A car once used to chauffeur Britain's Princess Diana around raised just a little more than $12,000 at an auction on Thursday. The Jaguar Sovereign, a 1992 model in Westminster blue, went under the hammer along with 30 other vintage cars in the sale at Manchester's Simon Charles Auctioneers. The vehicle - made to order for Buckingham Palace - sold for a modest $12,065, well under the price expected by the auctioneers.

Britain's late Princess Diana's childhood bicycle is to go on show at an Essex toy museum Friday. The Tracker bike - which the princess rode when she was aged seven - will be displayed at Standsted's The House on the Hill Toy Museum. Alan Goldsmith, owner of the Essex attraction, which claims to be the largest privately owned toy museum in Europe, purchased the bike for $ 2,671.

Postcards featuring Britain's late Princess Diana have been banned from royal palace shops. Buckingham Palace and other royal residences have stopped the sale of postcards bearing Diana's image in line with their rule dictating that only cards featuring current members of the royal family should be sold. The move comes despite predictions that the postcards of Diana - who was killed in a tragic Paris car crash on August 31, 1997 - would be hugely popular as the country approaches the 10th anniversary of her death.

Britain's Prince William is to be guest of honor at an alien concert. Michael C. Luckman, author of 'Alien Rock: The Rock 'n' Roll Extraterrestrial Connection', says the 24-year-old prince has a strong interest in alien activity and is "infatuated" with his book. William is such a follower that Luckman plans on inviting him to his 'Signal to Space Concerts', aimed at establishing peaceful contact with UFOs through music.

Britain's Prince William's conception is to be recreated by performance artists with a "live sex performance. "Actors wearing cardboard boxes emblazoned with the faces of William's parents - Prince Charles and the late Princess Diana - will get amorous in front of a live audience.