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EXCLUSIVE: My life with the royals... By the Queen's cousin and friend since childhood

By Mail On Sunday Reporter

Last updated at 2:54 AM on 12th June 2011

As the Queen prepares to celebrate her Diamond Jubilee, one of her closest relatives and oldest friends has been allowed to give an unprecedented insight into the family life of the Royals. There have been hundreds of other books claiming to offer a glimpse behind Palace doors, but this is the first written by someone who is closely related to the Royal Family and has shared their lives – not only throughout the Queen's reign but also through that of her father, King George VI.

The Final Curtsey, by Her Majesty's cousin and childhood playmate the Honourable Margaret Rhodes, is being serialised exclusively by The Mail on Sunday, starting today.

It tells in enchanting detail the story of Mrs Rhodes's relationship with the Royal Family over eight decades. The book, illustrated with delightfully informal and never-before-seen pictures, has been written with the full knowledge of the Queen, who has read and approved parts of it.

The Queen and I: The Honourable Lady Margaret Rhodes sits resting with the Queen during a trek through deer-stalking area at Balmoral

Born in 1925, the youngest daughter of the 16th Lord Elphinstone and his wife Mary (nee Bowes-Lyon), the Honourable Margaret Rhodes has led an extraordinary life. She was the childhood playmate of her cousin, the Queen; a wartime MI6 operative; and Lady-in-Waiting to her aunt, the Queen Mother. Now, at the age of 86, she has written an enchanting autobiography that paints an unprecedentedly intimate portrait of the private world of the Royal Family...

The entertainer: The Queen Mother, sporting tartan and a sprig of heather in a jaunty hat, shares a joke with Margaret at the log cabin at Birkhall she named the Old Bull and Bush

A world away from state banquets: The Queen and Margaret enjoy a relaxed lunch at Glen Beg, Her Majesty's log cabin on the Balmoral estate - with the Queen's gin and Dubonnet perched on the side

Solitary moment: Prince Philip breaks into his sandwich box for a snack in the shade of a stone house built by Queen Victoria for Prince Albert at Balmoral

Portrait of joy: A charming photo taken in the Balmoral woods perfectly captures the Queen Mother's abiding love of the countryside

All smiles: Beaming for an engagingly informal picture, the Queen at her Balmoral log cabin

Winning charm: The Queen Mother waves for the cameras during an outing from Royal Lodge, her home at Windsor, with the Queen

Words of wisdom: Prince Charles deep in conversation with his grandmother during a lunch in the sunshine on the Balmoral estate

Enjoying the garden: Margaret with the Queen, resplendent in her kilt, pausing for a snap during a quiet stroll around Balmoral

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`~` b L u E z `~` ``` amaZing events in pictures ```

 

Lightning strikes the Empire State Building in New York City. The photograph was taken from the roof of an apartment building on Mulberry Street in Little Italy during a violent thunderstorm on June 9.

A Great Horned Owl carries off an unidentified bird. Wildlife photographer Anthony C Gibson captured the great horned owl snatching its unsuspecting prey at a lake in Olney, Illinois, US

This US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) GOES satellite image shows Hurricane Adrian, a Category 3 hurricane, off the west coast of Mexico. Adrian strengthened to a major hurricane on Thursday off the Pacific coast of Mexico, with sustained winds of 115 miles (185 kilometres) per hour but posing no immediate threat to land.

Lightning from a line of severe thunderstorms flashes over downtown New London, Connecticut. A line of powerful thunderstorms sweeping across Connecticut knocked out power to thousands of homes. Connecticut Light & Power said close to 90,000 homes and businesses lost electricity.

Elaine Davidson, who holds the record for World's Most Pierced Woman, walks outside Edinburgh Registry Office after her wedding to Douglas Watson...

...Miss Davidson has 6,925 piercings

Miss USA 2010, Rima Fakih, is levitated by magician Nathan Burton at the Flamingo pool in Las Vegas, ahead of the 2011 MISS USA Pageant on June 19

A fight erupts among a group of cheetahs in the Ngorongoro Crater Conservation Area, in Tanzania. One of the cats leaps four feet in the air during the confrontation between two males. The encounter was a harsh lesson for the younger cheetah, who had been challenged by the older male. British photographer Elliott Neep captured the moments the family of three were approached by the cheetah

Three-year-old Rosie and her mum Becky Hughes enjoying the magical sight of the field of poppies at Blackstone Fields nature reserve, Bewdley, Worcestershire. The poppies at Blackstone are all wild, none have been planted. Poppy seeds can lie dormant in then soil for many years. Visitors are encouraged to come and view the amazing sight, which is right next to the busy A456 Bewdley bypass, but are requested to stay behind the roped off area to avoid disturbing nesting pairs of skylarks. The poppies are in full bloom but are expected to die down very soon.

Australia Zoo director Wes Mannion, with Shaka the saltwater crocodile. It will be all hands on deck at Australia Zoo this weekend for the biggest reshuffle of crocodile pens in nine years. The move - to be filmed as part of a documentary series due for release in the United States next year - will involve Terri, Bindi and Robert Irwin, as well as zoo director Wes Mannion. The shift has been sparked by the need to put one of the attraction's most famous reptiles, the 600kg Agro, into a warmer pond.

An asthma patient is given Fish Prasadam (Fish Medicine) by putting a small live fish in the mouth to swallow, in Hyderabad, India

Jessica Legorreta, 29, poses wearing her self-made Transformer motorcycle costume at her home in Mexico City. Legorreta - whose daytime job is an industrial designer - is, along with her husband, an avid cosplayer and cosmaker, a type of performance art in which participants don and make costumes and accessories to represent movie or comic characters.

Lady Gaga holds a placard given to her by a fan, during the TV show "Germany's next top model with Heidi Klum" in Cologne

The Royal Mint's new commemorative gold £5 coin, created to celebrate the Duke of Edinburgh's 90th birthday. The coin is the first to feature a portrait of Prince Philip on his own, while the portrait of Queen Elizabeth II is found on the obverse side. The coin can be purchased in silver for £59.99, a 22-carat gold coin costs £1,550, and a platinum version is £5,450. Available from www.royalmint.com

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`~` b L u E z `~` ``` aiDs :: 30 years history ```

 

Thirty years ago, the CDC published its first mention of the HIV virus. In honor of that anniversary we take a look back at the most important moments in AIDS history.

1981 On June 5, the Center for Disease Control's Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report publishes the first mention of what later is determined to be HIV. The report mentions five cases of pneumocystis carinii pneumonia in young men. The MMWR piece prompts reporting from New York, San Francisco and other cities of similar cases. Six men in New York set up a hotline, receiving 100 calls the first night. The hotline becomes the world's first HIV/AIDS service organization, the Gay Men's Health Crisis. No HIV/AIDS stats available

1982 Health workers first begin to use the term "acquired immunodeficiency syndrome," or AIDS, to describe the sudden cases of sarcoma or pneumonia infection in previously healthy people. No HIV/AIDS stats available

1984 Scientists identify the virus that causes AIDS -- first named after the T-cells affected by the strain. Its name is later changed to HIV, or human immunodeficiency virus. No HIV/AIDS stats available

1985 The Food and Drug Administration approves the first licensed test for HIV. Rock Hudson shocks the nation when he appears on TV with Doris Day as a "gaunt, ravaged" version of his former leading-man self. Soon after, the actor announces that he is dying of AIDS. As PEOPLE said at the time, his fans "could not accept the idea of a clean-cut, virile star being felled by such an insidious disease." Hudson dies on October 2. Hudson's good friend Elizabeth Taylor helps launch the American Foundation for AIDS Research (amfAR). DIAGNOSIS: 11,000 | DEATHS: 7,000

1986 Three brothers, Ricky, Robert and Randy Ray, are barred from a public school in Florida because of HIV infection. The Ray brothers are believed to have contracted the virus from tainted blood treatments for their hemophilia. After they win the ensuing court battle, the family's home is burned down in 1987. The events lead to a nationwide push for education about AIDS transmission. President-elect Bill Clinton tells Ricky before his death in 1992 that he will fund the fight against AIDS. DIAGNOSIS: 19,000 | DEATHS: 12,000

1987 Activist Cleve Jones makes the first panel for the AIDS Memorial Quilt. By 2011, the quilt contains more than 40,000 panels. The FDA approves AZT, the first antiretroviral drug for treating AIDS. Activist Larry Kramer creates ACT UP, the AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power. ACT UP becomes the leader of many nonviolent protests through the 1990s. Randy Shilts publishes his nonfiction book about the AIDS epidemic, "And the Band Played On." DIAGNOSIS: 21,000 | DEATHS: 16,000

1988 The Ad Council partners with amfAR and the National AIDS Network to launch a national AIDS education campaign. It's the first ad campaign in the U.S. to use the word "condom." One of the campaign's taglines: "Using it won't kill you. Not using it might." DIAGNOSIS: 37,000 | DEATHS: 21,000

1990 Congress passes the Ryan White Care Act shortly after the death of Ryan White, a heterosexual teen in Indiana who contracted HIV through hemophilia treatments. White was expelled from school in the mid-1980s because of prejudice, but his maturity and grace taught the country a lesson about those living with HIV. LIFE magazine publishes a photo of AIDS victim David Kirby as he takes one of his last breaths. The photo by grad student Therese Frare haunts the nation and becomes a symbol of the epidemic in America. DIAGNOSIS: 49,000 | DEATHS: 31,000

1991 Singer Paul Jabara starts the Red Ribbon Foundation, which begins distributing ribbons as a symbol of tolerance for those living with HIV/AIDS. In June, Tony Awards co-host Jeremy Irons becomes one of the first celebrities to wear a red ribbon -- creating a media stir in Hollywood. In November, three-time NBA MVP Magic Johnson announces that he has HIV and will retire from the Lakers. DIAGNOSIS: 60,000 | DEATHS: 36,000

1993 The movie "Philadelphia" is released starring Tom Hanks and Denzel Washington. In the drama, a man with AIDS is fired by a conservative law firm because of his condition, so he hires a homophobic lawyer to sue. The film makes more than $77 million at the domestic box office and is nominated for five Academy Awards, winning two. DIAGNOSIS: 77,000 | DEATHS: 44,000

1994 The rock opera "Rent" opens off-Broadway in New York. The show is an adaption of Puccini's "La Boheme" but replaces the original's tragic illness with HIV. It earns rave reviews, heads to Broadway and goes on to win a Pulitzer Prize for drama. Elizabeth Glaser, wife of actor Paul Glaser, loses her battle with AIDS, and her Pediatric AIDS Foundation is renamed. Glaser started the children's research foundation after she contracted HIV while giving birth. She unknowingly passed the virus on to her daughter through breast milk and her son Jakein utero. DIAGNOSIS: 73,000 | DEATHS: 50,000

1996 The Joint United Nations Programme on AIDS (UNAIDS) is established by the United Nations. It combines experts from six agencies to fight the AIDS epidemic. At the 11th International AIDS Conference in Vancouver, British Columbia, combination antiretroviral treatment is presented for the first time. These drugs are shown to be effective against HIV. DIAGNOSIS: 61,000 | DEATHS: 39,000

	1997 Media outlets report that for the first time since the epidemic began, the AIDS death rate has declined in the U.S. thanks to the success of drug therapies. DIAGNOSIS: 50,000 | DEATHS: 22,000
	1998 The company AIDSvax starts the first human trial of an AIDS vaccine using 5,000 U.S. volunteers. Doctors in San Francisco start a trial of post-exposure prevention, a method similar to Plan B in that it aims to prevent HIV after possible exposure before the virus takes hold. DIAGNOSIS: 43,000 | DEATHS: 21,000

1999 Researchers from the University of Alabama at Birmingham report a discovery of HIV-1 in a subspecies of chimpanzee. They believe this to be the source of the virus and theorize that human hunters contracted it when exposed to infected blood. Initial findings from a joint Uganda-U.S. study identify a new drug regimen as an effective and affordable way to reduce mother-to-baby transmission of the virus. DIAGNOSIS: 43,000 | DEATHS: 21,000

2000 The Clinton administration declares, for the first time, that AIDS is a threat to national security and to global stability. The Rev. Jesse Jackson publicly takes an HIV test after the CDC reports that African-American and Hispanic infection rates have overtaken those of white, gay men. DIAGNOSIS: 42,000 | DEATHS: 21,000

2001 The Associated Press runs a headline saying AIDS and LGBT activist Larry Kramer is dead. He's not. He's still working on his 4,000-page history of the gay community titled "The American People." UNAIDS marks the 20th anniversary of the first report of HIV. Executive Director Peter Piot says: "At the time, I read the report with great interest, but I never imagined I was looking at the first sign of an epidemic, that in just 20 years would have infected 60 million people, killed 22 million and achieved the status of the most devastating epidemic in human history." DIAGNOSIS: 42,000 | DEATHS: 21,000

2002 The FDA approves the first rapid HIV test, which produces results in less than 20 minutes. The test uses a finger prick to draw blood. DIAGNOSIS: 41,000 | DEATHS: 20,000

2003 The FDA approves the first of a new type of anti-HIV drug called Fuzeon (also known as enfuvirtide or T-20). This drug is designed to prevent the entry of HIV into human cells. The HBO TV miniseries "Angels in America" premieres, starring Al Pacino and Meryl Streep. The miniseries adapts a Pulitzer Prize-winning play of the same name. The plot follows two couples as they struggle to stay together during the AIDS epidemic in the 1980s. It wins multiple Emmy and SAG awards. DIAGNOSIS: 42,000 | DEATHS: 20,000

2004 George W. Bush launches PEPFAR, the U.S. President's Emergency Plan to combat AIDS worldwide. "This historic commitment is the largest by any nation to combat a single disease internationally," according to the PEPFAR website. DIAGNOSIS: 41,000 | DEATHS: 20,000

2005 For the first time, the FDA approves a generic AIDS drug made by a foreign country, allowing PEPFAR to provide cheaper medications overseas. The patent on AZT also reaches an end, allowing more generic versions of the drug. DIAGNOSIS: 40,000 | DEATHS: 20,000

2006 Singer Bono launches Product Red. Profits from the line of consumer goods are designated to fight the AIDS epidemic worldwide. "I feel a bit of a fraud, a bit of a loser because we are not winning in the war against AIDS," Bono says. Bill Gates announces he will step down as the head of Microsoft in order to donate his time to the Gates Foundation, the largest private source of funding in the fight against HIV/AIDS. Atripla, the first effective one-a-day pill to treat HIV, is approved in the U.S. DIAGNOSIS: 39,000 | DEATHS: 20,000

2009 President Obama removes a travel ban preventing HIV-positive people from entering U.S. This leads to the announcement that the International AIDS Conference will be held in the U.S. for the first time in more than 20 years. Washington's health department reports that D.C. has a higher rate of HIV and AIDS prevalence than West Africa, at 3%. No HIV/AIDS stats available

2010 A microbicide gel trial, known as CAPRISA 004, shows that the gel reduces the risk of a woman becoming infected with HIV during sex by almost 40%. CAPRISA research scientists Koleka Mlisana, Janet Frohlich, Leila Mansoor and Senge Sibeko, seen here, announce the breakthrough. A third phase of a PrEP trial reveals that drugs used to treat HIV may also be effective in preventing infection. Subjects taking a once-daily antiretroviral pill were 44% less likely to be HIV positive after male-to-male sex. No HIV/AIDS stats available

2011 The National Institutes of Health publishes the results of a study that says taking antiretroviral drugs at the onset of HIV leads to a dramatic reduction in HIV transmission to an uninfected heterosexual partner. "These results represent another significant step forward in HIV prevention and reinforce the importance of people everywhere knowing their HIV status and being linked to services for HIV prevention, care and treatment," CDC Director Thomas R. Frieden says. No HIV/AIDS stats available

Courtesy : Jacque Wilson and Matt Barringer - CNN , Avert.org, FDA, UNAIDS, CDC, AIDSQuilt.org, PEDAIDS.org, SPTimes.com, New York Times, ACTUP, Washington Post, PEOPLE, UN.org

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