by Sujeeva Nivunhella in London
There was a time Douglas Wickramaratne, President of the Sinhala Association in the UK, had to be given protection by Scotland Yard after he came under threat for exposing the blatant falsehoods propagated by the LTTE to win the support of the international community.
Despite the machinations of the powerful pro-LTTE lobby at the time, the warrior that he was, Wickramaratne held his ground and pushed ahead with his concerted campaign to lay bare the atrocities of the terrorists and expose to the world the campaign of brutal terror perpetrated by the Tigers.
Many were the times he traveled to Geneva to attend the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) sessions to help safeguard the interests of Sri Lanka in the face of Tamil diaspora inspired allegations leveled against the government.
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For the Ishiguro household, 5 October 2017 was a big day. After weeks of discussion, the author’s wife, Lorna, had finally decided to change her hair colour. She was sitting in a Hampstead salon, not far from Golders Green in London, where they have lived for many years, all gowned up, and glanced at her phone. There was a news flash. “I’m sorry, I’m going to have to stop this,” she said to the waiting hairdresser. “My husband has just won the Nobel prize for literature. I might have to help him out.”
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For the Ishiguro household, 5 October 2017 was a big day. After weeks of discussion, the authorâs wife, Lorna, had finally decided to change her hair colour. She was sitting in a Hampstead salon, not far from Golders Green in London, where they have lived for many years, all gowned up, and glanced at her phone. There was a news flash. âIâm sorry, Iâm going to have to stop this,â she said to the waiting hairdresser. âMy husband has just won the Nobel prize for literature. I might have to help him out.â
Camilla Parker Bowles is said to be saddened by plans to redevelop an apartment block dubbed aristo-flats in Belgravia where she lived in her twenties and entertained Prince Charles after nights out in Mayfair.
The Duchess of Cornwall, 73, has privately expressed her concerns over the Duke of Westminster s property group s £400million scheme for Cundy Street Quarter, near London s Victoria Station, reports the Sunday Telegraph.
The block earned the nickname aristo-flats due to their blue-blooded tenants, which included Camilla, who lived in a two-bedroom flat there in the early 70s before her first marriage to Andrew Parker-Bowles.
The Duke of Westminster Hugh Grosvenor s property firm has been accused of putting profit before people for his proposal to knock down four blocks and replace them with new housing - a project recommended for approval by Westminster City Council.