StrangeSights: Miguel and Ruby offer a helping hand (and paw); Diana’s “black sheep” jumper headed for auction; and, a club for pets…
DAVID ADAMS provides a round-up of some stories on the odder side of life…
Camilla: who is King Charles’ wife and Britain’s new Queen?
London, UKReuters After years of being depicted as the most hated woman in Britain, Camilla, the second wife of King Charles III, was crowned Queen on Saturday, capping a remarkable turnaround in public acceptance few would have thought possible. When Charles’ divorced first wife, the popular, glamorous Princess Diana, died in a car crash in […]
Mourners mark Princess Diana’s death in Paris, 25 years on
Paris, FranceReuters Mourners marked the 25th anniversary of Princess Diana’s death in Paris on Wednesday, laying flowers and leaving messages on the bridge above the underpass where she was killed in a car crash. Blooms and pictures of Diana adorned the gold-leaf covered Flame of Liberty, a replica of the torch of the Statue of […]
Twenty-five years since Paris death, Princess Diana still captivates
London, UKReuters A quarter of a century after her death at the age of just 36, Princess Diana remains a source of fascination to people around the world and her fate still casts a shadow over the British royals. Diana was killed on 31st August, 1997, when the limousine carrying her and her lover Dodi al-Fayed crashed […]
Evoking Diana, Prince William commits to homelessness cause
London, UKReuters Prince William evoked his late mother Princess Diana’s work for charity, as he described as “eye-opening” selling copies on a London street of a magazine that helps to combat homelessness, saying he was committed to highlighting the problem. William, second in line to the British throne, was spotted in early June standing on […]
Westminster Abbey pushed for Elton John to play at Princess Diana’s funeral
London, UKReuters Buckingham Palace received a personal appeal from the Dean of Westminster to allow singer Elton John perform at the funeral of Princess Diana, newly released government documents show. Pop singer Elton John plays a specially re-written version of his classic Candle in the Wind during the funeral service for Diana, Princess of Wales, […]
Essay: BBC Bashir saga feeds trust deficit
Writing from London, MAL FLETCHER looks at how the controversy surrounding BBC journalist Martin Bashir’s interview with Princess Diana will impact public trust…
Prince Harry to visit Diana’s Angola landmine project
LondonReuters Britain’s Prince Harry will make a poignant visit to Angola this month to visit the landmine clearance project that featured in some of the most famous photographs of his late mother Princess Diana. The pictures of Diana wearing protective gear as she walked among red skull-and-crossbone signs in 1997 won vital publicity for the […]
Prince Harry backs mine clearance in Angola, following in Diana’s footsteps
LondonThomson Reuters Foundation Britain’s Prince Harry on Monday threw his weight behind mine clearance efforts in Angola, a cause championed by his mother more than two decades ago when she made global headlines by walking through a minefield in the country. The prince welcomed an announcement that Angola will invest $US60 million in clearing mines […]
ESSAY: THE SOCIAL IMPACT OF PRINCESS DIANA’S DEATH
Twenty years after the death of Princess Diana in Paris, MAL FLETCHER looks at the impact her passing has had on Britain…