THE PRINCESS of Wales has been crowned Queen of Trivial Pursuit - she was the subject of a record 27 questions in the internationally popular board game.
Reflecting Britons' insatiable appetite for royal gossip, she topped the question chart in the 1997 edition ahead of Queen Elizabeth, who tied for second place with the Duchess of York.
Singer Mel Torme has been released from hospital three months after suffering a stroke and is recovering well.
Diego Maradona, the former soccer superstar from Argentina, has been sued by a 20-year-old woman who claims he is the father of her seven-month-old baby girl.
The London auction house Phillips has cancelled the sale of a collection of writings by Mahatma Gandhi after their ownership came into dispute. Gandhi's former secretary, Venkataraman Kalyanam, who kept the papers at his Madras home for nearly 50 years, had offered them for sale to raise money for a Hindu charity.
But the Indian government intervened last month, saying the valuable collection should be preserved for the nation and arguing that it belonged to the trust that safeguards Gandhi memorabilia.