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...will be made final on August 28, with the Princess relinquishing her title of Her Royal Highness but keeping the title of Diana, Princess of Wales. As a result, she could be expected to curtsy to the Queen, her husband and her sons. Although no formal announcement of the settlement was made, Diana is expected to get a $15 million lump sum and a generous annual allowance. She will also keep her apartments at Kensington Palace. Prince Charles, when he ascends to the throne, will be the first divorced monarch since George I, who reigned between...
Actress HALLE BERRY'S divorce from Atlanta Braves outfielder DAVID JUSTICE is now entering extra innings. When Justice filed for divorce in April (two weeks after Berry filed, citing "irreconcilable differences"), his attorney predicted a settlement in 30 to 60 days. Wrong. Justice, who pulls down $6 million a year with the Braves, is suing Berry for alimony. "I figured since she wants to take all of my money, I should turn around and do the same...
Meanwhile, a court settlement in Alabama softened another get-tough law-enforcement device, the newly revived chain gang. After an Alabama guard shot a prisoner to death during a fight between two men who had been shackled together, authorities agreed to break up the chain, though each prisoner will still wear leg irons. Officials talk of an exodus of California parolees to more forgiving states, but it's doubtful they're moving to Alabama...
Life after sainthood can be trying, if not bizarre. Consider the case of scruffy humanitarian BOB GELDOF. Not so long ago, he was beating big odds and bigger egos to raise money for Ethiopian famine relief. Now he's just another celebrity with an absurd divorce settlement. PAULA YATES, Geldof's flamboyant wife of 10 years and the mother of his three children, is pregnant with the child of Michael Hutchence, lead singer of INXS. After bitter feuds over who would get what, it was decided that for now Yates would move back into Geldof's home and Geldof into...
SUED. MICHAEL JACKSON, 37; for allegedly violating a promise not to talk about a settlement concerning sensational 1993 allegations of child molestation; in Santa Barbara, California. The father of the boy involved says Jackson violated the deal when he appeared in a 1995 PrimeTime Live interview. Jackson says the suit is "meritless...