33-year-old Samantha Tabell, mother of three children,
ran up bills of more than $7000 after claiming to be
the daughter of Camilla Parker-Bowles. She was charged
with fraud and dishonestly gaining
benefits by the court in Brisbane, Australia. It heard
that she persuaded a limousine firm that she was
Camilla's daughter. The firm also arranged bodyguards,
hotels, flights and a secretary.
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Buckingham Palace has rejected suggestions that Queen
Elizabeth II of Great Britain might relinquish her
duties. The denial followed comments from the Duke of
Edinburgh interpreted as a hint that the
monarch might choose not to rule throughout her old
age. Prince Philip told royal biographer Douglas Keay
it was better to retire "while you are still capable".
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King Albert II of Belgium cancelled some of his
appointments on the second day of his state visit to
Portugal because he suffers from gout. Queen Paola
visited the Penna Palace in Sintra alone.
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November 25th
Born this morning at 8:40 at the Hospital da Cruz
Vermelha Portuguesa in Lissabon, Portugal, Diniz de
Santa Maria Francisco João. He is the son of Dom
Duarte Duke of Braganca, pretender to the
Portuguese throne, and his wife Isabel de Herédia. He
will be baptized in February 2000 in Oporto.
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Leka King-in-exile of Albania received sentence in
absentia of three years in jail for his part in a 1997
deadly rally.
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On December 18th little Richard Count von Pfeil und
Klein-Ellguth will be baptized. His Danish family will
not be there because they are busy.
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Prince Heinrich of Hessen, younger brother of head of
the house Landgrave Moritz, died on November 18th. He
has been buried on November 22nd in Kronberg. He was
born in Rome in 1927.
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November 26th
Little Arch Duchess Gloria of Austria will not be
baptized on December 9th, but in January in
Salzburg-Morzg if everything goes well. She was taken
to hospital on November 12th after she became
very ill. She was diagnozed meningitis. After four
days the danger for life was happily gone.
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Prince Konstantin-Assen of Bulgaria and his wife Maria
got a son and a daughter on November 20th.
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Buckingham Palace says Princess Margaret of Great Britain is resting and recovering after being taken ill. A spokeswoman denied a report that the Queen's 69-year-old sister may have suffered a minor stroke. A doctor was called to Kensington Palace on Tuesday evening when the princess had collapsed. She may not be able to fulfil next week's official engagements.