Although grooms-to-be would not be the least bit pleased, Britain's Prince Charles has the legal right to sleep with Welsh virgins on their wedding night if he so desired. The prince became a Welsh landowner when he purchased the 192-acre Llwynywormwood Estate, in the village of Myddfai, Carmarthenshire, last year, and, under an ancient law, he is entitled to sleep with local virgins before the groom - unless their new husbands hand over 65 cents.

British company SNO!zone is offering a white Christmas on auction site eBay to raise money for charity. SNO!zone, which operates three indoor ski slopes, promises to deliver a 10-ton truck loaded with snow on Christmas Eve. Winner of the auction will also get a decorated Christmas three, a front door wreath and Christmas lights.

A British high street store has ordered 100,000 souvenirs to mark a royal engagement. The merchandise company is preparing to mark the engagement of Prince William and his girlfriend Kate Middleton, in case they decide to wed sometime soon. Executives at the supermarket chain Woolworths are so convinced the young couple - who have been dating for three years - will soon announce their engagement that they are producing 20 commemorative products including mugs, spoons, car flags, computer mouse pads and even a mobile phone. A Will and Kate pick 'n' mix selection of sweets is also in the pipeline.

A new study finds that "man flu," the psychological condition in which men claim to suffer more from colds than women, is a fact. A survey conducted by a university in Cardiff, Wales shows that men feel they are suffering from flu when all they have is colds, and that they take more time off than women with the same symptoms.

About 700,000 people in Australia told police they should not be fined for speeding because they were not driving the car at the time. Hundreds of them also listed dead people as the actual drivers. After launching an investigation, police found that hundreds of people named the same dead man from West Sydney or they blamed drivers from out of state for speeding in their vehicles to avoid fines.