Rare Lili
Other than the new royal baby, is there anyone in the world formally called Lilibet?
— There are 141 Lilibets in the US. None have been born since 1999 — when 8 were born, according to the US Social Security Administration.
— Lilibet Foster, born in the US Virgin Islands in 1965, is a documentary-maker whose film Speaking in Strings, about the violinist Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg, was nominated in the 72nd Academy Awards.
— In answer to a freedom of information request in 2017, the Office for National Statistics refused to provide a full breakdown of the first names of people living in Britain. But it does publish a list of the top 100 girls’ names for recent years, which haven’t included Lilibet.
Tax havens
The G7 agreed in principle to try to impose a minimum global corporation tax of 15 per cent. Some countries which currently have a rate lower than that:
Ireland, Cyprus, Liechtenstein: 12.
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