On social media, the palace has included a few sneak peeks at the coronation guest list, which includes a doctor honored for his service during the pandemic, but leaves out a few royal relatives.
Dec 8, 1941. Today in Singapore's history, 80 years ago, 17 Japanese bombers attacked Singapore at 4.30am, damaging the Seletar and Tengah airfields, with a number of bombs also falling on Raffles Place. The onslaught claimed 61 lives, and injured more than 700. World War II (WWII) had come to Singapore. Singapore eventually fell to Japanese rule on 15 February.