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CLIVE ANDERSON (44) wants to invite Tory leader William Hague (36) to the autumn series of his chat show, Clive Anderson All …

CLIVE ANDERSON (44) wants to invite Tory leader William Hague (36) to the autumn series of his chat show, Clive Anderson All Talk on BBC1, so that he can tease him about his bald head.

Fans have told Anderson he is the spitting image of the opposition leader.get Neil Kinnock on, it would be even better.

Raquel Welch's debut in Victor/Victoria, the Broadway musical which previously starred Julie Andrews, was snubbed by theatregoers and the theatre had to offer tickets at half-price to fill seats.

"When God created the splendid Welch, I think it is safe to assume that he didn't have a man in mind," the New York Post said. The New York Times agreed: "The show could be retitled Victoria/Victoria."

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The Italian government has approved changes in the 1947 constitution which forbids the royal family from setting foot in Italy, and under legislation currently before parliament, Victor Emmanuele of Savoy could be back on the throne by next January. Last May the Swiss-based Victor Emmanuele refused to apologise to the Italian people for a racist law signed by his grandfather, Victor Emmanuele III, in 1938, on the grounds that he was not even born at the time.