The Telegraph Frontpage for Saturday 2022 December 03

The Duke and Duchess of Sussex have been accused of taking a private photographer into Buckingham Palace without permission during their farewell tour in Britain. Meanwhile, all eyes were on the Prince and Princess of Wales as they appeared on the green carpet at the Earthshot Prize Awards in Boston.

Headlines: Saturday’s essential news Royals | A series of photographs have featured in Harry and Meghan’s new Netflix trailer, with one picture appearing to have been taken inside Buckingham Palace. The Telegraph understands that the presence of the photograph was the subject of a written palace complaint at the time, as aides noted that the couple had not asked permission to shoot inside the Queen’s home. In Boston, the Prince and Princess of Wales dazzled in their appearance at the Earthshot Prize Awards, proving that while their trip has been marred by the Lady Susan Hussey racism row and the release of Harry and Meghan’s trailer, they can silence those conversations and get on with the job. Earlier, Prince William met Joe Biden, where he expressed his thanks for the “warm reception” they have received in the US.

Strep A | Antibiotics could have saved my child, says father of victim The father of a child who died after catching Strep A has said she might still be alive if she had been given antibiotics.Hanna Roap, a seven-year-old girl from Wales, is one of six children to die in the last few weeks of a severe form of Strep A infection called invasive Group A Strep (iGAS). Peace talks | Putin might use ceasefire to rearm troops, says Cleverly In an interview with The Telegraph, James Cleverly revealed concerns that the Russian president could pretend to engage in negotiations while actually training more troops and sending more ammunition. Strikes | Royal Mail brings forward final date for Christmas post Families will have one less week to post Christmas presents to loved ones elsewhere in the country this year as strike action brings the postal service to its knees.Royal Mail has brought forward the last date for guaranteed festive deliveries by a week. It now recommends sending first class post by December 16 and second class post by December 12 to ensure it arrives in time for Christmas, compared to December 19 and December 21 previously. Complaint | Senior Tory MP reported to police over rape allegations Rishi Sunak’s spokesman said on Friday it was right that allegations of rape and multiple sexual assaults made against a sitting Tory MP had been passed onto the police. Covid scandal | Hancock points finger at NHS boss for error Matt Hancock has claimed Sir Simon Stevens, the former NHS chief executive, insisted that care home residents be discharged from hospital even though they could not be tested for Covid.

Around the world: Top stories

Nuclear fuel | France accused of funding Putin’s war effort Greenpeace on Friday called it “scandalous” that uranium was still being bought by European companies to be used in nuclear power stations across the continent.The campaigning charity this week filmed the arrival of dozens of drums of uranium, both raw and enriched, from Russia at the northern French port of Dunkirk. Imports of nuclear fuel from Russia remain legal in Europe as Brussels has not been able to ban them in eight rounds of sanctions packages. Warplane | US debuts B-21 stealth bomber after years of development America’s newest nuclear stealth bomber, with the ability to disguise itself as another object, has made its public debut after years of secret development.The B-21 Raider, which is on track to cost nearly $700 million per plane, is the first new American bomber aircraft in more than 30 years. Spain | Britons to be offered huge tax breaks to work from home British “digital nomads” are set to be offered huge tax breaks to work from home in Spain.Madrid is planning a new visa programme that will allow people working for British companies while living in Spain to pay almost half as much tax as Spaniards. New rules | Indonesia set to criminalise sex before marriage Indonesia is set to pass a draconian new criminal code outlawing sex outside of marriage, even among tourists, with a punishment of up to a year in prison.The draft code, which also carries stiff penalties for abortion, “black magic”, insulting the president and cohabitation before marriage, is expected to be passed by the Indonesian parliament in December. US election | Biden wants to give black voters ‘louder voices’ Joe Biden has proposed changing the 2024 Democrat primary calendar to give states with large black populations a “louder voice” in choosing the party’s candidate for president.It would mean the end of the focus on Iowa, which is overwhelmingly white, and has been the first state to kick off the process and vote since 1976.

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Comment and analysis

Tom Harris | Sturgeon’s career will end in failure Nicola Sturgeon is, in an almost literal sense, a victim of her own success.The extent of the trouble her leadership is actually in will become more apparent over the next few months, and it will be exemplified by the removal of her loyal supporter, Ian Blackford, as leader of the SNP group of MPs. Camilla Tominey | Britain has declared war on the middle classes As Sir Keir Starmer was having a go at Rishi Sunak for attending a public school during Wednesday’s Prime Minister’s Questions, another recipient of that pesky, over-entitled form of education was taking on the Government via Zoom. Josephine Bartosch | Ordinary women are rejecting an elite feminism Even seasoned Westminster watchers could be forgiven for not having heard of the Women’s Equality Party (WEP). Co-founded by luvvie-extraordinaire Sandi Toksvig, the group works towards the laudable, if somewhat woolly, aim of making “equality a reality”. But their brand of insipid dinner party feminism is sinking into irrelevance; washed away by a wave of grassroots women’s rights activists who are tired of playing nice. Telegraph View | There is no easy route to peace in Ukraine Just as the Ukrainian winter bites, could diplomatic channels between Russia and the West begin to thaw? That certainly appears to be the hope of Olaf Scholz, the German chancellor, who spent an hour on the phone with Vladimir Putin, the Russian president, on Friday. The call came after Mr Scholz set out a dovish vision for de-escalation in which the pre-war architecture of peace is restored, a status quo ante in which the common security of both Russia and its Western-leaning neighbours is magically guaranteed. It is an appealing, but surely naive, aspiration. Letters | Khan’s emissions war penalises those who can least afford it

Take 5: Saturday features

SOS | The cheesemongers fighting to Save Our Stilton Way We Live Now | ‘Only one place for slow-cooked meat’ Flying | Why flight times are longer than they used to be Drink | Best low-cost sparkling wine to stock up on Fashion | The one dress to see you through party season

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