It’s Fun And More At The British-Palace Parade

And now it’s time for Brit-royal corner.

First up is word of Queen Elizabeth’s courting of the Catholic Church. Seems the lead Windsor on Thursday became the first British monarch in 400 years to attend a Catholic service in her own country.

An 18th-century law forbids Brit-royals from converting to Catholicism.

Then comes word that Prince Edward may be marrying his girlfriend of two years, Sophie Rhys-Jones. The 31-year-old prince reportedly bought a $23,000 ring for his 30-year-old friend, who sources say is ready to quit her public relations job.

On this side of the ocean, the New York Post ran a pair of photos of the Duchess of York embracing her personal trainer, Josh Salsmann. The embraces are said to be, uh, intimate.

Loose talk

Warren Beatty on the plot twist of a president losing popularity for getting involved with a character played by Annette Bening: “I can’t imagine anyone losing votes for dating Annette.”

Emotionally, however, you can add a decade or two

Monica Seles turns 22 today.

And that we can call a self-fulfilling prophecy, grasshopper

In his autobiography, David Carradine described his marriage with wife Gail as “a stormy marriage with moments of great joy and beauty and moments of anger and sadness.” Now comes word that the two have split up.

But, apparently, she does do commercial musicians

Everything was going smoothly, and all were smiling at the recent Manhattan opening of artist Carolyn Beegan. Even boyfriend Billy Joel was in good humor. Then someone asked Beegan if she was planning to do the cover of Joel’s next album. “I don’t do commercial art,” she sniffed.

Perhaps she made him sing ‘Like a Virgin’

Another uncoupling item: Seems Madonna and her squeeze-of-the-moment, the single-named New York artist Carlos, have called it an affair. They apparently had a row in London, after which he flew back to the Big Apple and moved his things out of her Manhattan apartment.

And now they all live in Mikey’s Neverland

According to a forthcoming tell-all book by Margaret Maldonaldo Jackson, once the common-law wife of Jermaine Jackson, she suffered beatings, cheatings and worse from Michael Jackson’s big brother. The shock is, she writes, that Michael “is the most responsible Jackson.”

And here’s a final item to make your day complete

Ivana Trump. Married. On Wednesday. To Ricardo Mazzucchelli. An Italian businessman. In New York. Some 80 guests attended. But not her ex. You know. Donald Trump.

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