The Best and The Worst of the British Press

May 18 -- Chelsea Clinton is to follow in her father's footsteps by studying at Oxford University, The Mirror reveals.

Chelsea, 21, is due to graduate from Stanford University next month and will arrive in England in October to pursue a master of philosophy or history degree at University College, Oxford, the paper reported.

Roland Enmarch, president of the college's common room, said: "Her father had a jolly good time here and I am sure she will, too."

The former president was a Rhodes scholar at Oxford in the 1960s.

A Royal Scare

It seems Sarah, Duchess of York may be concerned that her former dresser, Jane Andrews, who was sentenced to life in prison this week for killing her boyfriend, will write scandalous stories about her former employer, The Mirror says.

The paper reports Andrews' friends say she feels the duchess did not wield influence to help her in her murder trial.

Andrews worked for the former Sarah Ferguson for nine years, witnessing the breakdown of her marriage to Prince Andrew, her affairs with Steve Wyatt and John Bryan, and a near emotional breakdown.

One of Andrews' former colleagues said: "The duchess always said she could never afford to fall out with Jane. Quite simply she was aware Jane knew where all the skeletons were hidden."

Now that Andrews is facing life behind bars, Fergie fears she has nothing to lose by telling all, the paper says.

Killing the Pain

Limiting the quantity of over-the-counter painkillers to 16 tablets per pack for supermarket sales has reduced the number of suicides in Britain, reports The Guardian.

A study conducted by psychiatry professor Keith Hawton and his colleagues at a hospital in Oxford showed suicides and accidental deaths from taking paracetamol went down to 147 from 185 in 1999 — the year after the law was changed.

For aspirin-like-drugs, death from overdosing went down from 29 to 16. Although banning the sale of large quantities of such drugs could not stop people from making several visits to pharmacies to buy pills, the researchers said it made the drugs less easy to obtain.