Julie and Michael Seale thanked the anonymous businessman who paid for the test-tube baby treatment which enabled them to become a “real family” but added that they would keep pressurising the Government to adopt a national policy on fertility treatments.
Mrs Seale, 38, from Sheffield, was told two years ago that she was too old to be accepted for in vitro fertilisation [IVF] treatment under her local health authority’s rules, which lay down an upper age limit of 35. It is a tie of blood and family that cannot be deleted,” he said.. But we have agreed to differ with the Palace over whether the Princess decided to drop the style Her Royal Highness.”The constitutional expert Lord St John of Fawsley said that Diana would remain a member of the Royal Family. “She must be a member of the Royal Family because she is the mother of two of the princes.

The Palace insists that, apart from an agreement to divorce, there was no deal.According to a Cambridge lecturer in international politics, “We are being treated to a splendid drama I can’t wait for the next act But please don’t mention me by name. the knighthood, you know.”Diana’s office say they are attending to the mess. Ms Atkinson said: “We are hoping the current situation can be cleared up very quickly and that negotiations can then continue in private. Despite her announcement on Wednesday that she would be called Diana, Princess of Wales, it emerged later that she would no longer be styled Her Royal Highness. But who agreed or ordered the removal of HRH?There is also disagreement over whether or not there was a deal Diana should keep her Kensington Palace apartment and offices at St James’s Palace.The Princess, following a meeting on Wednesday afternoon with the Prince at St James’s Palace, believed such things were resolved So her advisers are saying in public. He should have been asked by the chasing media how he felt about the environmental disaster and plans that would stop another. But the only interest in oil was on the troubled waters of the royal marriage.Divorce lawyers were yesterday described as “hard at work” by one royal source.

The Princess’s firm was seeking clarification from Buckingham Palace over her title after divorce. “The Princess wants a few days of quiet at home,” she said.Elspeth Thomas, chairman of the BRC council, said: “We are very sorry that HRH the Princess of Wales is unable to attend our event, but we fully understand and support the reasons for her decision.”The Prince of Wales, in contrast, was continuing with his royal duties He visited the oil-spill coastal areas of Pembrokeshire. Her newly appointed media adviser, Jane Atkinson, said the Princess had reluctantly withdrawn from the British Red Cross 125th anniversary celebration. Her mood was described as “very upset and decidedly sad”.
The Princess of Wales’s private lobby was, according to indiscreet sources, describing a sad, lonely, almost neglected royal recluse all alone in the vastness of Kensington Palace. Buckingham Palace and the Princess of Wales’s own media adviser continued at odds over the future title, role, residence and divorce settlement to be awarded to the princess.

After a day of quiet briefings and contradictory statements from her own office and the Palace, Diana cancelled a prearranged charity event. Everywhere the overpowering smell of rancid fat, moped fumes, glue and cooking oil, and everywhere people pushing carts, driving horses, carrying carpets, jostling and winding their way through the narrow alleys All human life is here. And so is Imran Khan.Imran is widely revered here, which means that both political parties, and in particular Benazir Bhutto, fear and suspect him. His popularity is perceived as such a threat that he is denied any platform.

He has been cut out of any role in the World Cup, excised from TV footage of his 1992 triumph, and his campaigning for the Lahore Cancer Hospital, including the visit of Diana Queen of Hearts, is largely censored. Like America’s Norman Schwarzkopf or Colin Powell, he has the popular appeal of a national hero and everyone wants to know which way he will move Imran himself remains calm. Above the battle, almost, though it is alleged his appeal has attracted disturbing support from fundamentalists. He claims no desire to enter party politics, doubtless aware that to become a politician in Pakistan is to be mistrusted and despised and in all probability to be murdered He sees himself as a social worker, not a politician. He passionately believes in reform, but for the moment he devotes himself to the hospital and waits in Lahore-les-deux-eglises … Who, I wonder, could emerge from sporting glory to lead our own country? Nigel Mansell as PM? Graham Gooch, perhaps?And finally, a Pakistani joke: Two English gentlemen meet for the first time. Their conversation runs as follows: “Eton?” “Yes.” “Oxford?” “Yes.” “Sandhurst?” “Yes.” “Guards?” “Yes.” “Homosexual?” “No.” (Pause Sniff) “Pity, pity ….”PS.