Princess Margaret, younger sister to the Queen, died on Saturday after a long illness. She was known in euqal parts for her glamorous beauty and her rather vicious wit. She could be cold, gracious, haughty, rebellious, and distant but could never quite find happiness balancing love and her sense of duty. Constitutionally she had no place or duties and seemed to have battled that in her life. She was 71.



Saturday was the Pop Idol climax. For weeks, we've heard very little but the Pop Idol television competition -- where people audition to be viciously cut down by rather nasty judges. The winner won a record contract and the last two in the running were the topic of most conversations. Will is 23, posh, a bit of a queen. Gareth is 17, an angelic-faced boy who worked to overcome a very serious stutter. They both sang quite well, but may be destined to suffer the same fate as the insufferably insipid Pop Stars winners, Hear'say. Well that's really more than this whole thing deserved, though it's worth noting that more people voted in this competition than in the last general election.