Tony Blair was brought back to reality Wednesday when there was no car or bodyguards to meet his train. The former British Prime Minister and his wife Cherie Booth were left waiting for several minutes at Darlington station after his train from King's Cross, London, arrived 40 minutes late.

Continental Airlines Inc. is offering a group of passengers special travel vouchers. The coupons are not, however, part of any kind of promotional strategy - they're compensation for what passengers endured on a Continental trans-Atlantic flight last week. Things went wrong on Flight 71 right from the beginning when it took off June 13 from Amsterdam bound for Newark, N. J. The pilot decided to land the plane in Shannon, Ireland, after passengers complained of blockage in the lavatories.

Britain's Prince Charles' new waxwork was created in the 'greenest' way possible. Staff at London's Madame Tussauds museum took every effort to ensure the updated statue was as environmentally friendly as the 58-year-old royal himself. A source told Britain's Daily Express newspaper: "Tussauds thought it would be appropriate to ensure our Prince Charles was green.

Britain's Prince Andrew says the $997,100. 00 of tax payers' money he spends on traveling the world is "cheap at the price. " The 47-year-old - nicknamed Air Miles Andy for his frequent flying - is the British ambassador for trade and insists his role requires him to travel to meet foreign ministers and captains of industry. Prince Andrew told Britain's Independent on Sunday newspaper: "If you're doing what I'm doing, the only way to increase a country's awareness of what the U. K. can provide is to go and visit and maintain that relationship.

A teapot belonging to Britain's Queen Elizabeth I has sold for more than $1 million. The china "Wucai" piece, made for a Chinese emperor during the Ming dynasty in the late 1500s, went under the hammer at London auction house Sotheby's.