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A BOOK of memoirs written by Vasso Kortesis, the Duchess of York's former psychic healer, is "most explosive book ever written…

A BOOK of memoirs written by Vasso Kortesis, the Duchess of York's former psychic healer, is "most explosive book ever written about the monarchy", the Daily Mirror said yesterday.

Fergie unburdened herself to Kortesis over a three year period when her marriage to Prince Andrew was falling apart. The Mirror said the book contained accounts about Princess Diana, Queen Elizabeth, her husband Prince Philip and Fergie herself.

Princess Diana flew to Greece yesterday for a brief holiday, to include the funeral of a Greek man she befriended when he was in London for cancer treatment. She was travelling without her sons and Prince Harry, who have returned to school.

Coronation Street's Hilda Ogden is to make a TV comeback when Jean Alexander steps into the famous role tomorrow for the first time since leaving the soap in 1987.

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Fans can see her during the advertising break, promoting the new satellite and cable channel Granada Plus, which is broadcasting classic Street episodes starting from 1976.

Pop singer Bjork (29) was said to be "distressed" after she heard a crazed fan had posted her a booby trapped parcel and then shot himself.

The package, which was intercepted and destroyed, was designed to spray acid in the Icelandic star's face. Ricardo Lopez (21) recorded its construction and his own violent death on video tape.