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...trial had ended, of course, those stories did emerge - filling the tabloids with allegations of homosexual rape among the Prince of Wales' staff and tawdry tales about Diana. (Leaving Kensington Palace to meet her lover in just her jewels and fur - who knew she took fashion cues from the Velvet Underground?) The royals can't say they weren't warned. Walter Bagehot, the great 19th century hack, once said: "Above all things our royalty is to be reverenced, and if you begin to poke about it you cannot reverence it ... Its mystery is its life. We must...
Abdullah Gymnastiar is in the spotlight as usual, wireless mike in hand, dry-ice smoke swirling over the stage, his backing quartet ready to jump in on cue. His velvet baritone is caressing the crowd one moment with a few lines from a famous love song, dropping low to an intimate whisper the next, and then suddenly soaring, cracking with emotion to a near shout. All the while, his free hand is waving, gesturing, pointing and then is clasped to his chest in rapture. Indonesia's favorite preacher breaks into a bawdy grin as he jokes about the challenges facing...
FABULOUS YVES SAINT LAURENT RIVE GAUCHE'S black silk skirt with velvet detail. Perfect for an art-gallery fund raiser...
Along with the 70-seat dining room, Finale also boasts a small patio for when weather permits. Cushioned red velvet booths and dark wood tables match the exquisite desserts...
...From first light on Sunday, women in thick brown veils, families on donkey carts and men dangling chickens from bicycle handlebars throng the streets. A riot of headgear?Mao caps, white Kyrgyz ak-kalpaks, woolly Turkmen telpeks and the black-velvet hats of local Uighurs?reveals the diversity of the traders. Behind food stands, cooks dish out noodles; grinning barbers with wicked blades offer death-defying shaves. This is the place to buy a fur coat or an intricately inlaid knife. Or, less exotic but well traveled, a bottle of Head & Shoulders shampoo...