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...eldest, Abdullah and Feisal, are considered unqualified because their mother is British. The next son, Ali, was the favorite, but he has fallen out of favor because of his playboy lifestyle. Next come Hamzah and Hashem, the sons of Hussein's current wife, Lisa Halaby, known as Queen Noor, who comes from a Lebanese-American family. Lately, Hussein has been grooming Hamzah. The 18-year-old frequently accompanies his father to official functions, and he is being taught how to speak the slang of the Bedouin tribes, an important constituency for the Hashemite dynasty. On Hamzah's 18th birthday, Hussein...
...days as Northern Ireland lapsed into a spasm of violence and madness. Angry members of the Orange Order chose Drumcree to confront the police and British troops barring their march down Garvaghy Road. They said they were merely claiming their basic civil right to walk the Queen's highway, but they fear that if their marching stops, they will lose their dominion over the six counties of the North. The sensible among them called for keeping the protest peaceful, but each night, gangs of Protestant youths resorted to violence as hundreds of fire bombs were pitched at churches...
...insists that her life-style eventually eroded into "deception, and emotional instability." John is a character out of a Lifetime mini-series. There was Curt, his first love, who left him; his summer job as an $80-an-hour prostitute; and three years of performing as a drag queen. After his college pastor saved him, John tossed his high heels, dresses, jewelry and wigs into a Dumpster, telling "Candi" goodbye and "I don't need you anymore...
...closeted in the months before Diana's death last August. But in the wake of that tragedy, the woman Diana once deemed "the Rottweiler" again retreated from view. By March, however, tabloids had got wind that Parker Bowles was spending nights at St. James's as well as the Queen's Sandringham estate. More recently, Parker Bowles has begun to emerge on the social scene. Just a few weeks ago, she attended a gathering thrown by Charles for prominent members of the Greek community at his country place, Highgrove. Last month she turned up at Sir David Frost's annual...
LIAISON DANGEREUSE The hero of Philippi dumped his wife, who happened to be the Emperor's sister, to take up with Cleopatra, the Queen of Egypt...