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Fans of the royal family might remember that when Platinum Jubilee celebrations took place for Queen Elizabeth II earlier this year, a special concert held in front of Buckingham Palace in her honor kicked off with a video of the queen and a special guest for tea — Paddington Bear — which both stunned and delighted both Prince George and Princess Charlotte, per Independent. The video had the queen reveal that, like Paddington, she kept marmalade sandwiches hidden in her signature Launer handbags "for later," per YouTube. The clip, as well as a previous revelation that the late monarch enjoyed...

Click Here for video Cats VS Christmas Trees ... the battle continues! Even though I knew we couldn't leave the Christmas tree up this year because it would be dangerous and Marmalade would more than likely eat something he shouldn't… Marmalade is currently going through chemotherapy and fighting cancer so I decided to put it up anyway so he could have some fun! As you can see from the look of joy and mischief on his face it was well worth the effort :)

A new kitten has taken up residence at Chartwell, thanks to a request by Sir Winston Churchill. Churchill owned a marmalade coloured cat which he named Jock, after Sir Jock Colville, one of his private secretaries. Churchill requested that there should always be a cat with four white paws and a white bib "in comfortable residence". Jock V now lives in the top flat and has an unlikely love of water. According to staff at the house, he spends his time exploring and being pampered, and "jumps into the sink at every opportunity". The original Jock meant so much to...

<p>Although his past races earned Gov. Gray Davis a reputation as an aggressive campaigner, his advisers said he'll fight the Oct. 7 recall election with a strategy based on trying to fly above the circus swirling below him.</p> <p>If he is to survive the first recall election in California history, his advisers said, he must also show voters the Republican-led recall will not solve California's problems but merely aggravate them by costing $66 million dollars and possibly leaving a small, fringe group in control of nation's most populous state and the world's fifth-largest economy.</p>