Queen Mother commemorative stamps sell six million on first day of release

MORE NEWS IN PICTURES

• Friday April 26, 2002
• Shock and grief as teenage gunman kills 17 and self in German school massacre
• The Queen inspects the Scots Guards at Windsor Castle
• Kate Moss showing her bump after dining out in a London restaurant with boyfriend Jefferson Hack
• Victoria Beckham as 'Queen Victoria' alongside Gary Lineker in the new Walkers TV commercial
• British designer Corrie MacDonald presents a $115,000 bra and panties set studded with 3,000 pearls
• US President George Bush greets Saudi Crown Prince Abdullah at his ranch in Texas
• Queen Mother commemorative stamps sell six million on first day of release
• Martina Hingis, Cindy Crawford and Anna Kournikova at the unveiling of Omega's first jewellery collection in Paris
• Prince Edward and wife Sophie visit the Duke Ellington School for Arts in Washington DC
• Thursday April 25, 2002
• Ant and Dec will sing England's official World Cup song, 'We're On The Ball'
• Michael Jackson performs at the benefit concert "A Night At The Apollo" in New York
• Wrestler-turned-actor The Rock in Spain to promote his film The Scorpion King
• TV show following the life of rock wild man Ozzy Osbourne and family to be shown in the UK
• Andrea Bocelli joins Pavarotti to present the "Pavarotti and Friends for Angola" charity concert
• Bridget Jones star Renee Zellweger 33 today
• Al Pacino 62 today
• Members of the international space crew and tourist Mark Shuttleworth wave goodbye as they board the Russian Soyuz shuttle
• Wednesday April 24, 2002
• Claudia Schiffer will marry fiance Matthew Vaughn in England next month, according to a German magazine report
• Twin Peaks star Kyle MacLachlan has married his fashion publicist girlfriend Desiree Gruber
• Eighties band A-Ha promote their comeback album 'Lifelines' in Madrid
• Male model Mark Vanderloo celebrates his 34th birthday today
• Latin heart-throb Ricky Martin buys luxury flat in Manhatten
• Toy Story tops recent poll as best Disney film ever
• Flamboyant French designer Jean-Paul Gaultier turns 50 today
• Bulgaria's prime minister and former king, Simeon, in Washington to discuss NATO membership with President Bush
• Second space tourist, Mark Shuttleworth ready for blast off
• Jubilation as a goal from Steve McManaman takes Real Madrid one step closer to the Champions League final in Glasgow
• Barbra Streisand 60 today
• Tuesday April 23, 2002
• Geri Halliwell performs in Moscow at the opening of new Bvlgari store
• Sylvester Stallone to be named action star of the millennium
• Robert Blake in court to face charges relating to the murder of his wife
• Child star Shirley Temple 74 today
• Rising star and presenter of BBC entertainment show Liquid News, Christopher Price found dead in his home
• President Bush and wife Laura congratulate Kirk Douglas on being awarded the National Medal of Arts
• Monday April 22, 2002
• The Scorpion King starring superstar wrestler The Rock, tops the North American box office

LATEST NEWS