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Elizabeth II, Meghan Markle, Prince Harry posing for the camera: The British royal family might have to settle for a Christmas dinner over Zoom this year, largely as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.

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The British royal family might have to settle for a Christmas dinner over Zoom this year, largely as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.

The British royal family might have to settle for a Christmas dinner over Zoom this year. As People reports, the royals are likely to celebrate the holiday apart, largely as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. According to the magazine, Meghan Markle and Prince Harry will spend Christmas with Meghan’s mom, Doria Ragland, and baby Archie in Montecito; Kate Middleton, Prince William, and the Cambridge kids will celebrate at Anmer Hall in Norfolk; while the Queen and Prince Philip will either stay at Windsor Castle or head to the Sandringham Estate.

Meghan and Harry will celebrate their first Christmas in their U.S. family home, People reports, in their new neighborhood of Montecito, California. As for Kate and William, a

Royal family members will likely be apart for Christmas as celebrations remain in limbo: report

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Prince William, Kate Middleton and their three children may not be celebrating the Christmas holiday with Queen Elizabeth II this year.

Like several countries around the world, the United Kingdom has faced renewed restrictions as the coronavirus pandemic rages on. The British royal family is no exception to the restrictions, meaning their annual holiday traditions remain in limbo. Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced rules for the upcoming holiday on Tuesday. Brits can be part of one bubble of three households and cannot change that bubble. They will only be allowed to meet in private homes, places of worship and outdoor spaces. The rules will be in place from Dec. 23 through Dec. 27.

Each year, Prince Harry’s grandmother delivers her pre-recorded Christmas message to the British public. The 94-year-old reigning monarch is isolating at Windsor Castle with her husband, Prince Philip, 99, and has not yet decided whether she will

Need a vacation? Visit upstate New York venues keeping doors open year-round

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Thanksgiving by Zoom is over. Christmas gifts have been bought. And, post holidays, a pall sets in, intensified by the persistent and growing danger lurking in crowded restaurants and bars, in Broadway and movie theaters, in gatherings with friends and family. The walls are closing in, you’ve watched every single Netflix series, and those “Guides to your Kitchen and Living Room” posts aren’t funny anymore.

You’re going stir crazy. What to do?

Well, if you live in New York State, opportunities abound to get away for a change of scene within its vast borders — without the need to quarantine. (Just do not leave home if you feel ill, have tested positive for asymptomatic COVID-19, or have been exposed to someone who has).

In fact, some upstate destinations, with reassuring Covid protocols, plan to stay open through the darkest of winter days, including the village most known for its “Boys

Space Coast ranked as one of world’s top tourism destinations for families

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Guests at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex view the Space Shuttle Atlantis exhibit. (Photo: FLORIDA TODAY FILE PHOTO)

National Geographic Travel this week named Florida’s Space Coast as one of the world’s top five destinations for travelers to consider when planning a family-oriented vacation in 2021 and beyond. It is the only U.S. destination among the five.

The listing is part of the magazine’s “Best of the World 2021” list of 25 top destinations around the globe in five categories — adventure, culture, family, nature and sustainability — with four to six destinations highlighted in each category. The Space Coast was one of six U.S. destinations to make the list of 25.

It was compiled and written by National Geographic Travel editors-in-chief from around the world, in collaboration with more than 100 National Geographic travel experts.

More: Brevard’s hotel tax revenue, while down 18.4%, wound up

Hollywood star Anthony Mackie’s family line is one of bootstrapping entrepreneurship | Business News

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Anthony Mackie, the New Orleans-born Hollywood star, has been recounting a family anecdote while on the promotion trail recently for his New Orleans-shot science-fiction film “Synchronic.”

“When I’m shooting a movie in New Orleans it’s like I’m the rich cousin,” Mackie, best known for his role as Falcon in the Marvel Universe Avengers franchise, told Jimmy Fallon on The Tonight Show last month. “We’re shooting one night, you know, on the river, and my cousin pulls up with a BBQ grill on the back of his truck fully going.

“In New Orleans you can’t tell people, ‘Hey bro, you’ve got to go, I’m working.’ So, next thing you know he’s selling plates to the crew. I’m like, ‘Dude, I’m at work.’ He’s like, ‘I’m at work, too!’”

The story has the ring of a press junket yarn, but Mackie’s older brother, Calvin Mackie, a former Tulane University engineering professor and

John Gilbert Getty’s death is yet another tragedy for family plagued by scandal, addiction and specter of kidnapping

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YACHTS, sprawling mansions, designer clothes and luxury travel.

The late Jean Paul Getty (J. Paul), who made his multibillion-dollar fortune extracting oil in the Middle East, was once the world’s richest private citizen.

Late oil tycoon Jean Paul GettyCredit: Corbis – Getty

John Gilbert Getty, 52, was found dead at a hotel in Texas on FridayCredit: Instagram

For the tycoon and his heirs, it appeared – at least from the outside – that nothing was out of reach.

But the family’s enduring unimaginable wealth has come at a high price with their lives marred by tragedies including multiple drug overdoses, kidnappings, affairs, tabloid scandal and dismemberment.

“The story of the famed Getty family is one of the most obvious examples that money, cold hard cash, doesn’t buy happiness,” Forbes Magazine reported in a profile when it listed the combined family fortune at $5 billion – 54th

This new firm will count the Queen and the Forbes media family as clients

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A UK investment company with ties to Queen Elizabeth II is teaming up with an American rival that manages money for some members of the family behind Forbes Magazine.

FWM Holdings, the parent company of the Forbes Family Trust, and Stanhope Capital, which advises the Queen on her £538 million ($718.7 million) private investment portfolio, announced plans to merge on Tuesday.

The deal will create one of the world’s largest independent wealth management firms with assets of more than $24 billion, including in private equity holdings, real estate and hedge funds, the companies said in a statement. Terms of the merger, which is expected to close in the first quarter of 2021, were not divulged.

“The two firms have exactly the same DNA,” said Stanhope Capital CEO Daniel Pinto, who highlighted the fact that they provide independent financial advice and invest alongside clients.

FWM Holdings oversees $11.2 billion in assets

This Sacramento suburb was named among Money Magazine’s top 10 best places to retire

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Money Magazine ranked a Sacramento suburb in its Top 10 best places to retire in America, the magazine announced Monday.

Roseville — which also made the magazine’s list of best places to live — was named the ninth best destination to retire in the U.S.

The rapidly growing Placer County hub was lauded by the magazine for its great weather, easy access to outdoor activities and large senior population. More than a third of Roseville’s population is made up of people 50 years old and older.

Roseville boasts the second-largest mall in Northern California, Westfield Galleria at Roseville, and is within easy driving distance of 52 vineyards, the magazine said.

“From family businesses like Dora Dain Wines to world-class wineries like Wise Villa, it’s easy to make a weekend (or four) out of tasting the best varieties the region has to offer,” according to the article.

More attractions include the

Catching up with Ellen Predmore and the first family of Troy’s Turkey Trot

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Running records are made to be celebrated and eventually broken. It is especially meaningful when those records are set in a hometown race such as the prestigious Troy Turkey Trot.

The Predmore family of Ballston Lake made winning and setting records in Troy’s race a Thanksgiving Day tradition. Mom Ellen Predmore sees this year’s virtual race as a tough break in tradition to swallow.

“We definitely will miss being at the Turkey Trot,” said Predmore, who raised her family in Ballston Lake with husband Dan, grew up in Speigletown and started her running career at Troy’s Catholic Central. “We always enjoy being at the race and seeing everyone with their families running before and celebrating with dinner after.”

Predmore’s success at the holiday event is legendary. She won the 10k race eight times (’80-’82, ’84-’86, ’88, ’91) and the 5K race twice (’97, ’98).

She set the 10k women’s record

With the holidays here, time to honor the American family

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It’s the most wonderful time — of a most stressful, and unusual, year.

With millions of Americans poised to travel and gather for Thanksgiving and Christmas (or thinking about it, at least), officials have unveiled new restrictions in hopes of curtailing the spread of COVID-19 amid a nationwide surge in cases. The governors of North Dakota and Utah — states that have resisted mask-wearing — have now mandated that their residents mask up in public and physically distance from others when outside of their households.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom has joined other governors in announcing a travel advisory that discourages nonessential out-of-state travel and asks residents who leave to quarantine for two weeks when they return.

If not for the ever-resilient Black Friday sales — both in-store, and online — it might feel like, this year, the holidays were being canceled.

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The Royal Family Will All Be Separated at Christmas

Royal family members will likely be apart for Christmas as celebrations remain in limbo: report

Need a vacation? Visit upstate New York venues keeping doors open year-round

Space Coast ranked as one of world’s top tourism destinations for families

Hollywood star Anthony Mackie’s family line is one of bootstrapping entrepreneurship | Business News

John Gilbert Getty’s death is yet another tragedy for family plagued by scandal, addiction and specter of kidnapping

This new firm will count the Queen and the Forbes media family as clients

This Sacramento suburb was named among Money Magazine’s top 10 best places to retire

Catching up with Ellen Predmore and the first family of Troy’s Turkey Trot

With the holidays here, time to honor the American family