Trieste, Italy, 17th May 2024 The Sailing Yacht A, is seen in front of Trieste It is a sail-assisted motor yacht designed by Philippe Starck and built by Nobiskrug in Kiel, Germany, was launched in 2015. Originally owned by Russian billionaire Andrey Melnichenko, the vessel was seized due to the Russia-Ukraine war. As of today, the cost of maintaining and painting the boat has amounted to 18 million Euros for Italy.

LONDON, ENGLAND - FEBRUARY 11: TV Presenter Giles Vickers-Jones attends a photocall to launch the The London Bridge Experience new attraction "Valhalla Hall Of The Slain" on February 11, 2010 in London, England. (Photo by Marco Secchi/Getty Images)

Houhai Lake, in the central area of Beijing, When the lake is frozen, it becomes a large ice skating rink and a popular winter playground for people of all ages.

FILE IMAGE DATED 12/09/2009 OF Ecoadventurer Andy Pag to set off around the world in his bio truck modified to run on used cooking oil to spread awareness about climate change. The British traveller 34, from Croydon, was arrested on January 11 2010 in Rajasthan, India, while sleeping in his converted school bus. He is accused of carrying a satellite phone without a licence or permission, and may face up to ten years in prison according to India's new anti-terror laws

London January 13 Google the US search giant has stopped censoring its Chinese search site and announced that it may withdraw from the country if challenged by the government. Today for the first time searches like Dalai Lama and Tienanmen returned listing results and images

London December 26 The very first bargain hunter run through the doors at Selfridges on Oxford Street . More than 50,000 people will pass through the doors at Selfridges and the store expect to take in excess of £1M per hour at peak time on the first day of this year Sales

LONDON - DECEMBER 11: Sir Elton John and partner David Furnish cut the ribbon at a photocall to open a pop-up shop in Covent Garden, on December 11, 2009 in London, England. The shop will sell clothes from Elton John and David Furnish's wardrobes in aid of the Elton John AIDS Foundation.

London December 11th A life size sculpture of a hunting polar bear by Mark Coreth is displayed in Trafalgar Square . Visitors can reach out and touch the bear as it melts into a skeleton

The Classic is the first world class chess tournament to be staged in the UK for 25 years and will be held in London from December 8 to December 15

WINDSOR December 4 Photo call for Christmas at Windsor Castle. For the first time visitors will be able to view the table in the State Dining Room set for a festive Victorian dessert course and dressed with dazzling silver-gilt pieces from the Grand Service

LONDON, ENGLAND - DECEMBER 03: The Norwegian Christmas tree lights are turned on in Trafalgar Square on December 3, 2009 in London. It is the 63rd year that Norway has gifted the city of London with a Norwegian Christmas tree. on December 3, 2009 in London, England. IMAGES AVAILABLE FOR LICENSING AT GETTY IMAGES

London October 13th Press conference at the Law Society in London for Akmal Shaik a British National from London who is facing imminent execution in China. At the conference Clive Stafford Smith (C) Akbar Sheikh - Akmal briter (R) and Dr Peter Schaapveld forensic Psychologist (L)

Windsor (Berks.) April 29th photocall ahead of the annual Windsor Castle Royal Tattoo that will take place 13th-16th May 2009.

Hampton Court April 9th Hampton Court Palace, King Henry VIII's most famous Royal residence launches "Heads and Hearts" a year long program of exhibitions and events marking the 500th annyversary of the Tudor Monarch's accession to the throne.

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Annual swan upping, River Thames, Windsor, Berkshire, England , 16 Jul 2007. ..The annual swan upping takes place during the third week of July when the parent birds are in moult and the cygnets are too small to fly..Swan Upping dates from medieval times when the Crown claimed ownership of all mute swans at a time when swans were considered an important food source for banquets and feasts. Today the Crown retains the right to ownership of all unmarked mute swans in open water, but The Queen only exercises her ownership on certain stretches of the River Thames and it's surrounding tributaries. This ownership is shared with the Vinters' and Dyers' Companies who were both granted rights of ownership by the Crown in the fifteenth century. The swans are counted but no longer eaten. The Queen's Swan Marker, accompanied by the Swan Uppers of the Vinters' and Dyers' livery companies, uses six traditional Thames rowing skiffs in their five day journey upstream as far as Abingdon. By tradition scarlet uniforms are worn by The Queen's Swan Marker and Swan Uppers, and each boat flies their appropriate flags and pennants. The Queen's Swan Marker produces a report at the completion of Swan Upping each year which provides data on the number of swans accounted for, including broods and cygnets. The cygnets are weighed and measured to obtain estimates of growth rates and the birds are examined for any sign of injury, commonly caused by fishing hooks and line. .

The Queen and Duke of Edinburgh made history today as they attended the opening of the Scottish Parliament in the wake of the SNP's election victory. The lavish state ceremonial event started with the ancient crown of Scotland being taken in procession down Edinburgh's Royal Mile. The crown, first worn by the infant Mary Queen of Scots, was placed in the Parliament debating chamber for the main event. Speeches by Holyrood Presiding Officer Alex Fergusson, the Queen, and Scotland's first SNP First Minister, Alex Salmond took centre stage The ceremony officially inaugurated the third session of the Scottish Parliament since its creation in 1999 under the devolution settlement.

More than 12,000 Orangemen in Edinburgh were commemorating the old Scottish Parliament voting itself out of existence and politically coupling Scotland with England in 1707.

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