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Diana’s driver ‘twice over limit’ - BBC News
Princess Diana’s chauffeur Henri Paul may have had eight alcoholic drinks the night he died, her inquest has heard. Bar staff at Paris’s Ritz hotel said he drank two 50ml liqueurs that night. But his blood alcohol level - 1.74g of alcohol per litre of blood - was twice the drink-drive limit for UK motorists, the court heard…
Prince Andrew’s ‘cautious’ spending - Monsters & Critics
Britain’s Prince Andrew admits he needs to be “more cautious” with his money.The 47-year-old royal - who has been dubbed the ‘Playboy Prince’ for his excessive spending - has confessed he takes too many “risks” with his cash and has to be reigned in by his worried financial advisers. Last year, he came under fire for spending £6,000 of taxpayers’ money to fly to and from a Scottish golf tournament…
A Deeper Meaning - Wedding Customs and Rituals - Vlady M Peters
Nowhere are small details more important than in the production of a royal wedding dress. It is not just a matter of a sprinkle of pearls here, and a sprinkle of a few diamantes there and here’s the wedding dress. A royal wedding is a concoction that usually has some larger meaning behind it’s attractive façade. Sometimes the individual bride will have a personal input as to how she wants to present herself to people at large. Self-styled Princess of Hearts, Princess Diana, chose a dress to fit her title. It was largely evocative of romance…
