Word: daughter-in-law
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Acres of flowers, cards and teddy bears quickly began piling up outside Diana's home at Kensington Palace. But the outpouring of grief seemed to catch the royal family off guard, and it took almost a week before the Queen declared admiration for her erstwhile daughter-in-law. Yet Diana had left an indelible mark on the Windsor clan. In the days, weeks and years since, the once staid monarchy has continued to strive for that common touch that made Diana the people's princess. --By Anita Hamilton
George H.W.'s daughter-in-law, the First Lady, has whispered to him that he might be watching too much television these days. But he is a captive of the news flow, and he knows it. He has moments, he says, when he would like to suit up, "get off the bench" and go back in the game. But when he is invited by President No. 43 to sit in on sensitive meetings, President No. 41 puts a special clamp on mind and mouth. Not his world, not his war. Though there are so many echoes from the past...
...Strangely, even the Sugihara family is divided on the case. Nobuki Sugihara, the hero's youngest son, has denounced the lawsuit as an exploitation of his elderly and infirm mother. But Yukiko's daughter-in-law Michi Sugihara calls Nobuki's position "foolish." Hollywood may also be entering the fray. Both authors are developing separate Sugihara film projects, though they deny that the lawsuit has anything to do with their cinematic endeavors. For now, it's anyone's guess which version of Sugihara's List will make it to the multiplex near...
...shoulder. That was the last time the mother and daughter spoke. He called Diana's brother, Earl Spencer, a hypocrite for championing her against the Windsors in his famous eulogy at Westminster Abbey, because "in life she had been unacceptable to him." But Burrell's most intriguing disclosure was an account of the meeting with the Queen when he mentioned he would be keeping some of Diana's things. He said they talked for three hours, both standing, the Queen occasionally misting up as she recalled her former daughter-in-law. He claimed she told him, "Nobody, Paul, has been...
...When Diana died in Paris on August 31, 1997, the royals' stiff-lipped response provoked outrage from the British people. Chastened, Queen Elizabeth spoke to her subjects one week later, extolling her former daughter-in-law's grace, her charity work and her gift for laughter...