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Britain's Queen Elizabeth's hand washer has died. Peter Houison Craufurd - who held the title Washer of the Sovereign's Hands - performed the role when the 86-year-old monarch was in residence at the Palace of Holyroodhouse, but he passed away last week aged 82, the Daily Telegraph newspaper reports. Speaking in an interview prior to his death, he said: 'We used to have to write to Buckingham Palace to offer to wash the monarch's hands every time they were in residence at the Palace of Holyroodhouse.

C-SPAN will air college course on Clinton years Arkansas-Little Rock class to be 1st shown in its entirety by network 12/25/2002 Associated Press LITTLE ROCK, Ark. - The first college course to be aired in its entirety by the C-SPAN public affairs cable network will be devoted to former President Bill Clinton, its professor says. "The Clinton Presidency" will also be the first nationally televised class for the University of Arkansas at Little Rock, said Margaret Scranton, a political science professor who is developing the curriculum and who will teach the class starting Jan 16. An agreement between the...