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...powers at work in this country about which we have no knowledge." Burrell said "she fixed me with her eye and made sure I knew she was being deadly serious. I had no idea who she was talking about. But she was clearly warning me to be vigilant." Buckingham Palace refused comment about the Queen's private conversation. But rival papers scorned Burrell's account as a fantasy, quoting Palace sources as saying the Queen doesn't even spend three hours with her husband. The Sunday News of the World and its stablemate the Sun (circ.: 3.7 million), the Mirror...
...Canongate than it does for any other house. Byng reedited the early chapters of Pi with Martel, and for Snowblind, a book by Robert Sabbag about drug smuggling, he produced a limited edition, complete with a Damien Hirst drug kit - mirror, razor blade and $100 bill. Invited to Buckingham Palace for a literary evening, Byng talked his way into an introduction to the Queen and presented her with a volume, drug kit and all. "I asked her if it could be included in the Royal Collection," Byng recalls. "She takes out the $100 bill and I know she's clocked...
...summing up his archrival. “However, I see room for improvement. If I worked with him 7 days a week, 8 hours a day, for say 9 months, I think Dan would have a fair shot at making the JV squad at BB&N [Cambridge prep school Buckingham Browne & Nichols...
...months ago, officials at Buckingham Palace feared that the celebrations of her Golden Jubilee would be lifeless and sour. The climb back from Princess Diana's death in 1997, when Elizabeth's wooden initial response provoked public fury, has been arduous. Her offspring have continued to provide embarrassing fodder for the tabloids, from Edward and Sophie trying to trade their lineage for gain to Prince Harry's dabbling in drugs...
...rigidity came as close as anything has to destroying her reign. The catalyst was the death of Diana, whose publicity-soaked campaign to become Queen of people's hearts resonated on levels Elizabeth had never contemplated. Courtiers could not initially persuade the Queen to fly the royal standard at Buckingham Palace at half-mast (it had not been lowered when her father the King died) or to make any convincingly warm gesture toward the memory of Diana-who had been leaking viciously against the Windsors for years. Angry crowds, furious commentators and smart advisers persuaded Elizabeth within days that...