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Robert Plant a Commander of the British Empire

Robert Plant received a royal honor from Prince Charles at Buckingham Palace on Friday, putting the former Led Zeppelin front man one notch above his old band mate Jimmy Page. But, Plant joked he and Page would not be fighting over rank, even though Plant's new Commander of the British Empire is a higher honor than Page's Order of the British Empire. "If we can remember each other's phone number at this time in life it's a miracle," he joked. "We're still good friends, we both enjoy a rather dark sense of humor that comes, I think, from being from rather the wrong side of the tracks for all those wild years." Plant opted not to take part in a Led Zeppelin reunion tour last year, choosing instead to concentrate on his collaboration with American bluegrass singer Alison Krauss.

Swedish papers plan photo boycott of Spears show

Four major Swedish newspapers have threatened to boycott a Britney Spears concert in Stockholm because of restrictions imposed on their photographers. Spears is scheduled to perform in the Swedish capital on July 13. Dagens Nyheter, Svenska Dagbladet, Expressen and Aftonbladet say they won't send photographers to the show unless Spears agrees to scrap certain conditions on how the images can be used. The contract bars the papers from reselling the pictures and from publishing them more than 30 days after the concert. Dagens Nyheter photo editor Roger Turesson said Friday "the next step would be to tell critics they can't write anything critical." Local representatives of Spears' record label Sony BMG did not immediately answer phone calls seeking comment.

- From Sun news services