XPost: alt.gossip.royalty   
   From: banana@REMOVE_THIS.borve.demon.co.uk   
      
   In article , banana writes   
      
   >In article <1157180358.295646.268430@e3g2000cwe.googlegroups.com>,   
   >volcaran writes   
   >   
   >>Butler-Sloss is stated to be the ex-judge likely to take-over the Diana   
   >>Inquest according to the BBC. Contrary to some speculation here earlier   
   >>about the appointment of a judge to "get round" the Royal Coroner   
   >>status of the inquest or to effectively make it a public inquiry, the   
   >>report indicates that a jury selected from the royal household will   
   >>still apply - presumably on the basis that her appointment would be as   
   >>a deputy to Burgess in his capacity a Royal Coroner.   
      
      
      
   >>Lady Butler-Sloss was a High Court and Appeal Court judge and President   
   >>of the Family Division.   
   >   
   >She is chairman of the Security Commission.   
      
   While the Cabinet Office list her as holding this post, it has also been   
   reported that she retired last year and there are three vacancies on the   
   commission, including by implication the chairmanship.   
      
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   banana "The thing I hate about you, Rowntree, is the way you   
    give Coca-Cola to your scum, and your best teddy-bear to   
    Oxfam, and expect us to lick your frigid fingers for the   
    rest of your frigid life." (Mick Travis, 'If...', 1968)   
      
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