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Prince Harry fights the Taliban - until foreign media blow his cover
The news finally broke today that Prince Harry, third in line to the throne, has been secretly fighting with the British Army on the frontline in Helmand province, Afghanistan. The
prince, a lieutenant in the Blues and Royals regiment, has been serving for ten weeks alongside members of the Gurkha... [continued]
Pros and cons: Prince Harry serving in Iraq 
Peregrine Worsthorne: Futility of Harry’s tour of duty
D’Offay sells £125m collection for a song
One of the art world's most influential dealers, Anthony d'Offay, has decided to turn philanthropist. He has agreed to give almost all of his £125m collection – including personal gifts from Andy Warhol and Joseph Beuys – for cost price to the nation. The collection of 725... [continued]
Thaksin uses players as political pawns
Two Manchester City footballers, Kasper Schmeichel and Kelvin Etuhu, appear to have been used in a propaganda exercise when they accompanied the club’s owner, deposed Thai prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra, back to Bangkok on Wednesday. The goalkeeper and midfielder, who say they are in Thailand to... [continued]
In Town Last Night: Elle, Nigella et al at ICA fundraiser
To celebrate its sixtieth anniversary as one of London's most distinguished cultural hubs, the ICA hosted its annual gala dinner, 'Figures of Speech', on Wednesday night at the Lawrence Hall,
Victoria. Elle Macpherson (left) came along in support, along with socialites Florence Brudenell-Bruce (centre) and Lady... [continued]
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‘American giant’ Bill Buckley dies at 82
America has lost its most famous long-serving right-wing commentator. William F Buckley Jr, who helped shape the modern conservative movement well before President
Reagan arrived on the political scene, died on Wednesday at the age of 82. "With Bill's passing, freedom has lost one of its greatest... [continued]
Video: Buckley vs Vidal
Frosty times for Sarko and Merkel
Whatever became of the lovey-dovey relationship between the leaders of modern France and Germany? When Jacques Chirac and Gerhard Schroder were president and
chancellor respectively, you couldn't keep them apart. Since Nicolas Sarkozy entered the Elysee Palace, the relationship between him and Angela Merkel has gone from
bad to worse.... [continued]
Sarkozy cuts short visit to Queen
Fur flies at Gaultier show
Fashion writers had their claws out on Wednesday for the ageing 'enfant terrible' Jean-Paul Gaultier after he showed a collection on Tuesday night stuffed with animal heads, legs,
tails and feet. As the introduction to Michael Jackson's Thriller - with its laughing madman - blasted out, Gaultier... [continued]
Balenciaga designer lives up to billing
In Pictures: Paris fashion week highlights
In brief: Kidman snapper loses case
Sydney photographer Jamie Fawcett has lost a defamation case against the Australian newspaper the Sun-Herald which reported last year that he wanted to "wreak havoc" on
Nicole Kidman's private life; when Kidman appeared at the hearing in November she said she was "absolutely terrified" that she was... [continued]
Kidman has her day in court with snapper
Mills unleashes her home movie on court
BBC hopes for less drama over Queen doco
