People: Jun. 26, 2000

Prince Normal

Britain used to be a real monarchy. Then it wised up and got with democracy. But the democracy passed all sorts of crazy laws to protect the monarchy. That's why we left. Anyway, on Wednesday PRINCE WILLIAM exits minor-hood and turns 18, and the restrictions that protect him from being hounded by the media become as irrelevant as granddad Prince Philip. So, perhaps to prevent a feeding frenzy, the royal family offered up several official photos of the studly Prince doing all sorts of normal things--cooking, working on a computer, playing water polo--in hopes that his life will be...

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