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Euro Edition: Morning Papers
Aired September 02, 2003 - 05:44 ET
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CAROL COSTELLO, CNN ANCHOR: Time now to check on what's making headlines overseas in this morning's "Euro Edition." Liz George live for us in London.
Good morning -- Liz.
LIZ GEORGE, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Good morning, Carol.
All the national newspapers today really focusing on absolutely the same thing which of course is the Hutton inquiry. We're into day 14 and all the headlines really pretty much saying the same thing. This, of course, is an inquiry into the Iraqi weapons expert who was found dead and it's an inquiry into what happened leading to his death. His name was leaked to the press after he was quoted as being the source of a controversial report which claimed that the government had sexed up its dossier which included its reasons really for going to war with Iraq.
So yesterday we heard from his widow and also his daughter. And it was -- it was really very sort of touching, heartfelt evidence that they were giving. It was really giving evidence into the state of this man's mind leading up, you know, in those few days before he was actually found dead.
And this is the sort of headline that we're seeing, he felt let down and betrayed. Quotes that have come out from his wife, Janice Kelly, I just thought he had a broken heart. He shrunk into himself. But just shrunk? I had no idea at that stage of what he might do later. And his daughter as well, Rachel Kelly, also spoke. And she said he just seemed to have the world's pressures on his shoulders. He seemed to be under severe stress.
So lots of headlines like that on all of our main papers today. And again, it's going to be another incident or another case of really focusing the spotlight on the government and on events that led up to the war with Iraq -- Carol.
COSTELLO: Anything else you can tell us? I understand you have word of the princes.
GEORGE: Absolutely, yes. We've got a few more sort of light things to tell you about really. A little bit of the touch of Hollywood or Hollywood glamour, perhaps, coming to good old London's Globe Theater, which of course the home of Shakespeare here in London. And we had Gwyneth Paltrow and Ralph Fiennes teaming up again. You know of course that they were the stars in "Shakespeare in Love," and they were actually saying some of those Shakespearian lines from "Romeo and Juliet" yesterday.
And it was all in aid of Prince Charles' charity, which is call the Princes' Trust, raising money for that. And he was there as well, along with Camilla Parker Bowles. And that all kind of goes to the fact that they are trying, really, to be seen in public more and more to get sort of public acceptance of the fact that she really is becoming more and more his partner. There's some more photographs there. A little bit of glamour going on here surrounding that charity event last night.
COSTELLO: Very nice. You know they give me these cryptic notes as to what you're going to talk about. This one says student with peanut to Downing Street to get student loans dropped. What the heck does that mean?
GEORGE: OK, here's a nutty story for you, boom, boom. Here's a man who basically had big student loans. He was an art student and he's weighed down by those big student loans. And he's decided what he's going to do in protest to try and get those loans lifted and make his own personal protest is roll a peanut along the streets of London from his art college to Downing Street. And there he is. I don't know if you can see that properly, but there he is rolling that peanut. And apparently he said that the cracks in the pavement are proving a little bit of a problem for him.
COSTELLO: And you guys think Americans are strange, come on.
GEORGE: I know. I try and find them for you, you know.
COSTELLO: Hey, any more pictures of David Beckham for us this morning?
GEORGE: Yes, of course we've got some lovely pictures of David Beckham. This is -- this story is going to be a week, effectively, because he has just released his autobiography, which is talking about some of his life and the incidents going on after him leaving Manchester United.
And of course they are heartwarming pictures, really, him and his sons and that sort of thing. So there is the ones I liked. Those are the ones I'm picking for you as well. And of course it was Romeo's birthday yesterday, too, which he celebrates in the Hard Rock Cafe in Madrid. And David Beckham seen there actually taking Brooklyn out because apparently Brooklyn got a little bit tired at that birthday party. So there you are.
COSTELLO: It just brought tears to my eyes. What a great father he must be. Thank you very much -- Liz.
GEORGE: Isn't he lovely?
COSTELLO: He's just nice to look at actually. Thank you, Liz George, we appreciate it.
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Aired September 2, 2003 - 05:44 ET
THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.
CAROL COSTELLO, CNN ANCHOR: Time now to check on what's making headlines overseas in this morning's "Euro Edition." Liz George live for us in London.
Good morning -- Liz.
LIZ GEORGE, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Good morning, Carol.
All the national newspapers today really focusing on absolutely the same thing which of course is the Hutton inquiry. We're into day 14 and all the headlines really pretty much saying the same thing. This, of course, is an inquiry into the Iraqi weapons expert who was found dead and it's an inquiry into what happened leading to his death. His name was leaked to the press after he was quoted as being the source of a controversial report which claimed that the government had sexed up its dossier which included its reasons really for going to war with Iraq.
So yesterday we heard from his widow and also his daughter. And it was -- it was really very sort of touching, heartfelt evidence that they were giving. It was really giving evidence into the state of this man's mind leading up, you know, in those few days before he was actually found dead.
And this is the sort of headline that we're seeing, he felt let down and betrayed. Quotes that have come out from his wife, Janice Kelly, I just thought he had a broken heart. He shrunk into himself. But just shrunk? I had no idea at that stage of what he might do later. And his daughter as well, Rachel Kelly, also spoke. And she said he just seemed to have the world's pressures on his shoulders. He seemed to be under severe stress.
So lots of headlines like that on all of our main papers today. And again, it's going to be another incident or another case of really focusing the spotlight on the government and on events that led up to the war with Iraq -- Carol.
COSTELLO: Anything else you can tell us? I understand you have word of the princes.
GEORGE: Absolutely, yes. We've got a few more sort of light things to tell you about really. A little bit of the touch of Hollywood or Hollywood glamour, perhaps, coming to good old London's Globe Theater, which of course the home of Shakespeare here in London. And we had Gwyneth Paltrow and Ralph Fiennes teaming up again. You know of course that they were the stars in "Shakespeare in Love," and they were actually saying some of those Shakespearian lines from "Romeo and Juliet" yesterday.
And it was all in aid of Prince Charles' charity, which is call the Princes' Trust, raising money for that. And he was there as well, along with Camilla Parker Bowles. And that all kind of goes to the fact that they are trying, really, to be seen in public more and more to get sort of public acceptance of the fact that she really is becoming more and more his partner. There's some more photographs there. A little bit of glamour going on here surrounding that charity event last night.
COSTELLO: Very nice. You know they give me these cryptic notes as to what you're going to talk about. This one says student with peanut to Downing Street to get student loans dropped. What the heck does that mean?
GEORGE: OK, here's a nutty story for you, boom, boom. Here's a man who basically had big student loans. He was an art student and he's weighed down by those big student loans. And he's decided what he's going to do in protest to try and get those loans lifted and make his own personal protest is roll a peanut along the streets of London from his art college to Downing Street. And there he is. I don't know if you can see that properly, but there he is rolling that peanut. And apparently he said that the cracks in the pavement are proving a little bit of a problem for him.
COSTELLO: And you guys think Americans are strange, come on.
GEORGE: I know. I try and find them for you, you know.
COSTELLO: Hey, any more pictures of David Beckham for us this morning?
GEORGE: Yes, of course we've got some lovely pictures of David Beckham. This is -- this story is going to be a week, effectively, because he has just released his autobiography, which is talking about some of his life and the incidents going on after him leaving Manchester United.
And of course they are heartwarming pictures, really, him and his sons and that sort of thing. So there is the ones I liked. Those are the ones I'm picking for you as well. And of course it was Romeo's birthday yesterday, too, which he celebrates in the Hard Rock Cafe in Madrid. And David Beckham seen there actually taking Brooklyn out because apparently Brooklyn got a little bit tired at that birthday party. So there you are.
COSTELLO: It just brought tears to my eyes. What a great father he must be. Thank you very much -- Liz.
GEORGE: Isn't he lovely?
COSTELLO: He's just nice to look at actually. Thank you, Liz George, we appreciate it.
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