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Five actors to play the Queen in 'pivotal' Channel 4 drama
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 Five different actors will portray the Queen at different stages in a new docudrama for Channel 4 that will examine five "pivotal years" in the monarch's life. Samantha Bond, who starred as Miss Moneypenny in the Bond movies, and Lisa Dillon, who recently appeared in BBC1 costume drama Cranford, are the first ... |
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Southeast students have a ball with historic inauguration
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 Washington, D.C. was not the only place to find an inaugural ball this week. Third grade students at Southeast Elementary school capped off their study of last year's presidential election by watching the inauguration of President Obama and having a ball of their own. The guest list included George Washington, Princess Diana, ... |
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Diana photo and autograph saved from bin
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 REDDISH charity manager Glynis Howard had a right royal shock after nearly dumping valuable Princess Diana memorabilia. Tidying up before moving offices at Henshaw’s Society for the Blind, she was just about to throw away a long-forgotten box, when a colleague decided to go through it just to be on the ... |
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Cafe Royal items fetch big money at auction
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Items from a popular haunt of royalty, politicians and celebrities have fetched big money at a recent auction. Some of the items from London's Cafe Royal earned up to 10 times their estimated price during the auction. The Regent St establishment, which was home to visits from Sir Winston Churchill and Princess Diana, ... |
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Princess Diana's tiara to crown Cincinnati skyline
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 When designing the largest skyscraper to be built in the American city of Cincinnati, where would you go for inspiration? Particularly if the tower was to be named the Great American Tower? Would you channel a bit of Jackie O - America's own piece of royalty, or perhaps Aretha Franklin the Queen of Soul? Well ... |
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Queen Elizabeth's secret plea
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Britain's Queen Elizabeth reportedly wants palace secrets to be exempt from efforts to allow the public to view government papers. At the moment, papers including Cabinet meeting minutes are opened up to the public after 30 years, but there are moves to see the waiting time reduced to 15 years. However, Buckingham ... |
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Death of a reluctant playboy
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Dodi Fayed was a man who seemed to possess everything. A fortune, an Oscar, even his own princess. But on the night he died, there was still something missing, writes Jacques Peretti, who in making next Thursday's film documentary for Channel 4 began to piece together the story of a man who craved his father's ... |
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DIANA GUARD JOINS DELTA FORCE
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 PRINCESS Diana’s former bodyguard is working as a security consultant for British oil workers in the Niger Delta, the Daily Star Sunday can reveal. Trevor Rees, formerly Rees Jones, has been employed as a contractor by Control Risk Group for more than two years. It was widely reported Rees, inset, was working in Iraq. ... |
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Ty Hafan celebrates 10th birthday!
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TY HAFAN this week celebrated its tenth birthday – with a new logo and fresh hopes that the children's hospice will become the charity of choice in Wales. In a special celebration at the hospice on Tuesday, thanks was given to every fundraiser who had donated to the hospice over the years. A special thank you mention ... |
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Runcorn youngsters scoop prize
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 CARING children are protecting each other from bullying in an award-winning project. Pupils at Murdishaw West Community Primary School in Runcorn won the Princess Diana Memorial Award for their anti-bullying mediation programme in 2005. Now enthusiastic peer mediators are sharing their knowledge and skills with ... |
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Who knows what the butler saw?
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So, what did really happen between Paul Burrell, the former butler to Princess Diana, and her royal in-laws? The truth is that nobody knows the truth; not even journalist Jacques Peretti, who made this fairly feeble documentary. Peretti has previously dissected the private lives of Michael Jackson and Heather Millls. Here, though, ... |
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Macca, Princess Di’s autographs more valuable assets than stocks
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Autographs of celebrities like Sir Paul McCartney and Princess Diana are safer assets than stocks or savings. Ten years ago, the former Beatle’s signature was worth 125 pounds but now fetches more than 1,500 pounds. According to the GB Rarities Index, others soaring in value include Princess Diana’s (up more than 600 per ... |
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