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LONDON: Though Buckingham Palace decided against according Princess Diana a royal state funeral, "everybody feels she's being treated right," reports TIME London correspondent Helen Gibson. Gibson says the Westminster Abbey burial, slated for Saturday, is virtually a royal funeral, with a long court procession...
...bouquets amassed outside the gates of the palace. Had the Princess of Wales been "lying in state" ? an honor reserved for heads of state and members of the royal family ? the public would not have been allowed to pass by and pay their last respects. For the record, Buckingham Palace officially describes the funeral as a "unique ceremony for a unique person. The status is irrelevant...
Ward Ghoury, upper school dean of Buckingham, Browne and Nichols--Brown's alma mater--said the 1993 graduate-"wonder" played first chair in the school orchestra, and has performed with...
...John Travolta at a White House reception. Or $65,000 for the so-called "Up Yours" short black cocktail dress worn the night Prince Charles admitted his infidelity to TV viewers. For turning the tacky into the touching, Diana still boasts a public personna with which few can compare. Buckingham Palace, take note...
...only out of power but without even seats in parliament. A defeated John Major announced that he would step down as Conservative Party leader. "When the curtain falls, it's time to get off the stage," he said, before tendering his resignation as Prime Minister to Queen Elizabeth at Buckingham palace. Though Thursday's elections put a decisive end to 18 years of Conservative rule, Labour?s direction remains unclear. Blair has spent the last two years as Labour's head promoting what he calls the New Labour Party, reversing the party's long-held opposition to privatization and promising...