THAT Would Embarrass Charles?

(From The Hartford Courant -- By Pat Seremet)

Officials at A CITY HALL in WALES avoided a potentially awkward situation, moving a portrait of PRINCESS DIANA from a wall just before a visit by PRINCE CHARLES.

Charles was due to have passed the portrait after making an address in the council chamber Thursday, but the painting was moved to a corridor the prince didn't pass through.

Officials in THE WELSH CAPITAL, CARDIFF, denied that the painting -- which features a young Diana in three different poses -- had been moved from the main hall to avoid upsetting Charles and his new wife, CAMILLA, THE DUCHESS OF CORNWALL, who accompanied him on the visit.

The city council said the painting was moved to make room for the council's charters.

A spokeswoman for Charles' CLARENCE HOUSE OFFICE said the decision wasn't taken to spare any blushes.

"It is not an issue; we are not trying to hide from it. There are pictures of Diana all over Wales; she was THE PRINCESS OF WALES after all," the spokeswoman said.