TONIGHT ` THE PRIME MINISTER CALLING TIME ON HIS OWN POLITICAL CAREER. JOHN KEY EXPLAINS HIS SHOCK DECISION TO STAND DOWN AND WHY HE WANTED TO GO OUT ON TOP. PLUS BILL ENGLISH GETS KEY'S BACKING TO SUCCEED HIM, BUT WE LOOK AT THE OTHER CONTENDERS VYING TO BE PRIME MINISTER. AND THEY PUT ON A DAZZLING DISPLAY AT A SELL-OUT AUCKLAND CONCERT. WE HEAR FROM COLDPLAY ABOUT WHAT KEEPS THEM GOING STRONG AFTER TWO DECADES. DUE TO THE LIVE NATURE OF TONIGHT, WE APOLOGISE FOR THE LACK OF CAPTIONS FOR SOME ITEMS. 'IT'S TIME TO GO.' THOSE ARE JOHN KEY'S WORDS AS HE EXPLAINS HIS REASONS FOR QUITTING AS PRIME MINISTER. THE 55-YEAR-OLD DECIDING AGAINST SEEKING A FOURTH TERM IN THE NATION'S TOP JOB, SAYING THE TANK IS EMPTY AND HE WANTS TO SPEND MORE TIME WITH FAMILY. IN JUST SEVEN DAYS, THE NATIONAL PARTY WILL CHOOSE A NEW LEADER. WITH MORE ON KEY'S MOMENTOUS DECISION, HERE'S LISETTE REYMER. IT FEELS RIGHT. I FEEL AT PEACE WITH THE DECISION. IT'S A BIG DECISION. A REALLY BIG DECISION. I MEAN, IT'S BEEN A JOB I'VE ALWAYS WANTED. GIVING UP THAT JOB IS THE TOUGHEST DECISION JOHN KEY'S EVER MADE. THERE'S NOTHING THAT'S GOING TO REPLACE THE EXHILARATION OF THE JOB, THE AUTHORITY THAT COMES WITH BEING PRIME MINISTER, THE SHEER EXPANSE OF WHAT YOU DO, AND FOR ME PERSONALLY, THE WAY I FEEL ABOUT THE PUBLIC COS I FEEL I HAVE A RELATIONSHIP WITH THEM. AFTER EIGHT YEARS IN THE TOP SPOT, A DECADE AS NATIONAL'S LEADER, JOHN KEY WILL MAKE A QUICK EXIT ON MONDAY,... LET'S BE BLUNT, I'VE TAKEN THE KNIFE TO SOME OTHER PEOPLE. NOW I'M TAKING THE KNIFE TO MYSELF TO ALLOW OTHERS TO COME THROUGH. ...READY TO SPEND MORE TIME WITH HIS WIFE AND FAMILY. FOR THE LAST 10 YEARS, IT'S NOT JUST THE THINGS YOU SEE ON TV AT NIGHT, THE GLITTERING SPORTS AWARDS, IT'S DAYS AND WEEKS SHE'S ON HER OWN. KNOWING HE WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO COMMIT TO SERVING OUT A FULL FOURTH TERM WAS ALSO A FACTOR IN HIS DECISION. I WOULD INEVITABLY IN THE ENTIRE CAMPAIGN HAD TO LOOK DOWN THE BARREL OF THE CAMERA AND SAY I'M GOING TO STAY FOR A FULL THREE YEARS, AND THEN I WOULD HAVE MISLED THE PUBLIC AND DELIBERATELY MISLED THEM, AND THAT'S JUST NOT THE WAY I'VE OPERATED. IT'S A MOVE HE'S BEEN MULLING OVER FOR MONTHS, FINALLY MAKING UP HIS MIND AFTER HIS VISIT TO THE U.N. IN SEPTEMBER. THERE'S A TIME, I THINK, WHEN LEADERS JUST DON'T HAND OVER, THEY JUST DON'T SEE THAT IF YOU WANT TO TRANSITION, YOU HAVE TO DO IT FROM A POSITION OF STRENGTH, AND I ALWAYS FELT I WANTED TO GO OUT FEELING IMMENSELY GRATEFUL FOR THE PEOPLE WHO PUT ME HERE, THE NZ PUBLIC, AND NOT BITTER AND ANGRY LIKE A LOT OF LEADERS END UP. JOHN KEY'S ENDORSED HIS LOYAL DEPUTY, FINANCE MINISTER BILL ENGLISH, TO TAKE OVER. BUT IN 2002, IT WAS BILL ENGLISH WHO LED NATIONAL TO A DEVASTATING DEFEAT AGAINST HELEN CLARK. YOU LEARN MORE FROM LOSING THAN YOU DO FROM WINNING, AND IN THE LAST 10 YEARS, I'VE HAD A MASTER CLASS EVERY DAY FROM JOHN KEY ABOUT HOW TO DO POLITICS, BUT IN THE END THE CAUCUS WILL DECIDE. BILL ENGLISH SET TO CONTEMPLATE HIS FUTURE WHILE JOHN KEY DOES THE SAME. LOOK, I DON'T HAVE ANY PLANS. I THINK I'LL... I'M A COMMERCIAL GUY. I'M NOT LOOKING FOR ANY POSTINGS OVERSEAS, I THINK YOU'D APPRECIATE. I'LL THINK IF I GET THOSE OPPORTUNITIES OFFERED TO ME, I'LL GO ON A COUPLE OF BOARDS. REGARDLESS OF WHERE HE ENDS UP, THIS IS A PRIME MINISTER HAPPY WITH WHERE HE'S BEEN. I'M GOING TO FEEL REALLY PROUD OF WHAT WE'VE DONE AND I'M GOING TO FEEL REALLY HAPPY I WAS HERE, AND I'M REALLY PLEASED I MADE A CONTRIBUTION, BUT A GOOD LEADER KNOWS WHEN IT'S TIME TO GO. THIS IS THE TIME TO GO. TURNING NOW TO WHO MIGHT REPLACE JOHN KEY AS PRIME MINISTER. BILL ENGLISH MAY HAVE THE NOD AS KEY'S PREFERRED REPLACEMENT, BUT THERE ARE OTHER CHALLENGERS. WITH MORE, HERE'S POLITICAL REPORTER ANDREA VANCE. TEAM KEY ` BUT WHAT DOES NATIONAL LOOK LIKE WITHOUT JOHN KEY? IS IT TEAM ENGLISH? DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER BILL ENGLISH IS CERTAINLY THE PRIME MINISTER'S FIRST CHOICE. AND DESPITE A HORROR ELECTION DEFEAT IN 2002, HE'S NOT RULING IT OUT. IN THE END THE CAUCUS WILL DECIDE WHETHER MY SKILLS ARE BETTER OR DIFFERENT THAN THEN. OR COULD IT BE TEAM JUDITH COLLINS? ISN'T TIME FOR ANOTHER STRONG WOMAN? I THINK IT'S ALWAYS BEST TO HAVE THE BEST PERSON FOR THE JOB. OR TEAM AMY ADAMS? SHE'S NOT RULING IT OUT EITHER, SAYING IT'S A DECISION FOR CAUCUS. OR COULD IT BE TEAM JONATHAN COLEMAN? THE HEALTH MINISTER TIGHT-LIPPED ON THAT TODAY. NATIONAL'S MPS MEET TOMORROW MORNING, AND THEY MUST MAKE THAT DECISION ON THE LEADERSHIP BY NEXT MONDAY. THAT'S WHEN JOHN KEY OFFICIALLY STEPS DOWN. I'D EXPECT THE LEADERSHIP WILL BE DEALT WITH INTERNALLY, BECAUSE WE CAN SEE THAT STABILITY IS IMPORTANT. FRANKLY, WE LEAVE IT TO CAUCUS WE GET ON WITH THAT, AND WHATEVER CAUCUS COMES BACK WITH WE ALL BUY INTO. NATIONAL IS INSISTING THEY ARE TEAM PLAYERS, AND THEY'RE HOPING THERE WILL BE NO BLOODLETTING. I DON'T BELIEVE THAT THERE ARE DIVISIONS. INEVITABLY WHEN YOU HAVE A TEAM OF AMBITIOUS AND DETERMINED PEOPLE, THERE WILL BE SOME WHO WILL WANT TO SEE THEMSELVES IN CERTAIN ROLES. BUT IT'S CLEAR THE NATIONAL CAUCUS WERE REELING AT THE NEWS. I WAS` I KINDA GASPED WHEN HE TOLD ME. I THINK BILL WOULD MAKE A FANTASTIC PRIME MINISTER, BUT I UNDERSTAND HE'S YET TO CONFIRM. AND THE BIG QUESTION ` CAN THE NEXT LEADER WIN AT NEXT YEAR'S ELECTION? THE NATIONAL PARTY'LL BE CLEARLY VERY SURPRISED ABOUT THIS ANNOUNCEMENT, BUT I THINK THEY WILL ADAPT TO IT IN TIME. I'M SURE WE'LL BE FINE. OF COURSE, THAT'S FOR THE VOTERS TO DECIDE. ANDREA VANCE JOINS US NOW LIVE FROM PARLIAMENT. HOW BIG A CHALLENGE IS THIS GOING TO BE FOR NATIONAL? JOHN KEY WAS THE KING OF THE POPULARITY STAKES. WHO, REALISTICALLY, IS GOING TO BE ABLE TO COMPETE WITH THAT? JOHN KEY HAD HIS OWN STYLE. ANYONE WHO TRIES TO COPY HIS STYLE WILL LOOK LIKE A COPYCAT IT LOOKS LIKE BILL ENGLISH AT THIS POINT SO IT WILL BE ENGLISH VERSUS LITTLE WHAT JOSTLING FOR POSITION CAN WE EXPECT TO SEE IN THE NATIONAL PARTY OVER THE NEXT WEEK? A LITTLE BIT MORE OF THAT JOSTLING. ENGLISH IS PLAYING THE RELUCTANT PRIME MINISTER TODAY WE'RE AT A POINT, TALENTED NATIONAL MINISTERS WILL ONLY GET ONE SHOT AT THIS SO YOU'VE GOT TO EXPECT THEM TO BE GAUING WHAT SORT OF SUPORT THEY MIGHT GET ANDREA, THE TIMING IS ALL VERY SUDDEN. ANY MORE INSIGHTS INTO WHAT PROMPTED THIS DECISION? KEY IS POLITICALLY ASTUTE. JOHN KEY DIDN'T WANT HIS CAREER TO END IN FAILURE POLITICAL SCIENTIST PROFESSOR RAYMOND MILLER JOINS ME NOW. PROFESSOR, HOW BIG A SHOCK WAS KEY'S DECISION TO QUIT? IT'S ALWAYS A SHOCK, ESPECIALLY IF NOT DEFEATED IN AN ELECTION. BUT WHEN HE EXPLAINED IT, IT MADE SENSE AS HE NEEDS TO GIVE THE NEW LEADER TIME BEFORE THE NEXT ELECTION. THE CLOSER TO THE ELECTION, THE MORE UNFAIR IT IS TO YOUR SUCESSOR. YOU DON'T SMELL A RAT I KNOW IT'S A DIFFICULT JOB. YOU'RE WORKING HARD ALL WEEK AND THEN PREPARING OVER THE WEEKEND, AND A LOT OF OVERSEAS TRAVEL. WINNING THIS FOURTH TERN FOR NATIONAL IS THAT MUCH HARDER. THE OPPOSITION WILL PROBABLY THINK ALL THEIR CHRISTMASES HAVE COME AT ONCE. HE WAS A TEFLON PRIME MINISTER HIS POPULARITY CONTINUED THU HIS 8 YEARS IN OFFICE. JUDITH COLLINS HAS SIGNALLED HER INTEREST. WHO ARE THE CONTENDERS IN YOUR OPINION? ANY DARK HORSE OPTIONS? JOHN KEY WAS A PERFECT CANDIDATE. A GREAT LEADER. ENGLISH IS A MANAGER. JOYCE IS TOO. SO THEY MAY NEED SOMEONE WITH CAMPAIGNING SKILLS, LIKE PAULA BENNETT. THEY MIGHT HAVE ENGLISH FOR LEADER AND PAULA BENNETT AS DEPUTY. HOW WILL JOHN KEY BE REMEMBERED? AS THE MOST POPULAR PRIME MINISTER IN OUR HISTORY. HE WAS THE MOST APPROACHABLE P.M. HE WAS ABLE TO MANAGE A DIFFICULT SITUTION IN A MULTI-PARTY GOVERNMENT. SEAN HOGAN'S BEEN GAUGING REACTION TO HIS DEPARTURE AND THE KIND OF LEGACY JOHN KEY LEAVES. WE ALSO HAVE SOME BREAKING NEWS THAT WE'RE FOLLOWING OUT OF NZ. THE PRIME MINISTER JOHN KEY IS RESIGNING. A POLITICAL BOMBSHELL MAKING NEWS BULLETINS AROUND THE WORLD AND SPARKING REACTION FROM WORLD LEADERS. HE WILL BE A GREAT LOSS TO NZ AND A GREAT LOSS TO THE WORLD. FORMER RIVAL HELEN CLARK SINGING HIS PRAISES FROM THE U.N. DURING HIS TIME, HE'S MADE FRIENDS WITH THE POWERFUL. WELL, IT'S GREAT TO BE HERE WITH THE PRIME MINISTER OF NZ, MY GOOD FRIEND JOHN KEY. KEY ALSO SHARING A MUCH PUBLICISED ROUND OF GOLF WITH PRESIDENT OBAMA. EVEN MORE RECENTLY GOOFING OFF WITH CANADIAN PRIME MINISTER JUSTIN TRUDEAU AT APEC. AND AT HOME EVEN THOSE IN OPPOSITION TO HIM, FINDING PRAISE. TODAY IS A DAY TO SAY TO HIM ABOUT HIS SERVICE ` 'THANK YOU FOR SERVING NZ AND FOR SERVING NZ WELL.' TODAY WE SHOULD BE ACKNOWLEDGING THE PRIME MINISTER FOR HIS EIGHT YEARS OF SERVICE. EIGHT YEARS HASN'T BEEN WITHOUT ITS CHALLENGES. TWO OF THE BIGGEST ` EARTHQUAKES IN CHRISTCHURCH AND MORE RECENTLY KAIKOURA. THERE WAS ALSO THE PIKE RIVER MINE DISASTER ` ALL HUGE TESTS OF HIS TENURE. ELECTION CAMPAIGNS WERE NEVER STRAIGHT FORWARD I'M NOTORIOUSLY HOPELESS AT NAILING IN BILLBOARDS. THERE WERE ALLEGATIONS OF DIRTY DEALS IN 2011 AND DIRTY POLITICS IN 2014, AND THE SMALL MATTER OF KIM DOTCOM. WHY ARE YOU TURNING RED, PRIME MINISTER? I'M NOT. WHY ARE YOU SWEATING? IT'S HOT. OH. OK. I HAVE A SCARF. (CHUCKLES) HE WASN'T SHORT OF RED-CHEEK MOMENTS. MY BIG QUESTION FOR YOU, MURRAY, IS DO I LOOK HOT? HE GOT PLENTY OF HEAT OVER PULLING A CAFE WORKER'S PONYTAIL. I HOPE THE BOYS DON'T PULL AT THEM, EH? NO. THAT'S GOOD. WE DON'T WANT THAT TO HAPPEN, DO WE? HIS UNSUCCESSFUL BID TO CHANGE OUR FLAG ATTRACTING INTERNATIONAL ATTENTION FOR ALL THE WRONG REASONS. IT'S HARD NOT TO GET BEHIND THIS ACTUAL FLAG DESIGN OF A KIWI BLASTING ACTUAL LASERS FROM ITS EYES. JOHN KEY WILL GO DOWN AS ONE OF OUR MOST POPULAR AND SOMETIMES MOST AWKWARD PRIME MINISTER. STILL TO COME ON TONIGHT ` 10 YEARS AFTER THE COUP IN FIJI, ALLEGATIONS THE COUNTRY'S SECURITY FORCES ARE STILL USING TORTURE. AND THEY CAME AND COLOURED OUR WORLD WITH A LITTLE HELP FROM A KIWI LEGEND. A DECADE ON FROM THE FIJI COUP, AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL HAS LAUNCHED A REPORT SHOWING HOW THE ISLAND NATION'S SECURITY FORCES ARE INVOLVED IN TORTURE. PACIFIC CORRESPONDENT BARBARA DREAVER IS IN THE CAPITAL ` SUVA ` AND FILED THIS REPORT. PUBLIC PROTECTOR OR AGGRESSOR? FIJI'S SECURITY FORCES ARE AT THE CENTRE OF TORTURE AND BRUTALITY CLAIMS. MY HOME HAS BEEN ATTACKED; MY PARTNER WAS ATTACKED LAST YEAR. SHE SUFFERED BRAIN DAMAGE, AND THIS IS THE LATEST VICTIM OF ALLEGED POLICE VIOLENCE, BEATEN ON THE STREET, IMPRISONED FOR 48 HOURS AND HOSPITALISED. AS A POLICE, HE SHOULD ASSIST US AND HELP US, NOT ASSAULTING THE... PUBLIC. AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL HAS TODAY RELEASED A DAMNING REPORT ON HOW FIJI'S SECURITY FORCES GET AWAY WITH TORTURE. THERE'S BEEN FIVE DEATHS IN CUSTODY SINCE 2006. THERE'S BEEN OTHER PEOPLE WHO HAVE SUFFERED SERIOUS INJURIES OR BEEN RAPED AT THE TIME, DURING CUSTODY. BUT THE GOVERNMENT HERE DENIES ANY INVOLVEMENT AND RECENTLY RATIFIED THE U.N. CONVENTION AGAINST TORTURE. IT'S NOT A PHENOMENA THAT'S PECULIAR TO FIJI BUT NONETHELESS A PHENOMENA THAT WE WANT TO ADDRESS ALSO IN FIJI QUITE OPENLY AND TRANSPARENTLY. THERE'S CALLS FOR THE ARMED FORCES TO BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE AND WITHDRAWN FROM PUBLIC SECURITY. THIS AMNESTY REPORT ON TORTURE COMES ON THE ANNIVERSARY OF THE 2006 COUP. 10 YEARS AGO ON THIS DAY, FRANK BAINIMARAMA, BACKED BY HIS MILITARY, OVERTHREW THE GOVERNMENT. DESPITE DEMOCRATIC ELECTIONS, ALL PUBLIC MEETINGS NEED A PERMIT; THERE ARE STILL STRICT RULES AROUND THE MEDIA, AND FREEDOM OF SPEECH IS RESTRICTED. THERE'S STILL A LOT OF FEAR. LIFE IS QUITE DIFFICULT FOR PEOPLE. FOR PEOPLE HERE IT'S ABOUT MOVING FORWARD IN SAFETY. THE BODY OF THE EIGHTH VICTIM OF THE KAIPARA TRAGEDY'S BEEN RECOVERED NINE DAYS AFTER A CHARTER FISHING BOAT CAPSIZED. ALTHOUGH NOT FORMALLY IDENTIFIED, POLICE BELIEVE IT'S MISSING FISHERMAN TAULAGI AFAMASAGA. A MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC DISCOVERED THE BODY ON MURIWAI BEACH THIS MORNING. JUST AHEAD, SUNSHINE AND A HEAD FULL OF DREAMS. YOUR WEATHER PLUS THESE GUYS ` THE BAND COLDPLAY IN ALL THEIR COLOURFUL GLORY. SO MANY OF US HAVE BEEN SINGING SOME COLDPLAY TUNES AROUND THE OFFICE TODAY AFTER THE BAND'S SELL-OUT AUCKLAND CONCERT AT THE WEEKEND. ONE OF THE HIGHLIGHTS WAS A SURPRISE GUEST APPEARANCE FROM A KIWI MUSIC LEGEND. # THE TEMPERATURE COULD DROP AWAY, # LIKE FOUR` # I DON'T THINK I'M SINGING THIS RIGHT. I NEED SOME HELP. DOES ANYBODY IN THIS PLACE KNOW HOW TO SING THIS SONG PROPERLY? CROWD CHEERS BOTH: # EVEN WHEN YOU'RE FEELING WARM, # THE TEMPERATURE COULD DROP AWAY, # LIKE FOUR SEASONS IN ONE DAY. # YES, OUR OWN NEIL FINN HELPING CHRIS MARTIN PERFORM THE CROWDED HOUSE HIT 'FOUR SEASONS IN ONE DAY'. BUT BEFORE ALL OF THAT HAPPENED, COLDPLAY'S CHRIS MARTIN AND JONNY BUCKLAND CHATTED TO SEVEN SHARP'S REBECCA EDWARDS. THIS IS SHOW NUMBER 70 OF OUR TOUR. AND AS FAR AS WE'RE CONCERNED, THAT'S 69 REHEARSALS FOR AUCKLAND, NZ. THE FIRST TIME YOU'RE BACK HERE SINCE 2012 ` I MEAN, WERE YOU LOOKING FORWARD TO COMING BACK? IF YOU CAN GET THROUGH CUSTOMS HERE, IT'S LIKE HEAVEN. YOU KNOW, ONCE WE'VE DEALT WITH THAT SIDE, THEN WE'RE SO HAPPY TO BE IN HERE, IT'S LIKE GETTING BACKSTAGE PASSES TO PARADISE, ISN'T IT? WELL, THAT'S WHY WE'RE SO STRICT. YEAH, I GET IT. I MEAN, WE'RE THE SAME WITH OUR BACKSTAGE. CHRIS, DID YOU MANAGE TO GET HOME AND SPEND THANKSGIVING WITH THE FAMILY? YES, I DID. YES. I SAW THAT WAS ON INSTAGRAM. (CHUCKLES) YOU SAW THAT? OH, YOU DID. # OH, I THINK I LANDED IN A WORLD I HADN'T SEEN... # THE IDEA OF THE ALBUM CAME FROM THINKING ABOUT ALL OF THE PEOPLE IN HISTORY WHO HAVE DREAMED UP AN IMPROVED FUTURE. THAT'S WHERE THE IDEA OF, LIKE, A HEAD FULL OF DREAMS. IF YOU WANT TO SEE SOMETHING, YOU JUST DREAM IT UP, IT'S JUST A WAY OF TRYING TO LOOK AT EVERYTHING HOPEFULLY OPTIMISTICALLY, AND THAT DOES HELP ME IN MY LIFE. # A HEAD FULL, HEAD FULL OF DREAMS. # 20 YEARS FOR YOU TWO TOGETHER. BOTH: YEAH. THAT'S AMAZING. YEAH, IT IS INCREDIBLE. THANKS, MAN. (LAUGHS) (LAUGHS) NO, THANK YOU. HALF OUR LIVES OR MORE THAN HALF OUR LIVES. WE'RE VERY BROMANTIC. # I HEAR JERUSALEM BELLS A-RINGING... IN ALL THE YEARS AND ALL THE GIGS, WHEN YOU GO OUT ON A STAGE, TO AN AUDIENCE, WHAT'S THAT LIKE? IF ANYTHING, IT'S MORE FUN THAN IT USED TO BE. I THINK WE FOUND IT MORE STRESSFUL BEFORE, COS WE DIDN'T KNOW QUITE HOW TO DO IT. (LAUGHS) AND WE DIDN'T HAVE AS MANY SONGS. YES, THAT'S TRUE. WE WERE SCRAPING THE BARREL A BIT. PLAY SOME SONGS TWICE. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. ALL I CAN TELL YOU IS WE'RE GONNA GIVE YOU EVERY SINGLE DROP OF ENERGY WE'VE GOT. IT FEELS AMAZING. IT'S A WAY OF FEELING VERY CONNECTED TO EACH OTHER AND TO PEOPLE AROUND THE WORLD, ESPECIALLY AT A TIME WHEN SOME PEOPLE IN THE WORLD WANNA BE A BIT MORE DIVIDED AND SPLIT UP. WE REALLY ARE ENJOYING, KIND OF, MEETING AS MANY PEOPLE AS POSSIBLE. SO I FIND IT VERY LIFE-AFFIRMING AND REALLY, REALLY, REALLY FUN. GIVE ME SOME NOISE! CHEERING NOW TO TOMORROW'S WEATHER, BROUGHT TO YOU WITH A CLASSIC COLDPLAY TRACK, 'FIX YOU'. # HIGH UP ABOVE OR DOWN BELOW, # WHEN YOU'RE TOO IN LOVE TO LET IT GO. # BUT IF YOU NEVER TRY, YOU'LL NEVER KNOW # JUST WHAT YOU'RE WORTH. # LIGHTS WILL GUIDE YOU HOME # AND IGNITE YOUR BONES # AND I WILL TRY TO FIX YOU. THAT'S IT FROM US HERE ON TONIGHT. THANKS FOR WATCHING. GOODNIGHT. CAPTIONS BY ANNE LANGFORD AND CATHERINE DE CHALAIN.