TIGGY Legge-Bourke is to leave her job as a personal assistant to Prince Charles this weekend. The departure comes as he is expected to join Prince William (14) and Prince Harry (12) for their adventure holiday in Africa over Easter.
Charles's press secretary dismissed suggestions that LeggeBourke had been told to leave.
French designer Charles de Castelbajac (47) has been asked to update Pope John Paul II, who contacted him after being invited to preside over the 12th Festival of Youth in Paris.
At least half a million young Catholics are to gather in August to take part in a holy fashion parade in which the Pope, who has chosen his own design in rainbow hued vestments, will be surrounded by 5,500 acolytes in other creations by the designer.
Steven Spielberg is to receive an honorary degree from Sussex University for his help in Jewish studies. Spielberg is currently shooting a second World War film, Saving Private Ryan, in Norfolk, and will be presented with the award by Lord Richard Attenborough.
Iran has celebrated the anniversary of the birth of the prophet Zoroasfre, the founder of the ancient Zoroastrian Persian sect.
In the city of Yazd, where Iran's 40,000 Zoroastrians have their main temple, worshippers prayed for the health of the country's paramount leader, Ayatollah Ali Khameini.