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The Nome Nugget
Nome, Nome County, Alaska
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The British Royal family denied a Sunday Pictorial story claiming Queen Mother Elizabeth consulted Irish crystal gazer Tom Corbett at Clarence House about Princess Margaret's marriage prospects. The Palace issued a rare denial, the last in May over Margaret's engagement to Peter Townsend.
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LONDON, (AP) - The Royal family has denied a newspaper story that Queen Mother Elizabeth has been getting tips on the future from an Irish crystal gazer.
The Sunday Pictorial said the soothsayer was Tom Corbett, 41, from Tipperary, who used to do his crystal gazing in night clubs.
The story said he regularly visited the Queen Mother's residence, Clarence House, to read the crystal ball for her.
The paper speculated that the 58-year-old Queen Mother wanted to know about Princess Margaret's future, particularly her marriage prospects.
The story concerning the crystal gazer visiting Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother, at Clarence House is untrue, said the denial from Buckingham Palace.
Royal denials formerly never were issued and still are extremely rare. The last was in May, when the Palace denied that Princess Margaret would become engaged to Peter Townsend, the divorced Air Force hero whose love she renounced in 1955.
Callers at Corbett's apartment in the Westminster section of London were told he was away and it was not known when he would return.
The Sunday Pictorial said he had refused to comment on the reported sessions with the Queen Mother.
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the story is untrue, as per buckingham palace denial.
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The Royal family denied a newspaper report that Queen Mother Elizabeth received tips from Irish crystal gazer Tom Corbett at Clarence House, possibly regarding Princess Margaret's future marriage. The denial from Buckingham Palace stated the story was untrue. Corbett was unavailable for comment.