Prince Andrew, Princess Anne and Prince Edward attended last night's 50th birthday play staged for Prince Charles by his sons, Prince William and Prince Harry.
With help from Emma Thompson and Stephen Fry, the princes devised a comedy play, followed by a dinnerdance, for their father as an early birthday present. Camilla Parker Bowles was among the 100 guests at Highgrove, the prince's home in Gloucestershire.
Dad's Army veterans have regrouped to toast their series after three decades and praise the gentle humour from a golden age of comedy.
Four surviving stars - Clive Dunn, Bill Pertwee, Ian Lavender and Frank Williams - gathered with series writers David Croft and Jimmy Perry exactly 30 years since the first episode was shown. Dad's Army ran for nine series and 80 episodes, with more than 300 repeats.
Emma Thompson (39) has revealed she is giving up work to concentrate on having a baby with her lover Greg Wise.
She is hoping to try again after suffering the tragedy of a miscarriage, during a year which in which she divorced Kenneth Branagh and carried out a hectic filming schedule.
Sir David Gore-Booth (55) Britain's High Commissioner to India and one of the Foreign Office's most senior diplomats, has announced his resignation to take up a job in the private sector.
Sir David, a high-flyer who had been ambassador to Saudi Arabia before going to New Delhi, was involved in Queen Elizabeth's controversial visit last year and the row over Robin Cook's remarks about Kashmir.
Sir David (Eton and Christ Church, Oxford) is a member of the Gore-Booth family from Lissadell, Co Sligo, and was born to diplomacy - his father, the late Paul Gore-Booth, was also High Commissioner to India.
Harrods owner Mohammed Al Fayed has failed in a High Court attempt to block a libel action launched against him by former Tory MP Neil Hamilton in the aftermath of the "cash for questions" affair.