Inquest Hears Of Contraceptive Pills On Diana-Dodi Yacht

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A stewardess on the yacht on which Princess Diana cruised with Dodi Fayed before her death told an inquest Wednesday she spotted half-empty contraceptive pill packets among the princess’s belongings.Several of Diana’s friends have told the inquest in London there was no way the princess could have been pregnant at the time of her death as claimed by Dodi’s father, Harrods owner Mohamed al-Fayed.Deborah Gribble, a senior stewardess on the Fayed family’s luxury yacht, “Jonikal”, said she spotted the birth control pills during her cleaning duties on two of the three Mediterranean cruises Diana took with Dodi.

Gribble, speaking via video-link from New Zealand, said: “Yes, I believe there were pills in the pack.”

She agreed it was “apparent” that Diana and Dodi were sleeping together, adding: “They were clearly having a relationship and were a couple.”

Al-Fayed believes Diana was pregnant and the couple were killed in a car crash in Paris on August 31, 1997 as they were about to announce their engagement.

Dodi may also have been planning a future for them together, the inquest heard

Queen Elizabeth II Becomes the Oldest Britian Monarch

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Queen Elizabeth II was set Thursday to become Britain’s oldest monarch, overtaking her great-great grandmother Queen Victoria amid signs the royal family is preparing for life after 81-year-old “Lillibet”.Victoria died in 1901 aged 81 years and 243 days, and Elizabeth will mark passing the milestone with neither pomp nor ceremony, spending the day as usual with her husband of 60 years, Prince Philip.

According to Buckingham Palace, Elizabeth was to pass Victoria’s record at around 5:00 pm (1700 GMT) Thursday — taking into account times of birth and death. Other observers, counting only in whole days, put the mark as Saturday.

She is the world’s second-longest living monarch, after Thai King Bhumibol Adulyadej; has outlasted 11 prime ministers — the first was Sir Winston Churchill — and is the first to have a premier, Tony Blair, born in her reign.

Victoria will retain the record for longest-serving monarch ever for some time, though — she ruled Britain and its empire for nearly 64 years which Elizabeth will surpass if she is still on the throne on September 9, 2015.

Despite her age, the queen shows little sign of slowing down — last month, she and Prince Philip visited Uganda for the Commonwealth Heads of Government meeting and she carried out 425 official engagements last year.

National Treasure : Book Of Secrets

I am a fan of this movie. If you watched National Treasue in year 2004 and you liked the movie, you may want to watch National Treasure : Book of Secrets. I am going to watch it today.

The Plot : While Ben is presenting new information about John Wilkes Booth and the 18 pages missing from Booth’s diary, one man stands up and presents a missing page of John Wilkes Booth’s diary. Thomas Gates, Ben’s great-grandfather, is mentioned in the page. It shows that Ben’s great-grandfather could have been a person involved with Abraham Lincoln’s murder. When doing more research, the conspiracy takes Ben, Abigail, and Riley to Buckingham Palace(which they break into). It takes them to a book in the White House(which they break into also)and they even steal a page from the book. But in order to see more from the book, their choice is either get elected president or kidnap the President of the United States. Which do they choose? It’s obvious. The conspiracy then crosses to Mount Rushmore and they even mention the JFK conspiracy. Could Ben clear his family’s name? Or will his family be known as the descendant of Abraham Licoln’s murderer?

Sophie, Countess of Wessex Gives Birth To Son

Photo: © Getty ImagesSophie, Countess of Wessex, the wife of Queen Elizabeth II ’s youngest son Prince Edward gave birth to a baby boy at 1620 on Monday 17th December 2007. The boy weighted 6lbs 2oz (2.8kg) is yet named. Prince Edward married to Sophie in 1999, they already have a four year old daughter, Lady Louise Windsor. The baby boy is Queen Elizabeth II ’s eighth grandchild, and eighth in line to the throne because as a boy, he jumps ahead of his sister in the list of succession.

Nicole Kidman Wins Damages Over Perfume Claim

Nicole Kidman accepted damages from The Daily Telegraph newspaper Friday for falsely reporting she had breached the terms of her promotional contract for Chanel No. 5 perfume. Details of the settlement weren’t disclosed, and the 40-year-old actress wasn’t in court. Her lawyer, John Kelly, said Kidman suffered considerable embarrassment and distress over the report.The newspaper’s “Spy” column reported last month that Kidman carried a bottle of a competitor’s perfume while she was in London to promote her new film, “The Golden Compass.”Kelly said the newspaper had determined the source of the report had invented the story.He said The Daily Telegraph agreed to pay Kidman’s legal costs and “substantial” damages. Kelly said the actress intended to donate the damages to the United Nations Development Fund for Women.

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