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Headlines Making News 'Over There'

Aired May 30, 2003 - 07:51   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.


JACK CAFFERTY, CNN ANCHOR: He's 60 years old and still making music and apparently other things as well. Paul McCartney's wife is pregnant, and we have all of the bad jokes coming from across the pond this morning from my friend, Richard Quest, who joins us with the regular Friday edition of "Over There."
You can't help but think that his other kids must be real thrilled to get this news, right? There goes another big piece of the estate, and they thought they had it all to themselves.

RICHARD QUEST, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Only you would put such a mendacious point of view on a happy event like a pregnancy, although I do expect that Stella McCartney is not exactly delighted that the cake will now have to be cut into another section. He's already has got four children.

This is a case of more than "I just want to hold your hand!" Perhaps an example of please, please, please me. And we're not looking at yesterday; we are looking at tomorrow.

Stella McCartney -- Heather Mills, who of course is Paul McCartney's second wife, is pregnant, Lady McCartney. And the happy part about this is that it had been thought that she could not conceive again; that she had had previous problems in pregnancy. Now, of course, she's pregnant.

For Paul McCartney's point of view, he will be -- forget "When I'm 64." He will be the princely age of 78 when the child is old enough to vote.

Now, of course, he's not the oldest father we've got around at the moment. Rupert Murdoch (ph), his second wife is expecting their second child. He is actually 72 at the moment, so he'll be knocking 90 when the child is old enough to vote!

CAFFERTY: That's awful. I think Tony Randall had a couple of kids, too. He's way up there in his 70s.

What's this thing now about Camilla Parker-Bowles, who was the scandal of the royal family for so many years? All of a sudden the queen wants her to drop by and have a cookie.

QUEST: This is important. On Monday, it is the 50th anniversary of the queen's coronation. That's when they put the crown actually on her head, even though her father had died some 18 months previously.

Now, we will, of course, be live at Buckingham Palace on Monday, and I'll be telling you all about that on Monday.

However, Camilla, who had been shunned...

CAFFERTY: Something to look forward to, isn't it?

QUEST: Yes, indeed. Camilla had been shunned by the queen until now, has been given an invitation as Charles' companion. She's not been invited as in her own right like she was to the queen mother's funeral. She will sit not next to Charles. She'll actually sit about sort of three rows behind, somewhere near the stalls, probably with a large pillow hiding her out of the way of the cameras. But at least she will be there.

One other bit of royalty to bring you this morning. These are the latest pictures of Prince William. They are in all of the national newspapers. They celebrate the fact that he is 21 years old or will be soon. Look at those socks! How about that for a pair of socks?

Prince William says he is learning Swahili. He doesn't like wearing a kilt because he finds it a bit drafty. And that when he goes dancing...

CAFFERTY: Well, that's more than I want to know about him, you know?

QUEST: Well, and when he goes dancing with girls, they tend to spin out across the floor.

A quick bit of Swahili for you.

CAFFERTY: OK, good.

QUEST: Nawadmi noweyana illecua mowena nichea bia (ph), which basically means, my grandmother...

CAFFERTY: What does that mean? Check, please?

QUEST: No, it means, "my grandmother used to own this country."

CAFFERTY: What about the girl that drew the dirty picture? Have you got that one?

QUEST: Right. She's 11 years old. The contest was called, "When I'm 70." Most people drew pictures of rockets or wheelchairs or things like that. But, no, Kristen Haywood, she drew a picture of herself as a grandmother pole dancing wearing sexy underwear with the title -- the title was, "Granddad, keep your eyes shut."

The headmistress described the picture as inappropriate and offensive, although a priest actually voted it the winner. Go figure.

CAFFERTY: It's amazing how those headmistresses are so humorless. It's part of the job description, you know.

QUEST: I will be at Buckingham Palace, crown, scepter, and all (UNINTELLIGIBLE).

CAFFERTY: All right, my friend. We will see you at that time. Richard Quest from "Over There." Thank you.

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Aired May 30, 2003 - 07:51   ET
THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.
JACK CAFFERTY, CNN ANCHOR: He's 60 years old and still making music and apparently other things as well. Paul McCartney's wife is pregnant, and we have all of the bad jokes coming from across the pond this morning from my friend, Richard Quest, who joins us with the regular Friday edition of "Over There."
You can't help but think that his other kids must be real thrilled to get this news, right? There goes another big piece of the estate, and they thought they had it all to themselves.

RICHARD QUEST, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Only you would put such a mendacious point of view on a happy event like a pregnancy, although I do expect that Stella McCartney is not exactly delighted that the cake will now have to be cut into another section. He's already has got four children.

This is a case of more than "I just want to hold your hand!" Perhaps an example of please, please, please me. And we're not looking at yesterday; we are looking at tomorrow.

Stella McCartney -- Heather Mills, who of course is Paul McCartney's second wife, is pregnant, Lady McCartney. And the happy part about this is that it had been thought that she could not conceive again; that she had had previous problems in pregnancy. Now, of course, she's pregnant.

For Paul McCartney's point of view, he will be -- forget "When I'm 64." He will be the princely age of 78 when the child is old enough to vote.

Now, of course, he's not the oldest father we've got around at the moment. Rupert Murdoch (ph), his second wife is expecting their second child. He is actually 72 at the moment, so he'll be knocking 90 when the child is old enough to vote!

CAFFERTY: That's awful. I think Tony Randall had a couple of kids, too. He's way up there in his 70s.

What's this thing now about Camilla Parker-Bowles, who was the scandal of the royal family for so many years? All of a sudden the queen wants her to drop by and have a cookie.

QUEST: This is important. On Monday, it is the 50th anniversary of the queen's coronation. That's when they put the crown actually on her head, even though her father had died some 18 months previously.

Now, we will, of course, be live at Buckingham Palace on Monday, and I'll be telling you all about that on Monday.

However, Camilla, who had been shunned...

CAFFERTY: Something to look forward to, isn't it?

QUEST: Yes, indeed. Camilla had been shunned by the queen until now, has been given an invitation as Charles' companion. She's not been invited as in her own right like she was to the queen mother's funeral. She will sit not next to Charles. She'll actually sit about sort of three rows behind, somewhere near the stalls, probably with a large pillow hiding her out of the way of the cameras. But at least she will be there.

One other bit of royalty to bring you this morning. These are the latest pictures of Prince William. They are in all of the national newspapers. They celebrate the fact that he is 21 years old or will be soon. Look at those socks! How about that for a pair of socks?

Prince William says he is learning Swahili. He doesn't like wearing a kilt because he finds it a bit drafty. And that when he goes dancing...

CAFFERTY: Well, that's more than I want to know about him, you know?

QUEST: Well, and when he goes dancing with girls, they tend to spin out across the floor.

A quick bit of Swahili for you.

CAFFERTY: OK, good.

QUEST: Nawadmi noweyana illecua mowena nichea bia (ph), which basically means, my grandmother...

CAFFERTY: What does that mean? Check, please?

QUEST: No, it means, "my grandmother used to own this country."

CAFFERTY: What about the girl that drew the dirty picture? Have you got that one?

QUEST: Right. She's 11 years old. The contest was called, "When I'm 70." Most people drew pictures of rockets or wheelchairs or things like that. But, no, Kristen Haywood, she drew a picture of herself as a grandmother pole dancing wearing sexy underwear with the title -- the title was, "Granddad, keep your eyes shut."

The headmistress described the picture as inappropriate and offensive, although a priest actually voted it the winner. Go figure.

CAFFERTY: It's amazing how those headmistresses are so humorless. It's part of the job description, you know.

QUEST: I will be at Buckingham Palace, crown, scepter, and all (UNINTELLIGIBLE).

CAFFERTY: All right, my friend. We will see you at that time. Richard Quest from "Over There." Thank you.

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