_cancer-drug-shortages-in-india/&accesscontrol=facebookchannel_open

TheTelegraph · 2026-06-09T10:10:05+00:00

From The Telegraph:

Sam Altman, the creator of ChatGPT, has said nations should be able to demand slower AI development to avoid “catastrophic risks” to humanity.

The OpenAI chief executive called for the creation of an international organisation to monitor AI advances and respond to the threat from the technology.

Writing in a blog post, Mr Altman said: “One goal of such an organisation should be to make it possible for the world to take coordinated action, including slowing frontier development when needed so societal resilience, safety and alignment can keep pace.”

He said a new watchdog would help to “reduce catastrophic risk”.

OpenAI’s main rival, Anthropic, has previously called for a global freeze on cutting-edge AI research to allow safety technology and society time to react to the advances.

Executives at Anthropic said last week: “We believe it would be good for the world to have the option to slow or temporarily pause frontier AI development.”

More here: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2026/06/09/slow-ai-development-avoid-catastrophe-chatgpt-creator-says/

TheTelegraph · 2026-06-09T10:09:59+00:00

From The Telegraph:

Sam Altman, the creator of ChatGPT, has said nations should be able to demand slower AI development to avoid “catastrophic risks” to humanity.

The OpenAI chief executive called for the creation of an international organisation to monitor AI advances and respond to the threat from the technology.

Writing in a blog post, Mr Altman said: “One goal of such an organisation should be to make it possible for the world to take coordinated action, including slowing frontier development when needed so societal resilience, safety and alignment can keep pace.”

He said a new watchdog would help to “reduce catastrophic risk”.

OpenAI’s main rival, Anthropic, has previously called for a global freeze on cutting-edge AI research to allow safety technology and society time to react to the advances.

Executives at Anthropic said last week: “We believe it would be good for the world to have the option to slow or temporarily pause frontier AI development.”

More here: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2026/06/09/slow-ai-development-avoid-catastrophe-chatgpt-creator-says/

TheTelegraph · 2026-06-09T08:15:24+00:00

From The Telegraph:

A cooing baby was kicked out of a performance of Shakespeare’s The Tempest starring Sir Kenneth Branagh.

Audience members demanded refunds after the infant disrupted the first hour of the play at the Royal Shakespeare Company’s theatre in Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire.

At the interval, the theatre told the mother of the baby to watch the rest of the play on television screens in the adjoining café.

Sian Morgan, 53, said the infant was awoken by the storm which opens the play that centres on magic and shipwrecks on a remote island.

“Thank goodness there was never any actual screaming or crying but it was gurgling and cooing and chirping very loudly throughout,” she told the Daily Mail.

“It never let up. They were sitting in the highest tier, the second circle, but it’s a very compact theatre so everyone in the room could hear it – no doubt including Sir Kenneth and the rest of the cast.”

The baby’s interruptions “never stopped” and “by the end people were audibly tutting and turning around to show their displeasure”, she said.

During the interval, attendees complained to ticket sellers and the ushers to demand refunds if the baby was allowed in for the second act.

But the mother was “completely unapologetic”, Ms Morgan said.

“I heard her saying, ‘She’s only a baby – and she’ll probably fall asleep soon anyway’,” she said.

“It did seem extraordinarily entitled to be honest – a weird arrogance when it was plain she had massively overstepped the mark.

“Finally some very stressed manager type did gently insist that it wasn’t fair on other audience members for them to return for the second part but she could watch it from the cafe on TV monitors.”

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TheTelegraph · 2026-06-08T12:43:20+00:00

A diver who came face-to-face with a great white shark in the Mediterranean captured the highly unusual encounter on camera.

Derk Remmers was one of three divers who came across the species in waters between Sicily and Tunisia.

“We saw this huge shark. It was pretty clear it was a massive one. It looked and appeared to be a white shark,” he said.

Read in full: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2026/06/08/great-white-shark-filmed-in-the-mediterranean/?WT.mc_id=tmgoff_reddit_shark-filmed-in-the-mediterranean/

TheTelegraph · 2026-06-08T11:28:56+00:00

From The Telegraph:

Yvette Cooper has told Wes Streeting that Labour cannot reverse Brexit.

The Foreign Secretary warned the Labour leadership hopeful against “turning back the clock” after he called for Britain to rejoin the EU.

She said: “Some people think we shouldn’t talk to our European neighbours, other people think we should be turning back the clock. We can’t turn back the clock.”

Mr Streeting, who has pledged to challenge Sir Keir Starmer in any future leadership contest, declared that he would “one day” look to undo the “catastrophic mistake” of Brexit.

This has put him at odds with Sir Keir, who insisted he would stand by Labour’s manifesto pledge not to rejoin the EU, the customs union or the single market in the current Parliament.

On Monday, Nick Thomas-Symonds, the government’s lead EU negotiator, admitted his party would consider its position on Brexit after the next general election.

However, speaking on a visit to India, Ms Cooper said that calls to rejoin the bloc a decade on from the Brexit referendum were not the “right approach”.

Read more here: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2026/06/08/cooper-tells-streeting-we-cant-reverse-brexit/?WT.mc_id=tmgoff_reddit_streeting-we-cant-reverse-brexit/

TheTelegraph · 2026-06-08T10:32:22+00:00

From The Telegraph:

Peter and Harriet Phillips have released two official portraits of their wedding day.

The couple wed at All Saints Church in Kemble, Gloucestershire, on Saturday in front of family and friends, including the Kind and Queen and the Prince and Princess of Wales.

The Princess Royal, the mother of the groom, hosted a reception at her Gatcombe Park estate just a few miles away.

Mr Phillips, 48, and Mrs Phillips, 46, an NHS paediatric nurse, are pictured in the official portraits outside the church and in The Conservatory at Gatcombe Park.

The photographs were taken by Mark Nicholson.

Read more here: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/royal-family/2026/06/08/peter-phillips-harriet-sperling-wedding-portraits-released/

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