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Queen Elizabeth II has stripped her son Prince Andrew of all his military titles and royal patronages. Andrew is facing a civil lawsuit over sexual abuse allegations in the US, and had already resigned from public duties as a member of the British royal family in 2019. He will defend himself as a private citizen, said Buckingham Palace in a statement. Commentators see the Queen's move as the only logical step.

Queen Margrethe II of Denmark celebrates her 50th anniversary on the throne this Friday. On 14 January 1972, she succeeded her father, King Frederik IX, as the country's monarch, becoming the first woman on the Danish throne in over 500 years. The press congratulates her and explains why the 81-year-old is so popular among the people.

Shortly after the meeting between the US and Russia in Geneva, high-ranking representatives of Russia and Nato met on Wednesday for the first time in two years. But there was no sign of a breakthrough on the issues of Ukraine and Nato's eastward expansion: Nato Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg spoke of "significant differences". Europe's press discusses what those differences are.

Boris Johnson has apologised for attending a party held in the garden of 10 Downing Street during the Covid Lockdown in May 2020. The government is already under investigation over violations at a Christmas party. Now the first Tory MPs are calling on the PM to resign, while polls put Labour ten points ahead. Is this the end of the Johnson era?