Today in History-August 20
The York's separation was announced in March1992: Duchess of York in photos row
England have
Intimate photographs of the Duchess of York and a Texan businessman, John
Bryan, have been published in a tabloid newspaper.
The pictures, run by the Daily Mirror over 10 pages, show a topless Duchess
of York and Mr Bryan embracing by a swimming pool in the south of France.
Other photographs appear to show Mr Bryan kissing the duchess' foot.
The duchess is currently separated from her husband Prince Andrew.
However, she has always maintained that Mr Bryan was merely her "financial
adviser".
The pictures were taken by an Italian freelance photographer using a
telephoto lens.
Buckingham Palace said in a statement that the Queen was dismayed by the
decision of the Daily Mirror and other tabloids to publish the photographs.
A palace spokesman said: "We strongly disapprove of the publication of
photographs taken in such circumstances."
However, the editor of the Daily Mirror is defending its action.
Richard Stott said the pictures revealed the hypocrisy surrounding the
duchess' relationship with Mr Bryan.
The Duchess of York has spent the day at Balmoral in Scotland with other
members of the Royal Family.
John Bryan was in London with an army of reporters and photographers
besieging his flat.
Mr Bryan made no comment as he left at lunchtime.
The Texan had asked the Press Complaints Commission (PCC) to intervene
before the publication of the photos.
But the PCC said it would not censor a newspaper in advance of
publication.
It would also not decide whether publication was in the public interest
unless it got a formal complaint, the PCC added.
The Marchioness had been hired for a birthday party
1989: River crash 'kills 30'
Artificially 1969: FilmTheTheAA At least 30 people died when a pleasure
cruiser, packed with young party-goers, and a barge collided on the River
Thames.
The captain and second mate of the barge, the dredger Bowbelle, are now
under arrest.
Among those still missing are the captain of the cruiser, the Marchioness,
and a city banker who chartered the boat to celebrate his birthday.
There are fears the final death toll could be as high as 60.
Divers are still searching below deck where more bodies are expected to be
found.
Most of those on board were young people in their 20s.
Both vessels were moving down river towards Southwark Bridge in the early
hours of Sunday morning when they collided.
The Marchioness's owners said the 90-ton boat was struck a blow from the
2,000-ton dredger which forced it directly into the larger vessel's path.
They said the Bowbelle then ran over the cruiser forcing it underwater
"like a bicycle being run over by a lorry".
So far the owners of the Bowbelle have made no public comment.
Police commandeered other boats to search for survivors who had been tipped
into the river after the collision.
Party-goers on other cruisers witnessed the events and some tried to
help.
"We were all shouting at the driver to back up to try and rescue some of
the people which he did.
"We got back and some of the guys jumped into the water and pulled some of
the people onto our boat," said one witness, Rob Elliott.
So far 89 people are known to have survived the crash.
Earlier today some of them left the hospitals where they had been taken
after being pulled from the river.
Vocabulary:
dismay: to fill with fear and hopeless(沮丧;惊慌)
hypocrisy: the act or practice of pretending to be better than what one
actually is(伪善)
barge:a large low boat with flat bottom(驳船;游艇)
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