The British Prime Minister, Mr Tony Blair, and Mr John Major were united yesterday in condemnation of the "tacky" exploitation of the memory of Princess Diana.
Downing Street was not specifying what the description applied to, but it is understood to be aimed at books, films and souvenirs. Mr Blair's spokesman told Sunday newspapers that he was concerned about the commercial exploitation of her death and the effect it was having on Prince William and Prince Harry.
Princess Diana's friends are speaking out to dispel claims by Mohammed al-Fayed that she was pregnant and planning to marry Dodi Fayed.
The princess told Annabel Goldsmith on the Friday before her fatal accident: "I'm having a wonderful time, but the last thing I need is a new marriage. I need it like a bad rash on my face." The disclosure came in the Sunday Telegraph from Rosa Monckton, who went on holiday with Diana in the Greek islands 10 days before she died.
British children would rather meet the Spice Girls than Queen Elizabeth, according to a survey for BBC2's children's consumer programme, Short Change.
Manchester United's Ryan Giggs was placed second in the poll and Oasis pipped the queen into fifth place with 1 per cent more of the vote.
After spending time chatting with Mick Jagger and Charlie Watts in her hotel suite in Hawaii a few weeks ago, Lady Thatcher declared the Rolling Stones "a great British export".
More than three decades after the Stones' debut on Top of the Pops, Margaret Thatcher entertained them to tea and biscuits in her hotel suite.