British press dominated by Diana's "new love"

Diana's Bosnia Trip Overshadowed by "Kiss" Photos

During her three-day visit to Bosnia, some newspapers back in Britain were haggling in telephone-number figures for private photographs showing her embracing Dodi Al Fayed on a yacht in the Mediterranean. A day after the photos were first published, the pictures still dominated the British press.

Diana returned home on the day they were printed in the Sunday Mirror. Her visit was filled with heart-rending stories of suffering in a country riven by ethnic hatreds.

But the co-founder of the Landmine Survivors Network which was behind the Bosnian trip, Ken Rutherford, was convinced that it had been a success.

The Princess had wanted to visit Bosnia to raise awareness of people maimed by landmines who found it difficult to lead a normal life, he said. "This has been done. It has been a total success."

The trip had gained much publicity around the world for the landmine issue, particularly in America, he said. He added: "She never showed any sign of being upset about the publicity over her private life. But she wanted to know that the media was covering the trip properly. I told her it was."

Following publication of the photographs, the odds on her remarrying have shortened.

Bookmaker William Hill has cut its price on her getting married before January 2, 2000 to 4-7 from even money after the photographs appeared over the weekend.