British PM plans to give female Royals equal succession rights – Daily Mail
Gordon Brown wants to end the centuries-old law that gives men priority over their older sisters in the Royal line of succession. The ban on members of the Royal Family marrying Roman Catholics  -  unless they give up their claim to the throne  -  would also be swept away. The Prime Minister believes the 1701 Act of Settlement is an ‘anomaly that has no place in the 21st century’, Downing Street sources said last night. Buckingham Palace is said to be sympathetic to the idea and ready to ‘open dialogue’ on the issue…

Toytown rejoins Zara Phillips on the comeback trail – The Telegraph
Zara Phillips and Toytown, the only world championship winning combination not to have contested the Mitsubishi Badminton horse trials, start their campaign for this year’s event at a relatively low-key competition, Somerley Park in Hampshire, next Wednesday…

Conclusive proof: the day the Queen ignored humble Simon Cowell – The Guardian
Promoting one or other of his apocalypse-baiting TV formats this week, Simon told chatshow host Jay Leno that the Queen had ignored him in a Royal Variety Show line-up. The picture above shows Her Majesty ignoring him at the occasion in question – but on the monarch’s head be it. The truth is, humanity needs Simon…