BRITISH QUEEN SEEKS NEWSPAPER DAMAGES

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DATE: WEDNESDAY, February 3, 1993                   TAG: 9302030111
SECTION: NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL                    PAGE: A-8   EDITION: METRO 
SOURCE: The New York Times
DATELINE: LONDON                                LENGTH: Short
BRITISH QUEEN SEEKS NEWSPAPER DAMAGES
In the latest battle between the royal family and the press, the editor of a British newspaper said on Tuesday night that Queen Elizabeth II had demanded legal damages because the paper published the text of her annual Christmas message two days before it was to be broadcast.
Kelvin McKenzie, the editor of The Sun, said he had received a letter from the queen's lawyers, accusing the paper of copyright infringement for publishing the text without authorization. A spokesman at Buckingham Palace acknowledged that a letter had been sent by the queen's lawyers to the newspaper, but declined comment.

by Archana Subramaniam by CNB