tiffany silver jewelry on sale Mind you, it was looking a mighty close-run thing on the final day against Middlesex before rain and light intervened after tea.

The County eventually closed on 139-5. They had been set 193 to win after dismissing their opponents for 255 in their second innings shortly before lunch.

The balance of power swung this way and that during the Leicestershire run chase, which could hardly have got off to a worse start Greg Smith, who had played so well in the first innings, was bowled first ball by Tim Murtagh and the visitors went to lunch on a shaky 10-1. STOPPAGES Jacques du Toit and James Taylor, missing out for once against Middlesex, then followed cheaply and at 29-3 Leicestershire looked as though they had a long afternoon, if they were to save the game, let alone win it.

But Paul Nixon and Matthew Boyce worked extremely hard to dig their side out of immediate trouble and as tea approached the game had just begun to drift back towards the County.

But with the fourth-wicket stand worth 55 Nixon was caught at short leg by the diving Scott Newman off Owais Shah for 24 and it was game on once again.

Boyce completed a very good half-century shortly after tea, but when off-spinner Shaun Udal ripped one through his defences the County, on 92-5, faced a choice of whether to press ahead or settle for batting out a draw.

Tom New was obviously intent on the former option, and Jigar Naik didn't look as though he was in Brigadier Block mode, either - but the rain arrived and three stoppages wrecked whatever positive intent the sixth-wicket pair had.

Leicestershire had completed the first part of their last-day task clinically enough as they took the final six Middlesex wickets for the addition of 87 runs to set up the run-chase.

They had built pressure on the Middlesex batters during Wednesday's final session and took up where they had left off.

Claude Henderson continued from the Nursery End and claimed his third wicket of the innings when nightwatchman Toby Roland-Jones swept to backward square leg.

The wicket the County urgently needed was that of Shah, who looked embedded as he picked off the runs on the way to a patient half-century during which time he found the 深圳搬家公司 boundary on only a couple of occasions.

Off-spinner Naik, though, found some bounce from the Pavilion End and Shah, on 55, edged to du Toit at first slip.

R E S I S TA N C E Skipper Matthew Hoggard immediately took the new ball and Nathan Buck, who had been wicketless in the game to that point, made a real impact.

Bowling with good pace and accuracy, Buck produced a three- wicket burst which ensured that Middlesex's resistance folded quickly.

Hoggard himself took the final wicket when Boyce held a fine, tumbling catch in the deep to remove the big-hitting threat of Pedro Collins.

The game was nicely set up at that point but as the weather closed in it became apparent in late afternoon that neither side was going to be happy with the final outcome.

Officers and an undercover unit from the city council's trading standards department raided a stall in the Shandwick Square centre, Easterhouse.

The teams had been acting on intelligence received by the trading standards unit and removed four vans full of counterfeit goods.

Among the labels seized were suspected fakes of Nike, G Star, Tiffany, Ugg Australia, Lacoste, Burberry, Hugo Boss, Links of London, Paul and Shark, Thomas Sabo, North Face, Stone Island, D&G and Chanel perfumes, handbags and clothing.

Trading standards officers were taken aback by the sheer volume of goods - which had a potential retail price of pound(s)250,000 - and the poor quality of much of it.

The council team was rounded upon by a number of irate customers, although no-one was arrested.

The goods are being stored at a secret location and if tests prove they are fake then they will be sent to Malawi, Africa, a country Glasgow has close links with.

A spokesman for the Trading Standards Unit said: "Many of these goods were probably destined to be Christmas gifts, but the quality of bootleg goods can vary wildly, so they may not have lasted much longer than the turkey.

"There is substantial evidence linking the fakes trade with organised crime, so buying a pair of counterfeit jeans could ultimately put money in the pockets of gangsters who try to ruthlessly abuse the same communities they sell to."

In recent years most counterfeit goods seized have been clothing, handbags and perfume rather than software or entertainment items.

Mr Kelly was one of three men who were stranded on the cheap MLB baseball jerseys lighthouse, eight miles off Land's End, during severe storms. It was the longest recorded time that anyone has spent on Wolf Rock.

To celebrate the addition of his story to the exhibition, three generations of the Kelly family went along to the museum.

Family Denis Kelly, his wife, Brenda, daughters Kathryn and Sarita and grandchildren Max, Christabel, Serena, Alexandra and Ventia all visited the museum to see the display, aptly entitled Keeping It In The Family. The Kellys come from a long line of lighthouse keepers - not only was Denis's father, William, a lighthouse keeper, but also his uncle and both grandfathers.

Denis was even born at a lighthouse - St Catherine's, on the Isle of Wight.

The new display at the museum explores the family's history and what life was like for lighthouse keepers at the turn of the last century.

Kathryn said: "It proves that it pays to be a hoarder.

"It was only when we were assembling pieces for the exhibit that we came to realise what a fine job our grandfather had done.

"It's has really brought the story to the fore for the whole family and it's very moving to see the family story displayed so beautifully."

After a 12-inning victory over the Boston Red Sox on Saturday night, the Tigers recalled pitcher Armando Galarraga and infielder Danny Worth from Triple-A Toledo.

Sizemore, a former Hickory High star, was hitting .206 with one homer and eight RBIs.

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MILWAUKEE | Brewers pitcher Doug Davis has been diagnosed with inflammation of the tissue surrounding his heart, a condition that is treatable but could keep him out about two weeks.

Jim Kleczka, a doctor at Froedtert Hospital and the Medical College of Wisconsin, said Davis has pericarditis, an inflammation of the membrane surrounding the heart. Kleczka classified it as a mild case that can be treated with anti-inflammatory medication.

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SAN DIEGO | Major league batting leader Andre Ethier has a fractured bone at the end of his right pinkie and isn't sure how long he'll be sidelined.

Ethier sustained the injury during batting practice Saturday and sat out Los Angeles victories Saturday and Sunday at San Diego. He was scheduled to be examined by a hand specialist Sunday in Los Angeles.

"It could be a couple of days, it could be longer than that," Ethier said.

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The new political leadership with Conservative David Cameron at the helm has to deal with high unemployment rate of around 8% by creating more local jobs and, at the same time, cut government spending by almost $9 billion this year. While outsourcing and offshoring of non-core back-office activities can help the government achieve this goal, some officials and experts say, the government is more inclined to establish shared service centers in order to avoid any mass-offshoring fears.

"The current government's focus on giving greater autonomy to agencies is likely to mean that we see a range of public sector bodies within a local area working together towards common goals of reduced costs and economies of scale," said Jessica Hawkins and Ian Brown, analysts at UK-based research firm Ovum.

For India's outsourcing and back office firms including EXL Services, Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) and others , shared service center opportunity could be worth between $2-3 billion over next few years, experts tracking the sector said.

"I suggest this is one of the routes they will have to evaluate to meet imposed target spending reductions, however , reluctant they may be to look at giving their processes to 3rd parties," said Bob McDowall, research director at TowerGroup.

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From the mouthwatering kolach to the colourful vynoks and time-honoured traditions, the 45th edition of Canada's National Ukrainian Festival is expected to attract more than 7,000 visitors to the Selo Ukraina site near Dauphin this weekend.

With 45 years under its belt, executive director Gail Himpe says the festival made a name for itself long ago; now it's just a matter of keeping up with new trends while at the same time staying true to its traditions.

"We're continuing along the lines of last year with our Sunday night performance being more of a modern concert," Himpe said. "Typically, it has been more of a traditional variety show ... but this is part of how we want to encourage young and old, and all of the people in between to come out and enjoy the festival."

As the last-minute planning wraps up, Himpe says all signs point to the festival being yet another resounding success -- despite hefty competition throughout the province from events like Minnedosa's Rockin' the Fields and the kickoff to Folklorama in Winnipeg.

"Our camping (more than 300 sites) is nearly sold out and we've heard again and again that there's a lot of people who are making the trip out because it is that milestone anniversary," she said.

"(After the festival) we will take a week to breathe, and then get right back into planning again ... We're going to have to start pre-planning for that big 50th anniversary soon."

To date, an army of 500 volunteers has been assigned duties, and Himpe expects the roster will grow throughout the weekend as more people step up Louis Vuitton Belts Handbags to help out.

"It really is a phenomenal undertaking to arrange all of these volunteers," she said.

"We're so thankful that we have this many people who are willing to come out and pitch in year after year."

The festival, which kicks off Friday at 7 p.m., is the largest of its kind in Canada.

A complete schedule of events can be found at CNUF.ca.

Festival Highlights

* Festival Marketplace: Where else will you find merchants gathered from across the country to present a wide variety of Ukrainian products and services? From T-shirts, embroidered blouses to traditional Ukrainian music and modern Ukrainian pop and rock CDs.

* Cultural display area: Displays include embroidery, woven tapestries, traditional Easter supper and Christmas Eve supper displays. Demonstrations of weaving, traditional pysanky (Ukrainian Easter Egg) decorating and wheat weaving are also available.

* Culinary demonstrations: Stop and learn about the preparation of traditional breads like the kolach, Easter paska and wedding korovai. Discover culinary delights such as beet leaf buns, khrustyky and varenyky.

* Ukrainian Ritual Breads: The intricately braided, richly decorated distinctive breads and pastries play an important role in the customs of the Ukrainian culture.

* Pysanky decorating: Adults and children are invited to learn the art of pysanky decorating. Participants can design their own and take it home as a souvenir.

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With Wootton beating fellow strugglers Endon, victory was essential if Hanford were to remain on the coat-tails of the teams above them.

But even though visits from high-flying Bagnall and Woore are looming, Machin, pictured right, is confident of staying in the league.

"It was a good job we managed to pick up a victory because Wootton also won and it has started to open up a bit," said Machin.

"There are perhaps four teams involved in the relegation battle, but winning has enabled us to drag other teams into trouble. It certainly makes the division more interesting.

"At this time of the season you do get a few odd results, so when Wootton beat Bagnall a few weeks ago it made teams sit up and take notice.

"There are some decent teams in the bottom half of the table, but I believe we will survive.

"We need to show the attitude and application we did on Saturday for the rest of the season and we'll be OK."

Seamer Mike Coxon stepped up to the cheap_Chanel Flap_shop_usa_uk_21 plate on the big occasion to take 6-98 as Porthill Park were bowled out for 168.

Andrew Pickerill weighed in with 3-42, while Matt Farr (46) and Chris Matthews (45no) impressed with the bat for Porthill.

Hanford's experienced opener Ian Davies then maintained his good form with 73 to lay the platform for his side's run chase.

Roger Davis added 26 before an unbeaten 28 from Mark Haggerty saw Hanford home. "Porthill made a good start, but Andrew Pickerill and Mike Coxon bowled really well and managed to get through their batting line-up," added Machin.

"Bowling them out for 168 was a great effort, and Mike, especially, was superb. He bowled replica Hermes Handbags unchanged, but he's an experienced player and realised he didn't have to charge in on that surface.

"I thought 150 was going to be a competitive score and it was important our openers provided a solid platform for us in the run chase.

"When you get a start like that it makes life a lot easier and everyone else chipped in to see us home."

Victory may have given Hanford the edge in the race to avoid relegation to the Stone League, but Machin remains wary of the challenges ahead.

"The win has given us a bit of breathing space, but we have tough games coming up against Bagnall and Woore," he said. "We need to pick up as many points as possible to help widen the gap between us and bottom spot."

VisTracks said its executives will be available to officially unveil the VisTracks Position and Movement Analytics platform in the Telecom Council Innovation Showcase. VisTracks is exhibiting in booth 908L, and will be speaking on the Innovation Showcase stage two times Colorado-Rockies each day in the morning and afternoon Rapid Fire Presentations sessions.

"VisTracks Position and Movement Analytics is the kind of intelligence that creates completely new value from the mobile world. GPS and location information is interesting, but it only becomes powerful when we can gather, store, shape, and use it in intelligent new ways," said Derek Kerton, Chairman of the Board for the Telecom Council, and Principal Analyst at the Kerton Group. "We're eager to have leaders like VisTracks pushing the technology envelope in the Innovation Showcase."

VisTracks was selected as one of 16 companies to participate in the Telecom Council's Innovation Showcase Startups out of a highly competitive field of over 100 start-up companies. The selection was made by a council member panel of judges from companies such as: Northwest Venture Partners, Marvell, Nokia Growth Partners, Huawei, true religion Qualcomm, The Kerton Group, Verizon Wireless New Business Development, AT&T Corporate Business Development, Motorola Ventures, and DoCoMo Capital.

"This is an opportunity that lines up with plans to launch our new cloud-computing platform," said Keith Gelinas, EVP of Business Development at VisTracks. "There is exceptional synergy and alignment between VisTracks' future vision for creating value from position and movement data created by wireless infrastructure and the attendees at this conference and exhibit."

Position and Movement Analytics enables VisTracks customers to capitalize on decision opportunities created in the last 90 seconds by performing real-time statistical analysis (correlation, univariate and multivariate statistics) on a new class of rich data called Position Facts. VisTracks' distinction from traditional tracking or historical analytics software is a focus on the analysis of the data. The VisTracks platform is tuned to perform statistical and predictive analysis of real-time and ongoing position and movement data (Position Facts).

VisTracks provides a cloud-based Position and Movement Analytics platform for solutions providers and partners who need to develop software to sense, record, react, analyze, predict and visualize real-time, and ongoing location-specific data streams.

The Telecom Council is an association which connects decision makers across the entire telecom ecosystem with each other.

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You can blame him for extending the limited shelf life of Victoria beyond all fathomable lengths. You can blame him for crimes against haircuts. You can blame him for making high-pitched squeaky voices - the type that are only audible to dogs - acceptable in public.

But the most pernicious, woeful legacy that Beckham and his overpaid, undereducated, overindulged footballer pals will leave us with is the tattoo. It was footballers who made the tattoo fashionable - and it is footballers who are responsible for turning us into a nation of ink addicts.

That's right, thanks to Golden Balls and his rapidly disappearing surface area, we'll soon be a nation of needledecorated Victorian circus freaks.

It wasn't too long ago that the only people who had tattoos were sailors, paras, ex-convicts and New Zealand Maoris.

Nothing wrong with any of those, of course. Having a tattoo back then was about being part of a gang.

It was a rites of passage symbol; a sign of fitting in; of signing up forever to something with meaning; of something greater than yourself. Longines Replica Unless, of course, you were an ex-convict, when having a tattoo was largely about making yourself look like less of a target at shower time. But now, every Tom, Dick or Harriet has one. A recent survey found one in five of us has now found it necessary to permanently decorate our skins with ink. You can barely walk down to Cooplands for your daily sausage roll these days without being affronted by some young mother with a fag in one hand and a pram in the other, with some generic Celtic-cross trying to escape out of the back of her ill-fitting, exposed G-string and up her back. It's the same with blokes.

The number of lads, barely out of their teens, almost covered from head to toe with garish skulls and naked women designs is growing at a frightening rate. It makes me shudder when I imagine them turning up for their first job interview. "So, Mr Smith, what was it about the tattoo of Satan on your forearm that you believed would qualify you for the role of primary school classroom assistant?" Needless to say, I haven't got a tattoo.

The very thought of desecrating my beautifully moisturised skin with something that can't be removed makes me feel queasy.

The thing that worries me most about this tattoo lark is that, at the moment, it's the height of fashion.

And, like all things fashionable - it will soon be out of fashion. Unlike Becks and co, who'll be able to have their hideous Prison Break-style body art removed by some state-of-the-art laser technology, the rest of the poor saps with Lady Gaga tattooed across their back will be stuck with her for life. And it may be fine when you're young and pert.

But just imagine what you'll look like when you're old and wrinkled. We'll look like a nation of mouldy satsumas that some child has scribbled on with biro. In Japan, when hoodlums joined the Yakuza, they had to have their little finger chopped off as a sign of loyalty and identification.

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THE head of a motivational training company is aiming to win over the infamous business dragons when he appears on the hit TV show Dragons' Den.

Managing director of Tree of Knowledge Gavin Oattes, who lives in Trinity, will be seen making a pitch for financial support to some of the country's highest-profile entrepreneurs when the BBC programme airs on Monday night.

The Tree of Knowledge team asked the millionaire Dragons - Scot Duncan Bannatyne, Theo Paphitis, Deborah Meaden, Peter Jones and James Caan - to invest GBP100,000 in their Dunfermline-based firm, in return for a 10 per cent stake.

But Mr Oattes, a father-of-one, is keeping tight-lipped about whether or not he clinched a deal.

"We're telling everyone they will have to tune in at 9pm on Monday to find out," he said. "It was one of the most surreal, exciting, yet terrifying things we have ever done. You go in and you just don't know what to expect. It sounds really silly but it was exactly like it is on the telly."

Mr Oattes, 31, and fellow director Alan Burton, 28, travelled to London in April to record their slot.

The pair spent two-and-a-half hours in the den discussing their plans for the business with the Dragons, and even got them to take part in one of the company's motivational activities, which involves untying a huge knot in multi-coloured skipping ropes.

Tree of Knowledge, which specialises in "using the power of laughter to motivate people", takes its motivational techniques and tricks to businesses as well as primary and secondary schools mainly in Scotland, but the company wanted the Dragons' help and investment as it prepares to attack the English market.

One of the firm's key products is the Apodo, an oddly-shaped, multi-coloured tool kit full of weird and wonderful materials designed to motivate people.

There is an Apodo in around 1400 primary and secondary schools in Scotland. The Tree of Knowledge team felt that the Dragons' support would help with a planned October launch for the business market.

The corporate Apodo features a mixture of items, ranging from skipping ropes to a movie camera, for use in interactive activities designed to motivate bosses and their staff.

Mr Oattes, a former primary school teacher who also does stand-up comedy, added: "I think it's the fun element of what we do that makes us stand out. But while we use entertaining ways to help bring out the best in people, we are a serious business with clear ambitions, which is why we sought the Dragons' support."

The company also hosts Fun@Work days in the unlikely setting of Edinburgh Zoo, where corporate clients enjoy a comical lecture interspersed with fun activities designed to Juicy Couture Watch promote positive thinking.

The firm also provides workshops for school pupils, including one called Laugh in the Face of Exams, which helps teenagers "lighten up" before the most testing time of the school year.

Like some other Tree of Knowledge workshops, it features activities such as "moving Polo mints with your mind" and another that involves jumping through hoops.

Tree of Knowledge, based at Dunfermline Business Park, was reformed last year
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Smith, whose side hosts Villa today, was delighted to be given his chance in the top flight after joining on a four-year deal from Watford in August.

But cash-strapped Pompey have failed to get off the bottom of the Premier League table since then, and a nine-point deduction for going into administration sealed their relegation.

While many of Pompey's players are on loan from other clubs and may seek pastures new in the summer, Smith says he would consider staying at Fratton Park.

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Friends "The Championship is a great league. I've got a lot of friends in it, so I watch it closely. I enjoy playing in it.

"It would be great to stay in the Premier League, but that's not going to happen next season."

After watching Newcastle and West Brom regain their top-flight spots at the first attempt this season, Smith feels Pompey could do the same.

And he believes blooding academy players Joel Ward, Matt Ritchie and Lenny Sowah against Wigan on Wednesday could help their cause.

He said: "The teams that went down last season have done great this year, and hopefully Pompey can do the same. We've got some good young players as well. Matt Ritchie and Joel Ward, who made their debuts on Wednesday night, did great."

Pompey boss Avram Grant was criticised for leaving a number of last Sunday's FA Cup semi-final heroes out of his squad for the goalless draw at the DW Stadium.

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MATT LAWLESS was the toast of Sefton Park after he secured a dramatic one-wicket victory over arch rivals Liverpool in the First Division In a thrilling finish Lawless walked out to face the last ball with Sefton nine wickets down and needing two runs to win

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Andy Barlow (53) and Dean Skelton (38) gave Southport hope but Sam Corlett (3-46) and Tomas Sephton (3-70) pegged them back, and at 190-9 the game looked over, but last pair Dale Cranston (23no) and David Britton (21) battled bravely before Britton was dismissed by Corlett

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Try explaining it to someone from another country: "You see, there's this special rodent in Pennsylvania, and if he sees his shadow on Feb. 2, there will be six more weeks of winter."

There's something innocent, nostalgic and childlike about it. Groundhog Day has a charming, stuck-in-time quality that stands in stark contrast to the rational, technological modern world.

Maybe that's a partial explanation why the movie "Groundhog Day" has such staying power. The 1993 comedy stars Bill Murray as a Pittsburgh weatherman whose sent to Punxsutawney to cover Groundhog Day. He finds that every morning, he wakes up in the same hotel room in Punxsutawney, on Groundhog Day.

Murray's Phil -- a sardonic, sarcastic, career-climbing meteorologist -- is vexed by the weird whims of fate that left him stranded in a small town, where time literally stands still.

Though it's a nightmare for Murray's character, there's also something alluring about a world that never changes, and getting the chance to do things over again until you get it right.

"I don't think there's a person who hasn't sat down and said, 'Boy, I'd like to repeat that day,' " says Dave Phillips, 41, of Vandergrift. "There's that one comment he (Murray) makes about how he was on the beach drinking and met a girl -- 'Why couldn't I have that day over and over again?' "

Being stuck in snowbound central Pennsylvania in February isn't Phil's idea of fun. Its quirky, small-town characters grow more grating and annoying as they become familiar -- and predictable.

To Phillips, who lived in Charlotte, N.C., when the movie came out, it reminded him of Pennsylvania, and home.

Pittsburgh Filmmakers brought the movie back to the Regent Square Theater for a night in January, as part of its "Chase the Winter Blues: American Comedies" series.

Gary Kaboly, director of exhibition for Pittsburgh Filmmakers, says the movie has reached the elusive cult-classic status.

"I think Bill Murray has a lot to do with it," Kaboly says. "Something about the idea of repetition, and realizing mistakes of the past, and being able discount sporting goods to rectify them."

Paul Blackham, 46, of Trafford, says "Groundhog Day" has a multifaceted appeal.

"It's simple, comparatively clean, has great, memorable lines, has a feel-good story line about a man getting chance after chance to change from being a loathsome narcissist into a real, honest-to- goodness nice guy," he says.

"It celebrates the values of an American small town. Its dramatic device is totally unique, and has become synonymous in our culture with somebody having to repeat something over and over again. And Bill Murray does his best work in it."

The way Phil reacts to his inexplicable curse resembles the ways that people typically cope with situations that are out of their control, Blackham says.

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It is entirely possible that nobody, not even perhaps Queen Elizabeth herself, has ever known what she was really like, so great the charm, the smiling gaze, the gloved arm, the almost wistful voice, the lilting politeness, yet so strong the nerve, so dogged the spirit, so determined the trajectory. And so many were the gossamer veils that enwrapped her aura that these two extremes invariably melded into a rose-centered sweetness.

For nearly 70 years Queen Elizabeth, like most royalty, nurtured the cultivation of a facade. To an adoring mass, she was Titania; few glimpsed the dagger beneath her flower-strewn couch.

In William Shawcross's majestic and elegantly written biography, we come closer than any other to the kernel of Queen Elizabeth's being. His diligent research brings her alive. Her early letters, for decades lain in stout towers and distant castles, reveal an amorous playfulness; they become ever more sober and poignant as destiny hurls some dastardly thunderbolts. Now and then the author shows that a heart of steel could beat under Norman Hartnell's flounces.

Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon was born with the good sense and sensibilities characteristic of her class and clan. In youth she did the typical duties of wartime, and in the worldshattered aftermath, attended the typical parties and pleasures needed for forgetting it. There were many flirtations, but her eventual and almost rueful acceptance of Prince Albert (the future George VI)'s repeated proposal brought her into a circle and a court that was largely a male preserve. In it she was the epitome of young womanhood, a weapon she was to use, not unlike her Tudor namesake, with consummate skill.

At a time when her mother-in-law, Queen Mary, was replacing Edwardian plush and fringe with neo-Georgian rep and braid, and George V had just lifted the ban on actors and actresses attending court - he had a bit of a thing about the stage (though it took another 40 years for them to be allowed into the Ritz Hotel in General Franco's Madrid) - young couples were seeing their first blue-period Picasso, and taking tentative turns to 'Tea for Two' on the 'grammy'.

The new Duchess of York saw that she could gently bring the court up to date - photo links of london charms shoots for Vogue, dancing with Fred Astaire - yet remain, as the second son's wife, not too glaringly near a limelight permanently trained on the glamorous, gallivanting, golden-headed Prince of Wales; they would be a handsome, kind, retiring couple with two adorable tots. As another reviewer has pointed out, at the time it was generally assumed that the Yorks would have more children. But in 1935, when the Duke was just 40, his father made his muchquoted remark: 'I pray that my eldest son [the Prince of Wales] will never marry and have children and that nothing will come between Bertie and Lillibet and the throne'.

These words surely imply he knew of a decision that the Yorks would not conceive again.

Conception was proving something of a problem for the next king, the gilded Edward.

The writer, Edith Olivier, noted in her diary: The King seems as mad as George III . . . throwing things about . . . abdicated once then tore it up, has now abdicated again. Patricia [Lady Hambledon] says he has had injections to make him able to have childre
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