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Shooting in the West Bank

Aired June 30, 2003 - 06:50   ET

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CAROL COSTELLO, CNN ANCHOR: This just in to CNN. There has been a shooting in the West Bank.
Our senior international editor David Clinch is here to fill us in.

DAVID CLINCH, CNN INTERNATIONAL EDITOR: Yes, Carol. Good morning.

COSTELLO: Do we know what happened?

CLINCH: Well, there's some early reports that we're getting, you know, the cease-fire has been signed now by the militant groups, indicating there should be no attacks against Israelis anywhere in the West Bank, Gaza or in Israel itself.

Well, now we're getting a report that there has apparently been a shooting incident in the West Bank today in which a non-Israeli guest worker, as they call them, or a foreign worker who's been working in the West Bank has been shot in the head today. Now, we do not as yet know for sure who's done it and nobody has admitted responsibly or claimed responsibly. But it is, and perhaps they were aiming for an Israeli if it was a militant attack -- but the question, of course, is what does it mean if it ends up not being an Israeli?

Well, that may be reading too much into it. We're not sure. But it definitely is going to have an effect on today's events. The Israelis have withdrawn from Gaza already and now announcing they'll withdraw, as expected, from Bethlehem later in the week. If this incident and other incidents happen, that will definitely have an effect on this process. So we'll keep an eye on that.

COSTELLO: Got you.

And a story we've been teasing all morning long, the prince's finances.

CLINCH: Right. Now, I promised I'd come back and talk about this. Prince Charles has come out today for the first time ever -- we get details every year on what the royal family in general spends, of tax money. Today, Prince Charles revealing for the first time what he has earned from the income that he gets from the Duchy of Cornwall, which is an arrangement he's made with the British government that he doesn't get very much tax money, but he does get the income from this Duchy, which owns lands all over Britain.

Well, he made 10 million pound last year, about $17 million. And from that, he runs his household and all his public events. And I told you earlier I would reveal exactly how many butlers Prince Charles has.

COSTELLO: We're dying to know, David.

CLINCH: He has two butlers, according to this, and...

COSTELLO: That's it?

CLINCH: And eight gardeners. Now, remember, though, the idea, from Prince Charles point of view here, is to reveal that he is not extravagant, that he gets all of this money but that he spends it on things that he sees as valuable for the country in general. So having two butlers may seem extravagant to you and I, but to him it's just an essential part of his daily life.

COSTELLO: I actually expected there would be more butlers.

CLINCH: Well, exactly. Now, his point, of course, in putting these figures out is to say I'm not living an extravagant life. He says he's still driving the same car he got from his 21st birthday, which happens to be an Aston Martin, but nevertheless he does not have a new car. He doesn't own any of the castles he lives in.

COSTELLO: Oh?

CLINCH: But there are still questions. He made 10 million pounds for this land, which, of course, the state allows him to benefit from. And he also, though, did get three million pounds in tax money from the British tax public, which, of course, is not an enormous amount of money, but there are those who very much question the role of the royal family and question even three million pounds going to Prince Charles.

Now, he spent a lot of that three million pounds on refurbishing the house of his grandmother, of the queen mother, now departed, Clarence House in London, which he sees as a legacy for the people of Britain. Others say that's royals spending money on royals.

So there's a question there. But some very interesting details here on...

COSTELLO: Yes, he seems very, very frugal. Should we show the pictures of poor Prince Harry?

CLINCH: Prince Harry, well, of course. This is the other thing. The "London Times" reports today that Prince Charles at one point was asking his secretary whether he could expense his, Prince Charles', polo matches on the expenses, on his own polo matches. Apparently he was talked out of doing that. But he was watching when his own son, Prince Harry, took a tumble there over the weekend during one of his own polo matches.

COSTELLO: Oh.

CLINCH: So, apparently polo would be seen as extravagant. COSTELLO: Yes, it wouldn't seem very frugal, would it?

CLINCH: Right. Prince Harry got back up on the horse and completed the game, but they did apparently lose. It's not a game, it's a chucker, I think they call it.

COSTELLO: A chucker?

CLINCH: But they did apparently lose to the French. So unfortunate but very brave. He did manage to get back up.

COSTELLO: What a shame, they lost to the French.

CLINCH: Yes.

COSTELLO: Thank you, David.

CLINCH: OK.

COSTELLO: We appreciate it.

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Aired June 30, 2003 - 06:50   ET
THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.
CAROL COSTELLO, CNN ANCHOR: This just in to CNN. There has been a shooting in the West Bank.
Our senior international editor David Clinch is here to fill us in.

DAVID CLINCH, CNN INTERNATIONAL EDITOR: Yes, Carol. Good morning.

COSTELLO: Do we know what happened?

CLINCH: Well, there's some early reports that we're getting, you know, the cease-fire has been signed now by the militant groups, indicating there should be no attacks against Israelis anywhere in the West Bank, Gaza or in Israel itself.

Well, now we're getting a report that there has apparently been a shooting incident in the West Bank today in which a non-Israeli guest worker, as they call them, or a foreign worker who's been working in the West Bank has been shot in the head today. Now, we do not as yet know for sure who's done it and nobody has admitted responsibly or claimed responsibly. But it is, and perhaps they were aiming for an Israeli if it was a militant attack -- but the question, of course, is what does it mean if it ends up not being an Israeli?

Well, that may be reading too much into it. We're not sure. But it definitely is going to have an effect on today's events. The Israelis have withdrawn from Gaza already and now announcing they'll withdraw, as expected, from Bethlehem later in the week. If this incident and other incidents happen, that will definitely have an effect on this process. So we'll keep an eye on that.

COSTELLO: Got you.

And a story we've been teasing all morning long, the prince's finances.

CLINCH: Right. Now, I promised I'd come back and talk about this. Prince Charles has come out today for the first time ever -- we get details every year on what the royal family in general spends, of tax money. Today, Prince Charles revealing for the first time what he has earned from the income that he gets from the Duchy of Cornwall, which is an arrangement he's made with the British government that he doesn't get very much tax money, but he does get the income from this Duchy, which owns lands all over Britain.

Well, he made 10 million pound last year, about $17 million. And from that, he runs his household and all his public events. And I told you earlier I would reveal exactly how many butlers Prince Charles has.

COSTELLO: We're dying to know, David.

CLINCH: He has two butlers, according to this, and...

COSTELLO: That's it?

CLINCH: And eight gardeners. Now, remember, though, the idea, from Prince Charles point of view here, is to reveal that he is not extravagant, that he gets all of this money but that he spends it on things that he sees as valuable for the country in general. So having two butlers may seem extravagant to you and I, but to him it's just an essential part of his daily life.

COSTELLO: I actually expected there would be more butlers.

CLINCH: Well, exactly. Now, his point, of course, in putting these figures out is to say I'm not living an extravagant life. He says he's still driving the same car he got from his 21st birthday, which happens to be an Aston Martin, but nevertheless he does not have a new car. He doesn't own any of the castles he lives in.

COSTELLO: Oh?

CLINCH: But there are still questions. He made 10 million pounds for this land, which, of course, the state allows him to benefit from. And he also, though, did get three million pounds in tax money from the British tax public, which, of course, is not an enormous amount of money, but there are those who very much question the role of the royal family and question even three million pounds going to Prince Charles.

Now, he spent a lot of that three million pounds on refurbishing the house of his grandmother, of the queen mother, now departed, Clarence House in London, which he sees as a legacy for the people of Britain. Others say that's royals spending money on royals.

So there's a question there. But some very interesting details here on...

COSTELLO: Yes, he seems very, very frugal. Should we show the pictures of poor Prince Harry?

CLINCH: Prince Harry, well, of course. This is the other thing. The "London Times" reports today that Prince Charles at one point was asking his secretary whether he could expense his, Prince Charles', polo matches on the expenses, on his own polo matches. Apparently he was talked out of doing that. But he was watching when his own son, Prince Harry, took a tumble there over the weekend during one of his own polo matches.

COSTELLO: Oh.

CLINCH: So, apparently polo would be seen as extravagant. COSTELLO: Yes, it wouldn't seem very frugal, would it?

CLINCH: Right. Prince Harry got back up on the horse and completed the game, but they did apparently lose. It's not a game, it's a chucker, I think they call it.

COSTELLO: A chucker?

CLINCH: But they did apparently lose to the French. So unfortunate but very brave. He did manage to get back up.

COSTELLO: What a shame, they lost to the French.

CLINCH: Yes.

COSTELLO: Thank you, David.

CLINCH: OK.

COSTELLO: We appreciate it.

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