Cheering news for republicans: the Times says MPs will publish a report shortly asking why Prince Charles' Duchy of Cornwall estate is exempt from corporation and capital gains taxes.
Extraordinary rapprochements, part one: in the FT, Jacques Chirac is pictured kissing Condoleezza Rice's hand at the pope's funeral.
Extraordinary rapprochements, part two: in the Guardian, Tony Blair and Gordon Brown are pictured chatting amiably over mineral water in the PM's Commons office in a still from a forthcoming election broadcast directed by Anthony Minghella. What next? Robin Cook accompanies the PM on a valedictory trip to Iraq's parliament? (Mr Cook is prudently ignoring the election on his website. Fortunately, he's defending an 11,000-odd majority over the SNP.)
Guardian: Decca Aitkenhead interviews Charles Kennedy and is rather taken with his relaxed manner and pragmatism.
FT: Labour won't part-privatise the Post Office, its manifesto will pledge next week.
Times: Tories want the buyers of lottery tickets to be able to choose the charity where their money goes.
Sun: Tony Blair will launch the "biggest ever curb on immigration" in next week's manifesto.
Times: Matthew Parris on Rover: The decision to let Longbridge go rather than bailing it out with state money shows just how much Labour's relationship with the unions has changed - and that may well have been Tony Blair's intention.
Mail, Simon Heffer: Tony Blair is "well past his sell-by date".
Oh, and a bad bet for today's Grand National: Europa. "Dubious stayer, short of best form, sketchy jumper," says the Times.
