Royal News BlogCash compensation for Bangladesh’s child jockeys (2010 UPDATE: Sorry, this link has expired)
I remember receiving email from a visitor who was very upset about the plight of child jockeys in the United Arab Emirates. As I recall, she protested to the ruler of the UAE. I can’t find her contact info now, but I hope she sees this. Protests have paid off. Robot jockeys are now used instead of children. (I’m not kidding.)
UPDATE: A video about the children and the UAE’s compensation payout:
“We like the idea of the Druids so much that we’ve made up almost everything we know about them,” says a Telegraph book review.
Blood & Mistletoe: The History of the Druids in Britain by Ronald Hutton is available at Amazon.com.
New York trial hears of ‘mistress’ attack on Camilla
A different interpretation of the same story:
Brooke Astor ‘congratulated’ Camilla Parker Bowles
Either way, the future Duchess of Cornwall reportedly responded politely, according to the New York Post:
“She laughed,” at Astor’s “mistress business” remark, [witness Vartan Gregorian] remembered. “Gracious.”
(Warning: When I looked at the New York Post article it contained a pop-up ad that disabled my browser, but here’s a link if you want to try it yourself.)
Princess Caroline of Monaco’s son Andrea Casiraghi and his girlfriend, Tatiana Santo Domingo, posed for a photograph for Vanity Fair.
Centre sheds light on sea kingdom (with video)
The book The Lords of the Isles: The Clan Donald and the Early Kingdom of the Scots by Ronald Williams is out of print, but currently available at Amazon.
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