Libel Settlements Accepted by Britons
<i> Associated Press</i>
LONDON —
British Prime Minister John Major and caterer Clare Latimer have accepted nominal libel settlements from the New Statesman and Society magazine over its report of gossip that they had an affair, the magazine said Tuesday.
In Tokyo, where he is attending a summit of the world’s leading industrialized nations, Major said the magazine acknowledged that the rumors were untrue.
Major and Latimer each accepted $1,500 in out-of-court settlements of their suits against the leftist weekly, which will also pay their legal costs.
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