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Saturday, May 3, 2014

Kate and Pippa Middleton
Photo: Pascal Le Segretain, Getty Images
By Peter Allen and Simon Tomlinson, May 1, 2014, U.K. Daily Mail

A leading French royal expert has accused Pippa Middleton of creating a 'false bottom' when she was bridesmaid of honour at the Royal Wedding.

The highly respected and influential Stephane Bern, 50, made the claim during a trip by Pippa, 30, to the vineyards of Bordeaux.

Mr. Bern, who is Knight of the Order of Grimaldi in Monaco and an expert on etiquette, used his TV chat show to reveal the information.

Referring to Pippa's famous appearance in Westminster Abbey on April 29, 2011, when she was praised around the world for her shapely figure, Mr Bern said: 'But of course she had a false bottom.

'I repeat it: she had a false bottom. You take her away from that and she has normal buttocks.

'It was an optical illusion. She knew there were a billion people watching. It was the moment to show it.’

He did not give details about the type of enhancement he believes she used.

Pippa was a little-known socialite until her sister, Kate, made her bridesmaid at her wedding to Prince William.

Pippa wore a white Alexander McQueen dress and became an instant international star, with many saying that her bottom made her particularly special.

In her first public speech in February, Miss Middleton joked that the gown may have fitted 'a little too well' as she revealed how the dress had transformed her life.

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Saturday, March 22, 2014

Source:  www.ainonline.com
By Simon Tomlinson, Mar. 21, 2014, UK Daily Mail

Malaysian Airlines today confirmed that flight MH370 had been carrying highly flammable lithium-ion batteries in its cargo hold, re-igniting speculation that a fire may have caused its disappearance.

The admission by CEO Ahmad Jauhari comes four days after he denied the aircraft was carrying any dangerous items and nearly two weeks after the plane went missing.

He said the authorities were investigating the cargo, but did not regard the batteries as hazardous - despite the law dictating they are classed as such - because they were packaged according to safety regulations.

The revelation has thrown the spotlight back on the theory that the Boeing 777 may have been overcome by a fire, rendering the crew and passengers unconscious after inhaling toxic fumes.  Lithium-ion batteries - which are used in mobile phones and laptops - have been responsible for a number of fires on planes and have even brought aircraft down in recent years.

According to US-based Federal Aviation Administration, lithium-ion batteries carried in the cargo or baggage have been responsible for more than 140 incidents between March 1991 and February 17 this year, it was reported by Malaysiakini.

In rare cases, aircraft have been destroyed as a result of fires started from the devices, although they have been cargo planes in both incidents.  In one case, UPS Airlines Flight 6 crashed while attempting an emergency landing in September 2010 en route from Dubai to Cologne in Germany.

Flight MH370 disappeared from radar screens two weeks ago on March 8 after taking off from Kuala Lumpur bound for Beijing.

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