Parliament votes to abolish Nepal’s nearly 240-year-old monarchy, which has already been stripped of all but symbolic power

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Despite London?s rabid tabloid culture, journalists kept quiet for 10 weeks about his deployment to Afghanistan.

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Former royal butler Paul Burrell has rejected claims that he boasted about having sex with Princess Diana. Burrell said he was “sad and hurt” by claims made by his brother-in-law Ron Cosgrove, who told a British newspaper that the former butler confided to him 15 years ago about his intimate relationship with the princess. The former …

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A big slice of Prince Charles and Princess Diana’s wedding cake is set to sell for more than £2,000 at auction. The 27-year-old cake - decorated with the royal coat of arms - was given to Moyra Smith, a cleaner at Clarence House, by a royal chef in 1981. A thank you letter from Charles and Di to staff for a clock and a bottle of beer …

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Richard Ingrams’ Week: Was Sir James Goldsmith the father of Princess Diana? I was familiar with the rumour but recently what we journalists call a normally reliable source told me that it was a distinct possibility. Goldsmith had certainly been intimate with Mrs Shand Kydd and the dates all fitted. So why not? Last week …

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For the reason of the anniversary of the death of Lady Diana we created one new Wallpaper for you. Just click on the right format (depending on your resolution: 1024×768 or 800×600) and another window will open. With the right mousekey choose “save to…” to save the wallpaper on your harddisk. After saving, go to your blank “windows desktop”, click right mouse, choose “properties” -> there you can add your new wallpaper. Enjoy it!

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THEY are constantly under fire for selling their cut-price kilts. Now the man behind Princess Diana’s official memorial tartan has accused Edinburgh’s “kings of tartan tat” of illegally copying his design. Scottish Tartans Authority chairman Alistair Buchan said he has seen his design for sale in stores owned by the Gold Brothers …

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Years after her death, Princess Diana is still an influential ’style icon’ - the royal has topped a list of the ‘Most Elegant Women Ever’. She has beaten Sophia Loren, an Academy Award winning Italian film actress, to land the top spot. Grace Kelly, generally known as Princess Grace of Monaco, came third while Audrey Hepburn stood …

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Young, beautiful and in ill-fated marriages. The Spencer girls, two centuries apart, shared tragic similarities, finds Chris Hastings. The trailer for the new film The Duchess contains two shots of Diana, Princess of Wales, in her prime and the very familiar strapline “There were three of them in their marriage.” Anyone unfamiliar with the …

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The Duke of Edinburgh’s attempt to ban the media from reporting on the private lives of the Royals means that in future, newspapers may be prevented from printing the sort of scoops which have for decades helped define our view of the first family. Stories about the extramarital affairs of Diana, Princess of Wales and the …

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