THE Princess of Wales was caught up in a street scuffle after reportedly asking Kevin Duggan, a passer-by, to snatch film from photographer Brendan Beirne's camera.
The Sun yesterday carried three pages of pictures showing Diana first remonstrating with Beirne and then standing by as Duggan thrust him against a wall.
Diana is shown standing aside as the two men fight in the street over the camera.
Radio 4 listeners complained after Anna Ford, presenter of the Today programme, criticised a character from The Archers. "Simon Pemberton does seem rather a shit, he's a bit ruthless, shouldn't he be counselled?" she said.
Ford (53) expressed regret over her slip despite the fact that the majority of Archers fans probably agree with her.
Lieut Col Tim Spicer, facing trial in Papua New Guinea on firearms charges, said yesterday he hates being tagged a mercenary.
The man who recruited 70 mercenaries for the PNG government said: "This Rambo shoot-first-ask-questions-later image I don't particularly like, but we understand why people use the word. In this business it is difficult to get away from it."
Thailand's Queen Sirikit and Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn are to visit France and other European countries this month.
Queen Sirikit will also visit Germany and Princess Sirindhorn will attend a conference on teaching geography and participate in a concert at the School of Oriental and African Studies in Paris.
Leah Rabin (69) is in Washington to promote Rabin: Our Life, His Legacy, about her 47-year marriage to the late Israeli prime minister Yitzhak Rabin, who was assassinated 18 months ago.