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MADONNA has been house hunting in London and has viewed a £4

MADONNA has been house hunting in London and has viewed a £4.5 million mansion where, as a prince, Edward VII is said to have conducted his affair with actress Lillie Langtry.

Madonna wants her six month old daughter Lourdes to go to school in Britain.

"At least people read books here," she said on her last visit to London.

Mrs Merton star Caroline Aherne (33) stayed away from the funeral yesterday of her former boyfriend Matt Bowers.

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Bowers died of cancer, diagnosed one month after he and the TV actress split up at Christmas, following a four month relationship.

The ceremony included music by Mozart and the Oasis hit Don't Look Back In Anger.

President Nelson Mandela (79), speaking about his relationship with Graca Machel (52), said yesterday that he was living through a wonderful period of his life.

"To be in love is an experience that every man must go through,"

he told the daily Star newspaper. "For me it's an amazing experience. It is such a wonderful period for me.

"When will I marry? I don't know," he said, when pressed on future plans.

The daughter of Serbian President Slobodan Milosevic has opened a disco club in central Belgrade, the daily Politika reported yesterday. Marija Milosevic, who is editor in chief of the radio station Kosava, opened the ~K~osava club in the presence of many guests from political, cultural, economic and public life", the paper reported.