Man Apologizes to Di--Hugger Not a Mugger

A 57-year-old man apologized today for lunging at Princess Diana as she shook hands with well-wishers at a center for the mentally handicapped.

Edward Adcock of Bedlington said he meant no harm Thursday when he jumped over a low railing and jostled the princess.

“I may appear calm on the surface, but inside me there is turmoil,” Adcock said in newspaper interviews published today.

Adcock touched Diana’s arm before he was intercepted by her bodyguards. He is free on bail.

Adcock said he is an admirer of Diana, 27. “I might have been in the process of giving her a hug,” Adcock said. “I fancy her--she’s an attractive woman.”

Adcock was involved in a similar incident last summer when he grabbed U.S. Olympic sprinter Florence Griffith-Joyner at a track meet as she was removing her warm-up suit.