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11:39 UK time, Monday, 3 September 2007

A service highlighting the riches of the daily press.

Say what you will about the diminishing influence of the Church of England on public life, but there's no doubt that when a figure as respected and authoritative as the Bishop of London speaks, the press listens.

"[T]en years after [Diana, Princess of Wales'] tragic death, there are regular reports of fury at this or that incident, and the princess's memory is used for scoring points. Let it end here," said Dr Richard Chartres at Friday's memorial service to mark the 10th anniversary of Diana's death.

It was a sentiment that received the Sun's full backing in an editorial the following day, Saturday.

"'To which we say a loud Amen'," was the Sun's emphatic approval of the bishop's call for a ceasefire in hostilities.

Fast forward 48 hours to Monday's Sun.

"MY CHARLES WEARS BEER GOGGLES TO FANCY THAT CAMILLA…"

"Devastated Princess Diana told her hairdresser that husband Prince Charles must be wearing 'BEER GOGGLES' to have an affair with Camilla," reports the Sun.

The revelation comes from one of the more obscure members of Diana's entourage, "personal crimper" Richard Dalton, who has broken his silence after 10 years.

His fringe (pardon the pun) status in the late princess' life is adequately emphasised by an archive snap from 1990 of Mr Dalton with the royal entourage. He's the one on the far left of the back row.

The Express' front page (which splashes with its now so familiar "MADELEINE" headline) is similarly off message: "Diana – vital new evidence that blows apart the police case."

However, the horror of all this pales in comparison to the image on the front of yesterday's Sunday Times News Review, which depicts veteran ´óÏó´«Ã½ hack John Humphrys as Adam in Michelangelo's iconic Sistine Chapel fresco… leaving nothing to the imagination.

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