Princess awaits tests results

London - Britain's Princess Margaret was awaiting test results yesterday after being confined to bed over Christmas and New Year…

London - Britain's Princess Margaret was awaiting test results yesterday after being confined to bed over Christmas and New Year. A royal source said it was believed her condition would prove to be "physical rather than mental".

It had been claimed in a Sunday newspaper that she was suffering from clinical depression. Buckingham Palace would not discuss the medical tests but said the princess (70) was seen by a doctor twice over the weekend.

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