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Princess Diana was a distant relative of Monica Lewinsky, according to an American Internet site.

Princess Diana was a distant relative of Monica Lewinsky, according to an American Internet site.

The authors of Princess Diana's America Dynasty page claim that the two were linked through a complex series of marriages and relations.

They also claim Princess Diana had ties with stars like Frank Sinatra, Elizabeth Taylor, American millionaire Frank Work and George Washington.

"The celebrities in Princess Diana's American Dynasty are connected to Princess Diana by dynastic links in which each link is either a parent, spouse, sibling or child of the preceding and following link," the page claims.

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And in a complicated 21stage list of names, it details a trail from the princess to Lew in sky.

Queen Elizabeth and the British Prime Minister, Tony Blair, are discussing the possibility of sharing an aircraft to use for royal and government trips, Downing Street has confirmed.

But a spokesman denied reports that Blair had blocked the plan because he needed a larger plane than Buckingham Palace had proposed.

King Fahd of Saudi Arabia appeared weak, tired and in a wheelchair in a Saudi television broadcast of his admission to hospital for medical tests yesterday.

The king, who is in his mid70s and has been in ailing health for the past three years, feebly extended his hand to a string of well-wishers.

The former Beatle Paul McCartney says experiments on monkeys to prove that loud music deafens pop fans amount to disgusting torture.

"It is a gross intrusion into the rights of harmless creatures," said McCartney, protesting against experiments he said were planned at the University of California to bombard squirrel monkeys with 145-decibel noise for up to four hours.

Taking up the animal rights crusades of his late wife Linda, he said: "No real music fan could possibly want this."

An English college is to set up a special Santa Claus training course - and the Father Christmas hopefuls must not smoke or drink on the job.

Weston-super-Mare College is launching the eight-week course and planning to set up a special national federation for qualified Santas.