In the headlines
Prince Harry’s autobiography includes “the most devastating royal revelations for more than a generation”, says The Times. Among the “explosive” claims: that he and Prince William “begged” their father not to marry Camilla; that he killed 25 Taliban fighters in Afghanistan; and that he used cocaine as a teenager. Harry also reveals that he lost his virginity in a field behind a pub, aged 16 or 17, to an older woman who treated him “like a young stallion”. Kyiv has rejected Vladimir Putin’s 36-hour ceasefire coinciding with Russian Orthodox Christmas. President Volodymyr Zelensky said the truce was a “cynical trap” to delay Ukrainian advances in the eastern Donbas region. Skiers are rushing to the Scottish slopes as European resorts struggle with unseasonably warm weather. “I don’t want to gloat too much,” the boss of one Aberdeen resort tells BBC News, “but yes, it’s nice that we’ve got snow.”