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Mary Beard: Tests her Cambridge students about Diana biography

Cambridge classics students have been tested on the best-selling biography of Diana, Princess of Wales, a professor at the prestigious university has disclosed.

Prof Mary Beard said she also made her third-year pupils read tabloid newspapers and transcripts of the notorious "Squidgygate" and "Camillagate" tapes, which revealed intimate details of the princess and the Prince of Wales's extra-marital affairs, for a course about ancient Roman history.

The revelation comes just days after the pop lyrics of Amy Winehouse featured in a Cambridge exam paper.

Prof Mary Beard admitted some of her colleagues were "a bit dubious" about the academic value of the history course, which ran for three years.
Read entire article at Telegraph (UK)