COMPOSER and record producer Bill Whelan won Best Musical Show Album for Riverdance at the Grammy awards. Some 1.5 billion people in 170 countries watched the award show, broadcast from New York's Madison Square Garden.
The Best New Age Album award was won by Enya for The Memory Of Trees, and the Chieftans won the World Music Album Grammy with Santiago.
Hillary Clinton, Eric Clapton, Celine Dion, Sheryl Crow and country newcomer LeAnn Rimes (14) were also winners.
Princess Diana may have to give evidence at an industrial tribunal when her former maid sues her for wrongful dismissal next week.
Lawyers acting for Sylvia McDermott, who lost her £9,000 a year cleaning job at Kensington Palace in November, said they were considering seeking a witness order which would oblige Diana to attend.
Only Fools And Horses, the BBC1 comedy which became television's most popular Christmas programme with 24.3 million viewers, is to come back one last time - for Comic Relief.
Actors David Jason and Nicholas Lyndhurst and writer John Sullivan had insisted there would be no more - sparking anguish for Trotter fans everywhere. But Rodney and Del Boy will return for one night only, in a special mini episode, secretly shot for Red Nose Day on March 14th.
Queen Elizabeth is to launch an official web site on the Internet next Thursday.
Facts will be available on royal topics, from finance to descriptions of palaces and private estates. Colour pictures will illustrate 150 pages, designed for those with an interest in Britain's monarchy.
Elizabeth Taylor celebrated her 65th birthday yesterday. She spent the day quietly at home surrounded by her family, just a week after undergoing brain surgery.
A spokesman said: "She has made an excellent recovery. The operation was a complete success and she should be able to resume her normal activities."