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News Making Headlines 'Over There'

Aired October 18, 2002 - 07:45   ET

THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.

THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.


PAULA ZAHN, CNN ANCHOR: The trial of the late Princess Diana's butler is under way once again, but with a whole new jury. And what everyone wants to know is: Why did the judge throw out the original jury?
Let's go "Over There" to ask Richard Quest, who is making his usual Friday visit with us.

Good morning -- Richard. What is going on?

RICHARD QUEST, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Good morning, Paula.

I wish I could tell you why the jury had been discharged, but I can't, because under legal reasons in Britain, the judge and the prosecuting and the defense counsel spent a great deal -- three hours in deciding whether or not to discharge the jury, and having discharged the jury, we can't report the reason why. It's all under legal secrecy.

What we do know, of course, is a new jury has been impaneled for Paul Burrell's trial. The trial is now under way for the second time.

But what's fascinating, Paula, is that the judge has admitted in open court that certain evidence will be shown to the jury, but won't be revealed in public. And the reason, she says, is to protect Princes William and Harry.

Now, that has got the British press absolutely up in arms. And here we have "The Sun" newspaper from this morning, Paula. It says: "Women who have been raped have to give and distasteful evidence without the judge acting to spare their emotions. There is one law for the rich and privileged, and one law for the rest."

So, every time any private evidence comes up, Paula, concerning Prince William and Prince Harry, nobody hears about it. It's shown to the jury, and that's just about it.

So, it's going to be a very difficult trial, as it now moves into its -- two or three weeks long.

ZAHN: But haven't your papers over there, Richard, given us a pretty good idea that this guy allegedly stole pictures of Prince William and Harry in the bathtub when they were little kids? Don't we kind of know that's part of the evidence?

QUEST: Yes. Yes, but what we don't know is what's in the letters from William and Harry to their mother and back to them (ph). We know certain things. We don't know the minor details, the sort of tittle-tattle that the judge has now refused to allow us to cover.

Now, in a busy week that has seen many things happening -- excuse me...

ZAHN: Oh, take your time, Richard...

QUEST: In a busy week...

ZAHN: ... we've got all day here.

QUEST: So, I've heard.

Now, in a busy week that has seen many things, pity poor Violet Vambridge (ph). Violet Vambridge (ph) gets the No. 55 bus home, and she lost her bus pass. Poor old dear.

Then she got it back from the bus company. Unfortunately, they also sent the internal memo that they'd written within the bus company.

It said: "Left on the bus at Hartford. Everyone on the bus said 'it belonged' -- get ready for this -- 'it belonged to the miserable, old cow' who sits at the back. One who serves her in a cafe said she would pass it on. The only question is, how did the miserable, old cow get home? Ha, ha, ha!"

Now, needless to say, Violet Vambridge (ph) is up in arms. She says, "I'm not a miserable, old cow." And the bus company has indeed had to apologize.

ZAHN: Hey, Richard, since...

QUEST: That's the way things are looking...

ZAHN: ... you wasted so much time drinking tea on our clock here, you've got to quickly tell us what this road test is of trolleys. We teased this all morning long. What's the deal with these supermarket carts?

QUEST: Right. We know -- we know what we've always experienced, the shopping trolley -- the shopping cart, as you call it -- doesn't know which way to go.

Now, official research has confirmed that this marvelous engineered -- piece of engineering that's 65 years old, the more you put in it -- listen, it cost a fortune to find this out -- the more you put in it, the back wheel will always go wonky. You will want it to go one way, and the shopping trolley will always want to go in completely the opposite direction.

You thought you were going mad in the supermarket. No, it's actually the wheel at the back of the trolley.

ZAHN: Oh, I am glad you figured that out for us this morning. Richard, thanks so much.

And you know what? I was just teasing you. You can have tea now, and don't feel rushed, OK? Have a good weekend.

QUEST: Thank you. Cheers.

ZAHN: Cheers to you, too.

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Aired October 18, 2002 - 07:45   ET
THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.
PAULA ZAHN, CNN ANCHOR: The trial of the late Princess Diana's butler is under way once again, but with a whole new jury. And what everyone wants to know is: Why did the judge throw out the original jury?
Let's go "Over There" to ask Richard Quest, who is making his usual Friday visit with us.

Good morning -- Richard. What is going on?

RICHARD QUEST, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Good morning, Paula.

I wish I could tell you why the jury had been discharged, but I can't, because under legal reasons in Britain, the judge and the prosecuting and the defense counsel spent a great deal -- three hours in deciding whether or not to discharge the jury, and having discharged the jury, we can't report the reason why. It's all under legal secrecy.

What we do know, of course, is a new jury has been impaneled for Paul Burrell's trial. The trial is now under way for the second time.

But what's fascinating, Paula, is that the judge has admitted in open court that certain evidence will be shown to the jury, but won't be revealed in public. And the reason, she says, is to protect Princes William and Harry.

Now, that has got the British press absolutely up in arms. And here we have "The Sun" newspaper from this morning, Paula. It says: "Women who have been raped have to give and distasteful evidence without the judge acting to spare their emotions. There is one law for the rich and privileged, and one law for the rest."

So, every time any private evidence comes up, Paula, concerning Prince William and Prince Harry, nobody hears about it. It's shown to the jury, and that's just about it.

So, it's going to be a very difficult trial, as it now moves into its -- two or three weeks long.

ZAHN: But haven't your papers over there, Richard, given us a pretty good idea that this guy allegedly stole pictures of Prince William and Harry in the bathtub when they were little kids? Don't we kind of know that's part of the evidence?

QUEST: Yes. Yes, but what we don't know is what's in the letters from William and Harry to their mother and back to them (ph). We know certain things. We don't know the minor details, the sort of tittle-tattle that the judge has now refused to allow us to cover.

Now, in a busy week that has seen many things happening -- excuse me...

ZAHN: Oh, take your time, Richard...

QUEST: In a busy week...

ZAHN: ... we've got all day here.

QUEST: So, I've heard.

Now, in a busy week that has seen many things, pity poor Violet Vambridge (ph). Violet Vambridge (ph) gets the No. 55 bus home, and she lost her bus pass. Poor old dear.

Then she got it back from the bus company. Unfortunately, they also sent the internal memo that they'd written within the bus company.

It said: "Left on the bus at Hartford. Everyone on the bus said 'it belonged' -- get ready for this -- 'it belonged to the miserable, old cow' who sits at the back. One who serves her in a cafe said she would pass it on. The only question is, how did the miserable, old cow get home? Ha, ha, ha!"

Now, needless to say, Violet Vambridge (ph) is up in arms. She says, "I'm not a miserable, old cow." And the bus company has indeed had to apologize.

ZAHN: Hey, Richard, since...

QUEST: That's the way things are looking...

ZAHN: ... you wasted so much time drinking tea on our clock here, you've got to quickly tell us what this road test is of trolleys. We teased this all morning long. What's the deal with these supermarket carts?

QUEST: Right. We know -- we know what we've always experienced, the shopping trolley -- the shopping cart, as you call it -- doesn't know which way to go.

Now, official research has confirmed that this marvelous engineered -- piece of engineering that's 65 years old, the more you put in it -- listen, it cost a fortune to find this out -- the more you put in it, the back wheel will always go wonky. You will want it to go one way, and the shopping trolley will always want to go in completely the opposite direction.

You thought you were going mad in the supermarket. No, it's actually the wheel at the back of the trolley.

ZAHN: Oh, I am glad you figured that out for us this morning. Richard, thanks so much.

And you know what? I was just teasing you. You can have tea now, and don't feel rushed, OK? Have a good weekend.

QUEST: Thank you. Cheers.

ZAHN: Cheers to you, too.

TO ORDER A VIDEO OF THIS TRANSCRIPT, PLEASE CALL 800-CNN-NEWS OR USE OUR SECURE ONLINE ORDER FORM LOCATED AT www.fdch.com.