THE BBC is giving more than four times as much airtime to coverage of this
year's Glastonbury Festival than to Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother's
100th birthday celebrations.
More than 60 hours of music from the festival will be broadcast on television
and radio while only six hours of television time and seven hours of radio
scheduling have been dedicated to the royal centenary in early August, the
BBC confirmed last night.
Music-lovers will be able to hear virtually unbroken coverage of the three-day
festival on July 23-25 spread across BBC2, Radio 1 and the digital channel
BBC Choice. BBC2 will also screen a tribute to the event's founder, Michael
Eavis, after a film crew was given permission to follow him during
preparations for the festival.
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Madonna and Charles at anti-drugs party(Evening Standard)
The Prince of Wales will host a dinner on Thursday for
celebrities including Madonna, Michael Parkinson and
Dire Straits singer Mark Knopfler.
Former Beatles record producer Sir George Martin is also
on the guest list for the anti-drugs charity event at
Highgrove.
Britain's richest man, packaging billionaire Hans Rausing,
will join the party and take an after-dinner stroll through
Prince Charles's beloved gardens at his Gloucestershire
home. All have been invited to the private dinner in aid of
the drugs prevention charity Life Education Centres.
Prince Charles introduced Life Education Centres to
Britain in 1986 after meeting founder Ted Noffs in
Australia. The charity educates young people about how
the human body works and the potentially dangerous
effects of drugs.
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Charles's Champagne Goes Missing(Yahoo: PA)
A case of champagne has gone missing from the office of the Prince of Wales.
The case of champagne, believed to be Lanson, disappeared after it was delivered to the lobby of the
prince's offices at St James's Palace about a month ago.
Police were called in and staff at the palace were questioned, it was reported in the Sun newspaper.
A St James's Palace spokeswoman said: "A case of champagne went missing and we do not know
what has happened to it."
The champagne, which was to be used at a function at the palace, might have been misplaced, she added.
"The police were involved, but that is standard procedure.
"Any suggestion that this has any security implications is complete nonsense."
Last year property belonging to the Princess Royal was stolen from an office at Buckingham Palace.