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BRITAIN'S Prince Andrew and his former wife Sarah Ferguson left their holiday home in France yesterday, after spending six days…

BRITAIN'S Prince Andrew and his former wife Sarah Ferguson left their holiday home in France yesterday, after spending six days together with their two children.

The pair, divorced in April but still on good terms, have been staying in a house near the village of Mezieres lez Clery in central France.

Prime Suspect star Helen Mirren (50) has launched a scathing attack on men.

Mirren, who plays Det Chief Insp Jane Tennison, says. "Most guys are so pathetic it would be better not to have them around except when you want something lifted."

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Cross dressing comic Eddie Izzard has said he'd love to be gay because it would make life a lot easier. The star of Have I Got News For You? is often seen on TV wearing make up and women's clothes.

Izzard (34) says in this month's Cosmopolitan magazine "I fancy women, I don't fancy men.

"I assume it's genetic, because I have no choice in the matter. I've been harangued by drag queens for not being (gay) but what can I do?"

The Royal Opera House, in Covent Garden, may reduce its' ticket prices as part of a plan to make it more accessible.

About 500 seats each night will be available for under £20 for opera and £10 for ballet under proposals put forward to the ROH board, when it reopens in 1999.

Today's teenagers have tough moral standards and are strongly critical of drinking, drugs and pop stars, according to a British survey conducted for the School Curriculum and Assessment Authority (SCAA).

Published on the same day as another study which revealed that drink, drugs and tobacco are a way of life for many young people, the SCAA survey revealed that teenagers look to teachers and athletes, such as, Linford Christie, for role models and see pop stars as scruffy show offs who set a bad example.