PORTRAIT OF THE WEEK
'Roll up! Roll up! See the pictures they tried to ban!'
The Sunday and Daily Mirror published pictures of the Princess of Wales taken with a secret camera by Mr Bryce Taylor, who runs a gymnasium where she exercised. Mr Taylor said he hoped to make £1 million with the help of a publicity agent, Mr Max Clifford. But the Princess gained an injunc- tion against the repeated publication of the photographs, and the Mirror group with- drew from the Press Commission followed by the recriminations of newspapers who hadn't been offered the photographs. Later, the Mirror group had second thoughts, though. Mr David Banks, the edi- tor of the Daily Mirror, said, 'I don't exclude myself on the scale of ratbaggery.' Mr Elton John, the musician, was awarded £350,000 against the Sunday Mirror, which had libelled him by commenting on his eating habits. Prince Edward went into partner- ship to set up a television production com- pany, under the name Edward Windsor. Mr John Major, the Prime Minister, appealed for a 'return to basics' in Conservative Party policy. Mr Chris Patten, the Gover- nor of Hong Kong, reported to the Cabinet on the failure of the 15 rounds of talks with China on the future of the colony. Robert Knight, aged 24, was charged with 11 mur- ders: seven at the Rising Sun public house at Greysteel, Co. Londonderry and four at
Castierock, Co. Londonderry last March. Two others were jointly charged with the Greysteel murders. The Chief of the Air Staff, Sir Michael Graydon, apologised to Cabinet ministers over his remarks alleging 'a disreputable campaign' against the RAF. Sir Michael had been incensed by an article by David Hart in The Spectator, which com- pared the RAF unfavourably with the Israeli Air Force. Mr Hart is an advisor to the Defence Secretary, Mr Malcolm Rifkind. Lord Maude, the politician, died, aged 81. Aidan Crawley, the television pio- neer, died, aged 85.
PRESIDENT CLINTON of the United States said that North Korea must not be allowed to develop nuclear arms. Mr Al Gore, the Vice-president, defended the North American Free Trade Association in a televised debate with Mr Ross Perot, who called him a liar, to no advantage to his own cause. Mr Viktor Chernomyrdin, the Prime Minister of Russia, supported Mr Yeltsin's decision not to hold presiden- tial elections until his term is up in 1996. Two guards accompanying the Catholic Archbishop of Sarajevo on a peace mission were arrested by Serbs despite being under the protection of French soldiers in the United Nations force. A 16th-century
bridge, which gave Mostar its name, was destroyed by Croat shelling. The UN deputy secretary general, Mr Marek -Gould- ing, visited El Salvador to investigate the murder of several members of the FMLN. Islamic fundamentalists suffered a setback in the Jordanian elections, in which King Hussein received backing for his sup- port of peace negotiations with Israel. The interim government of Nigeria dissolved all local council. People in Rio hung white sheets from their windows in protest at cor- ruption in political life. Elections in New Zealand were stalemated; 100 pilot whales ran aground on the South island. A Latvian factory ship ran aground on the 100ft cliffs of Bressay, in the Shetland islands. In America, Dr Jack Kevorkian was released from jail on bail despite his promise to starve himself to death there after being arrested for his part in the 19th suicide at which he has assisted. Pictures by Picasso and Braque valued at more than £50 million were stolen from a gallery in Stockholm. Adelaide Hall, the jazz singer, died, aged 94. Elsa, the cat which Duncan Gibbins died trying to save during wild fires in Malibu, was shown on television, slightly singed but alive.
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