Sunday, July 26, 1998
Prince of Wales' royal collection up for public display
A portrait of Princess Diana in her wedding dress, never before seen in public, is among the items that Prince Charles has lent for an historic exhibition of art amassed by the Prince of Wales. Until now, only members of the royal family and their servants had seen all of the works, some of which date back to the 16th century.
Spielberg unspools war in all its gruesome reality
In the first 24 minutes of his new film Saving Private Ryan, director Steven Spielberg plunges movie goers into the unspeakable carnage and chaos of war to an extent unseen in US movies. Actor Tom Hanks also believes in the value of the movie's graphic horror: "It is gruesome because war is."
Mandela's clan paid 60 cattle for Graca Machel's hand
Nelson Mandela's clan paid 60 prime cattle for Grace Machel's hand in marriage and she was "worth every bristle of hair and hoof". King Buyelekhaya Zwelibanzi said that he and other senior members of Mandela's royal clan, tembu, had started negotiating the wedding, which took place last Saturday.
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