NEWS LITE : ROYAL RUCKUS; TABLOID ANGERS PRINCE, FIANCEE.A Buckingham Palace Buckingham Palace (bŭk`ĭng-əm), residence of British sovereigns from 1837, in Westminster metropolitan borough, London, England, adjacent to St. James's Park. spokesman expressed outrage Wednesday after Rupert Murdoch's tabloid newspaper the Sun published an 11-year-old photograph of a topless Sophie Rhys-Jones, who will marry Prince Edward on June 19. The photo was taken in the back of a car in Spain when Rhys-Jones, a public relations public relations, activities and policies used to create public interest in a person, idea, product, institution, or business establishment. By its nature, public relations is devoted to serving particular interests by presenting them to the public in the most agent, was working with television and radio personality Chris Tarrant. Tarrant was ``larking about'' and yanked off her bikini top to bare one breast for a photo, he said Wednesday. ``There must be thousands of young British girls who have got pictures like this in their private collection. There was never, ever the slightest romance between Sophie and myself,'' he said. The palace spokesman called publication of the photo premeditated pre·med·i·tat·ed adj. Characterized by deliberate purpose, previous consideration, and some degree of planning: a premeditated crime. cruelty and ``a gross invasion of privacy invasion of privacy n. the intrusion into the personal life of another, without just cause, which can give the person whose privacy has been invaded a right to bring a lawsuit for damages against the person or entity that intruded. and not in the public interest.'' Rhys-Jones, 34, told the Daily Mail: ``This has ruined my engagement. This (wedding) was supposed to be the happiest day of my life.'' The newspaper said she felt betrayed by former co-worker Kara Kara (kär`ə), river, c.140 mi (230 km) long, NE European and NW Siberian Russia. It flows N from the N Urals into the Kara Sea, forming part of the traditional border between European and Asian Russia. It is navigable in its lower course. Noble, and Edward was ``totally disgusted and livid livid /liv·id/ (liv´id) discolored, as from a contusion or bruise; black and blue. liv·id adj. .'' Noble took the photograph and was reported to have sold it to the Sun, Britain's biggest-selling daily newspaper, for more than $600,000. Her employer, radio station Heart FM, fired Noble after the photo was published. The Sun built up its 3 million-plus circulation partly on the strength of running photos of topless women on Page 3 every day. On Wednesday the Sun expressed its regrets. Gates to serve $1 million meal You're invited to dinner with Bill and Melinda Gates late next month at their 60,000-square-foot lakeside shelter in suburban Seattle. The only requirement: a $1 million donation to Duke University. She's an alum and on its board of trustees board of trustees Politics The posse of thugs who oversee an institution's administration. See Board of directors. . Said a Duke spokesman: ``We're certainly expecting more than 100 people.'' Simpson shopping for house O.J. Simpson was in no mood to skimp skimp v. skimped, skimp·ing, skimps v.tr. 1. To deal with hastily, carelessly, or with poor material: concentrated on reelection, skimping other matters. 2. during a house-hunting excursion in South Florida. The former football star is scouting some of the area's finest real estate, priced from $870,000 to $1.2 million, The Miami Herald reported Wednesday. Simpson rejected a five-bedroom home because it didn't have enough bathrooms for daughter Sydney, 13, and son Justin, 10, each to have one, the newspaper said. He also checked out a $995,000 home in a gated community in the Coconut Grove neighborhood. Matthau in hospital and `doing better' Walter Matthau is in the hospital with pneumonia. The 78-year-old ``Odd Couple'' actor was ``doing better'' and the prognosis was good, son Charles Matthau said Wednesday. He may go home in a couple of days. Matthau was taken to a Los Angeles hospital on May 16, complaining of a bad cough. He recently completed the film ``Hanging Up,'' starring Diane Keaton, Meg Ryan and Lisa Kudrow. Home school kid wins national bee David Beihl became the first home-schooled student to win the National Geography Bee, attributing his success Wednesday to ``study and prayer'' - and perhaps a little knowledge of the weather. Beihl, 13, of Saluda, S.C., correctly answered that La Nina is the Spanish name for the weather condition characterized by unusually cold ocean temperatures in the equatorial region of the eastern Pacific Ocean. ``I've had lots of time to study. My schedule is more flexible than some other schools,'' said Beihl, taught at home since kindergarten. He outlasted Jason Borschow, a 13-year-old eighth-grader at Saint John's School in Condado, just outside San Juan, Puerto Rico San Juan (IPA: [saŋ hwaŋ]) (from the Spanish San Juan Bautista, "Saint John the Baptist") is the capital and largest municipality on Puerto Rico. . Beihl correctly answered all three championship round questions, while his opponent answered just two. In addition to the La Nina question, Beihl correctly answered ``Dhaka'' when asked, ``In 1998, a bridge across the Jamuna River was completed about 65 miles northwest of what capital city?'' Dhaka is the capital of Bangladesh. And he successfully responded ``Honduras,'' when quizzed on which Central American country Noun 1. Central American country - any one of the countries occupying Central America; these countries (except for Belize and Costa Rica) are characterized by low per capita income and unstable governments Central American nation is the only one with direct access to the Pacific Ocean through the Gulf of Fonseca The Gulf of Fonseca (Spanish: Golfo de Fonseca), part of the Pacific Ocean, is a gulf in Central America, bordering El Salvador, Honduras and Nicaragua. History . ``He always makes us sweat bullets,'' joked his father, Gary, 39. Gary Beihl attributed home schooling to the success of his son, who will remain in Washington for next week's Scripps Howard National Spelling Bee. A 13-year-old New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of girl educated at home won the spelling bee in 1997. David Beihl's brother, Tom, 11, and sister, Debbie, 9, are also taught at home by their mother, Penny Beihl, 39, who has a master's degree in elementary and secondary education. News Lite is compiled by Karen Duffy from Daily News staff and wire reports CAPTION(S): 3 photos PHOTO (1) Host Alex Trebek embraces geography winner David Beihl. (2) no caption (front page of The Sun tabloid) (3) Simpson |
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