NOW & THEN

0 Howard Carter, right, was one of the men who uncovered the tomb of boy king Tutankhamen on this day in 1922 personal fortune, council tax on Balmoral and Sandringham and contribute more to the Royal Family budget.

2007: Gordon Brown, the prime minister, faced sleaze claims after the Labour Party’s general secretary, Peter Watt, was forced to resign over secret donations given to the party by property developer David Abrahams, using other people’s names.

2008: Woolworths, the high street retailer which had been trading since 1909, went into administration.

2008: Gunmen carried out a series of co-ordinated attacks across the Indian city of Mumbai (Bombay), killing almost 200 people and injuring around 300.

2012: Ten children were killed and 15 people injured when a Syrian government jet dropped a cluster bomb on a playground.