Dublin’s Guinness Storehouse has beaten Buckingham Palace and the Eiffel Tower to be named Europe’s leading tourist attraction.

The Storehouse, which tells visitors the story of the drinks company, has had 13 million people through its doors since it opened in 2006.

It was named among winners in the prestigious World Travel Awards ceremony in Sardinia.

$100,000 fund for 32 cockatiels

A New York millionaire who died this summer has bequeathed a $100,000 trust fund to care for her 32 pet cockatiels.

The New York Post reported that Leslie Ann Mandel’s will asks that the small parrots continue living in an aviary at her $4 million East Hampton home. The will names each bird, from Margie and Nicki to Zara and Zack 12.

With Mandel’s stepson as trustee, the fund also will care for a cat named Kiki and a rescue dog named Frosty.

Mandel ran a fundraising firm and amassed a $5.3 million fortune. She died in June aged 69.

Other wills also have provided for pets. Hotel magnate Leona Helmsley left $12 million to her dog, Trouble, but a judge trimmed the bequest to $2 million dollars.

Long wait for Prince George

Prince George is unlikely to inherit the throne until near the end of this century.

The two-year-old could face a wait of at least 60 years to become king, if the royal family maintains its impressive tradition for surviving well past the UK average life expectancy.

The Queen celebrated her 89th birthday this year, reaching an age that is six years above the current life expectancy for women in England and Wales.

History suggests she has a good chance of seeing her platinum jubilee in 2022, when she will be 96 years old. The Queen Mother was 101 when she died in 2002, and showed little sign of deteriorating health until nearing her century.

If the present Queen enjoys a similarly long life, it is likely that the Prince of Wales may not become king until at some point in the middle of the 2020s. By that point he will be approaching his late 70s. But if he remains in as strong health as his mother, he could be king for 20 years or so.

Controversial sculpture attacked

Anti-Semitic phrases have been spray-painted on a provocative sculpture by British-Indian artist Anish Kapoor in the gardens of the Palace of Versailles.

It is the second time the artwork, a 70-metre metallic cavern called ‘Dirty Corner’, has been vandalised. It was spray-painted in June, and targeted again on Sunday. France has seen rising concerns about anti-Semitism in recent years.

The sculpture prompted controversy when it was installed, for its style, its incongruity with the traditional glamour of Versailles and because Kapoor told a French newspaper it suggests ‘the vagina of the queen [Marie Antoinette]’. It is on display until November.