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Then last week, on the sixth anniversary of their engagement, Buckingham Palace made it coldly official: the Duke and Duchess of York's marriage was for practical purposes over. They had agreed to separate formally, with the option of divorce after two years. According to scornful palace officials, the woman increasingly mocked by the press as Freebie Fergie and Duchess Do-Little was "unsuitable for public life, for royal life...
Smith is an honorary trustee of the Buckingham, Browne and Nichols School in Cambridge and of the Combined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston...
Kendra Harris--a top-20 player in under-16 competition in Southern California--and Karen Todd--a local standout at Buckingham, Browne and Nichols School--will also compete for a spot on the varsity squad
Kendra Harris--a top-20 player in under-16 competition in Southern California--and Karen Todd--a local standout at Buckingham, Browne and Nichols School--will also compete for a spot on the varsity squad
...unlikely the bill will become law. But Hughes' gesture is consistent with a growing public disapproval of the half-century-old perk that exempts the Queen -- whose worth is estimated to be upwards of $9.6 billion -- from the 40% top tax rate her subjects endure. Publicly, Buckingham Palace had no comment on the bill; privately, officials concede that public opinion might persuade the Queen to pay up. Confided one: "She knows sooner or later she will be paying taxes, but if she agreed to it now, it would be seen to be bending to pressure...