The sole survivor of an aircraft crash in Poland
during World War II has been presented with a
piece of the plane's wreckage by the Queen.
Henry Lloyd-Lyne's six fellow crewmen were
killed when their Liberator aircraft was shot
down over Warsaw in 1944.
The flight from Italy was bringing supplies for
the Polish Home Army fighting Germans during
the Warsaw Uprising.
The plane crashed in Skaryszewski Park in the
Polish capital.
During the Queen's state visit to Poland in
1996 she was presented with a metre-long
piece of the aircraft wreckage when she laid a
wreath at a memorial in the park.
Shot down
She presented it to Mr Lloyd-Lyne, now 77, at
Buckingham Palace on Tuesday.
"The Queen thought I would like it," said the
retired farmer from Truro, Cornwall.
He said: "I'm actually thinking about cutting it
into three pieces - one for my son, one for my
daughter and one for a museum.
On demobilisation Mr Lloyd-Lyne decided on a
career in farming and in 1952 became a Duchy
of Cornwall tenant at St Clement, where his
son now farms.
"She actually visited our farm, with the Duke of
Edinburgh, in 1956, and the Prince of Wales
has been several times," Mr Lloyd-Lyne added.
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Princess Pushy pushes out Fergie(Evening Standard)
Princess Michael of Kent pulled rank on the Duchess of
York in an extraordinary snub, it was disclosed today.
A source close to the Duchess claimed Princess Michael
demanded precedence on a BA flight to the South of
France when she found Fergie and daughters Beatrice and
Eugenie in the front seats. The friend said Princess Michael
ordered cabin staff to move them.
Faced with the tall and determined Princess, nee Baroness
Marie-Christine von Reibnitz, they asked Fergie and the
children to move. "She found it more amusing than
annoying," said the source. "It didn't matter to her which
row she sat in. And she really is past caring who takes
precedence." Fergie lost her royal status with her divorce.
The incident took place some months ago but resurfaced
with a marked frostiness between the Duchess and Prince
Michael. Princess Michael, 55, was reportedly given the
nickname "Princess Pushy" by the Queen.
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Previously unseen film of Princess Diana released(Yahoo: Reuters)
LONDON (Reuters) - Visitors to the childhood home of the late Princess Diana will be able to see
previously private film footage of her as a young girl, Sky television has reported.
Diana's brother Earl Spencer will also display pictures of the princess that have never been seen before
when the Althorp estate opens to visitors for this year's summer season.
"I particularly like the footage of Diana dancing," Spencer said in the report on Wednesday.
"She was a great dancer and liked to play up to the camera. It's very moving to see this carefree girl
enjoying herself before the sequence closes with a shot of her looking so very happy, young and innocent."
Spencer plans to open more rooms at Althorp to the public.
Diana, killed in a Paris car crash in 1997, is buried at the estate.
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'Mulder' Meets The Prince Of Wales(Yahoo: PA)
The Prince of Wales is to meet Hollywood film stars Minnie Driver and David Duchovny (alias Fox
Mulder) at a film premiere in Scotland.
The Prince will meet the pair at an evening premiere of their new film, Return To Me, which is being
shown at Edinburgh's Odeon cinema.
Earlier in the day the Prince will visit Morlich House, a home for the elderly run by the Church of Scotland which provides
round-the-clock care for 23 people.