Papers examine Queen Mother book

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The papers devote many pages to extracts from the Queen Mother's authorised biography, which is published on Friday.

But the <a class="inlineText" href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/theroyalfamily/6195206/Queen-Mothers-anguished-private-thoughts-on-the-abdication-crisis-disclosed-for-the-first-time.html">Daily Telegraph says people seeking salacious revelations over the Royal family </a> will be disappointed.

The <a class="inlineText" href="http://www.dailyexpress.co.uk/posts/view/127868">Daily Express says critics complain it is a "whitewash" because it "airbrushes out"</a> her views on Princess Diana's death and other crises.

The paper's front page headline is: "Diana axed from Royal history".

The <a class="inlineText" href="http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/health-and-families/health-news/doctors-press-for-cola-tax-in-bid-to-fight-child-obesity-1788696.html">Independent says American public health experts are pressing for a "sugar tax"</a> on fizzy drinks and fruit juices, to tackle child obesity.

The government's Equalities Office is reported to have made an omission in a fact sheet for schools celebrating the achievements of women in politics.

The <a class="inlineText" href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1213977/Harriet-Harman-forced-acknowledge-Margaret-Thatcher-oversight-airbrushes-Iron-Lady-political-history.html">Daily Mail reports the merits of Margaret Thatcher were not quite enough to make the grade</a> as she is not named.

The Equalities Office tells the paper that the oversight is being "updated".

Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg writes in the <a class="inlineText" href="http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/columnists/guest_contributors/article6837525.ece">Times that his party is to focus its general election campaign on Labour, not Tory, seats.</a>

He says the Liberal Democrats and Labour share the goal of a fairer, more equal society - but that Labour's methods have had their day.

The <a class="inlineText" href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2009/sep/16/china-two-degree-rise">Guardian has a warning by a senior Chinese government adviser.</a>

They say China will not reduce its greenhouse gas emissions enough to meet G8 and European Union targets.

Several papers have pictures of the world's tallest man - all 8ft 1in of him, posing in London at the launch of the 2010 Guinness World Records.

The <a class="inlineText" href="http://www.express.co.uk/posts/view/127842/Looking-for-love-the-world-s-tallest-bachelor">Express says the main drawbacks for Sultan Kosen,</a> from Turkey, are not being able to fit into a car, and not having a girlfriend.

"I've never had a girlfriend", he says, "they're usually scared of me".

But he tells the <a class="inlineText" href="http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article6837670.ece">Times his height is useful, as his family get him to change the lightbulbs and hang the curtains.</a>