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...year later, the members of the Pudding made an overture to Sharman Douglas, a celebrity socialite to rival Paris Hilton, the debutante daughter of the American ambassador to Britain, and one of Princess Margaret’s closest...

Author: By Annie M. Lowrey, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Why Are They Here? | 2/17/2005 | See Source »

...good reason to gush. The Queen, 78, has probably averted a crisis of succession. Church leaders were not thrilled with the possibility that Charles might ascend to the throne and assume the title Defender of the Faith while living in sin with his lady. Now Charles gets to rule Britain with the frumpy consort of his dreams...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Prince Proposes | 2/14/2005 | See Source »

...signal royal event of the past 50 years: the death of you-know-who. In the convulsion of grief after Princess Diana's 1997 car accident, Parker Bowles--whom Diana outed as Prince Charles' extramarital lover in a 1994 television interview--became the most hated person in Britain; in one infamous incident, she was chased from her local grocery store by shoppers pelting her with bread rolls. For two years after Diana's death, Charles and Camilla were too radioactive to be seen together publicly. Slowly, though, they progressed from appearing at the same event to standing on the same...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Prince Proposes | 2/14/2005 | See Source »

...chiffon dresses. But Hewson isn't relying on altruism to sell clothes she describes as "more sensual than bling." "We want these clothes to sell on their own merit, because they are beautiful and well made." Edun's pieces ($65-$375) will appear in March at Selfridges in Britain, El Corte Ingl?s in Spain and Saks in New York City, among other stores. ?By Hugh Porter...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Style Watch | 2/14/2005 | See Source »

...Flattened And Packed Ikea's new North London store - Britain's largest - had to close 40 minutes after its grand opening when several people were injured in a stampede for cheap furniture...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Bizwatch | 2/13/2005 | See Source »

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