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LEADING British publicist Max Clifford last night said allegations that Tory MP Jerry Hayes had a relationship with Paul Stone…

LEADING British publicist Max Clifford last night said allegations that Tory MP Jerry Hayes had a relationship with Paul Stone, a teenage researcher, were the opening shots in a "personal vendetta" he plans to wage against the Conservative Party.

Mr Clifford, who has a severely disabled daughter suffering from rheumatoid arthritis, said he was angry over Tory management of the NHS and hoped to unveil "two or three" fresh sleaze revelations before the general election.

The wife of former US presidential adviser Dick Morris has decided to leave him, citing ceaseless public pressure since he was accused last August of visiting a $200 an hour prostitute.

Eileen McGann, speaking from her Connecticut home, confirmed news reports that she is leaving her husband after a 20 year marriage.

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The Prince of Wales was reported yesterday as admitting to having failed the British monarchy and as vowing to "sort the whole bloody mess out" by reaching out more to ordinary people.

His remarks, reported by a friend, were published on the eve of a live television debate on the royal family and a new opinion poll showing that less than half of Britons believe the country will still have a monarchy in 50 years time.

An Argentine woman who wants to prove she is the illegitimate daughter of late president Juan Peron claims a court would set a date in early February for the exhumation of his body and subsequent DNA tests.

"Very soon we'll know the whole truth," Martha Holgado (62) told Italy's La Repubblica from Buenos Aires.