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The Duke of York became King George VI and she became Queen Elizabeth. Despite her age and two hip re placements, the Queen Mother remains active and is the favorite royal for many Britons. coming TV documentary, the newspaper Expressen reported Thursday. “Silence has been a necessi ty.” She does not look back fondly on her days with the pop group. “It was horrible sometimes," she said. “It was fever, it was hys teria, it was sweaty, obsessed crowds. “I felt like they would take hold of me and I would never be able to get away." Even with the interview, Faelt- skog is still staying out of view. She did not allow the docu mentary makers to record her re marks on camera, Expressen re ported. he Balia Soprano singer pulled from shows at Italy festival ABBA member breaks silence with documentary STOCKHOLM, Sweden (AP) — Former ABBA member Agnetha Faeltskog broke a decade-long public silence, saying she needed the quiet to calm down from the feverish years of superstardom. Since putting out a solo album in 1987, Faeltskog has lived a pri vate life in an island suburb of Stockholm with her two children. Their father is Faeltskog’s ex- husband, Bjoern Ullvaeus, anoth er old ABBA member. “For a 10-year period I have nei ther played nor sung nor listened to ijiusic,” Faeltskog said in an up- NEW YORK (AP) — Cecilia Bar- toli has pulled out of her sched uled performances in “Pelleas and Melisande” next month at the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, the music festival in Florence, Italy. The performances by the 31- year-old mezzo-soprano, who has never sung Melisande on stage, were considered the highlight of the annual festival. Bartoli canceled concert per formances of “L’Heure Espag- nole” in New York and Cleveland this month because of bronchitis. She pulled out of her Melisande run because festival organizers scheduled a radio broadcast of the opening perfor mance without her permission, Edgar Vincent Bartoli’s spokesman said. a day of prayer. Ventura broke with thep 1 of his predecessors, whoi ly proclaimed a prayer day junction with the National Prayer. “I believe in the separ church and state," Ventura "We all have our own religic liefs. “There are people who are atheists, who do r lleve at all. ...They are all d | of Minnesota and I have spect that," he said. The Minnesota Family criticized Ventura’s decisi ing that the prayer prod dates to 1795, when Prf George Washington dedal day of public thanksgivirl prayer. “I would think the govel the very least would giveKVar recognition to a day of prep i'i, he gave to Mick Jaggera;I othi Rolling Stones," Tom Priciv;« lilv group’s president, said. 1^, Rolling Stones Dajwail 1Jtc 15. |(AF |uring tie ca: plan. Ventura refuses day of prayer proclamation ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Gov. Jesse Ventura, who once used his office to proclaim Rolling Stones Day in Minnesota, refused to sign a proclamation making Thursday American artist lergi showcases pieti» in Rio de Janeif H ti RIO DE JANEIRO, Bra/: 1^ Jenny Holzer intends to Rio’s landscape. ttl The American artist w # y messages from a boat on:m e c city landmarks as SugarlcM^ t Copacabana Fort on Fridav* j of her new show, “ProteM| ir1 From What I Want." M w The show runs through jML, then goes to Sao Paulo,ArJL? and Mexico. W ve It is Holzer’s first in* 11 ™ show in Latin America a| plores the public provocative phrases. It is an idea she devetoJ the 1970s with “Truisms.] included flashing phrases:L , boards in New York City'sll c Square. 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