PRINCESS DIANA has dismissed a report that she has become unofficially engaged to a 38 year old heart surgeon from Pakistan.
"The Princess of Wales has not become engaged to Dr Hasnat Khan, officially or unofficially," a Kensington Palace spokesman said in response to a Sunday Times report.
Princess Diana celebrates her 36th birthday tomorrow in style at a glittering party. She will be surrounded by famous names and faces at the Tate Gallery's centenary gala dinner, held amid an array of art in the heart of the gallery in London's Millbank.
Speculation is growing that Prince Charles might marry Camilla Parker Bowles in a "non royal" wedding. The Sunday Times said friends of the couple were preparing the ground for a "morganatic" marriage so they could live a "more honest and contented life together". This would allow the prince to remarry without conferring royal status on Parker Bowles.
Anthony Quinn, now 82, hash ret raced his steps more than 30 years after starring in Zorba the Greek and has delighted his hosts by taking to the dance floor at a party honouring him in western Crete.
Saturday's party was held in the town hall in Rethymnon, the port that served as the setting for the 1964 film written and directed by Michael Cakoyannis and based on the novel by the Cretan author Nikos Kazantzakis.
Growing tension in Jacques Cousteau's family surfaced yesterday as one of his sons accused Cousteau's widow of being unfit to carry on the oceanographer's legacy. JeanMichel Cousteau (59) said he was better able to speak on his father's behalf than Francine Cousteau, his stepmother.
President Chirac will be among mourners at a memorial service for Cousteau in Notre Dame Cathedral today.