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Euro Edition: Morning Papers
Aired January 07, 2004 - 05:45 ET
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CAROL COSTELLO, CNN ANCHOR: Let's check on what's making headlines overseas in this morning's 'Euro Edition.' Hala Gorani live in London for us.
And we can guess, Princess Diana, I bet, all over the front pages.
HALA GORANI, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Absolutely not. Just kidding. Every single newspaper has Diana on the front page.
"The Times," Royal fury at Diana inquiry. And also one of the angles that "The Times" is looking at is whether or not Diana, Princess of Wales, was pregnant in 1997 by Dodi al-Fayed, her companion at the time, before the car crash. And "The Times" of London reveals she wasn't pregnant. I have seen into her womb, quoting a doctor who was present at the postmortem, and who said that he can certify that she was not pregnant. And in any case, she'd only met Dodi al-Fayed six weeks earlier, and you are not visibly pregnant at six weeks. So that is one of the angles that the papers are looking at. And according to "The Times," no way, she was not pregnant.
Now you'll remember yesterday, Carol, that the "Daily Mirror" is the one paper that revealed Charles' name in a letter that Diana wrote before her death saying that she believed her husband was plotting to kill her in a car accident. Of course we have to always mention that CNN cannot independently confirm this fact. That this was something revealed in the "Daily Mirror."
Well the "Daily Mirror" today saying Diana murder probe, quoting individuals such as Sarah Ferguson, the Duchess of York, who was, of course, Diana's sister-in-law, saying that she is absolutely horrified and lost for words that the name of Charles was revealed by the "Daily Mirror" and that Diana thought that Prince Charles was capable of plotting such a thing against his own wife.
Now we also have "The Daily Telegraph," the right leaning paper, inquiry into Diana death plot. They are detailing all of the different stages of what the Royal coroner will be looking into. One of the things is to separate fact from fiction. In other words, looking into possible conspiracy theories that have been out there in the six years since the death of Diana.
And I'm just going through all of these, Carol, because it's just endless. Each paper is trying to find its own angle, of course, on this story the day after. Here we have the "Daily Mail," Charles: how much more can I take? The ends or rebooies (ph), as they call it, for the Prince of Wales. So many things have gone bad for him in the last few years and this is just one of the things.
The "Daily Mail" and other papers saying Prince Charles could be quizzed by the coroner and take part in this inquest. And according to the "Daily Mail," Princes William and Harry, of course Princess Diana's sons, could also be seen by officers. So another issue there and something sad for these children.
COSTELLO: So, Hala, so some are taking this seriously, this allegation in this letter written by Princess Diana? They're really going to question Prince Charles about this?
GORANI: This was something that surprised many of the reporters and the Royal watchers who yesterday heard Michael Burgess, the Royal coroner, say that he was going to look into these allegations.
But frankly, out there, I have not heard a single person say that some of these conspiracy theories are credible, that Prince Charles would have had it in him at all to become -- to become involved in a plot to murder his wife. That this is something, according to many of the analysts and many of these reporters covering these Royal stories for years, we've been hearing from them saying you know she was depressed. It was something that she probably wrote because she was feeling paranoid. But I'm not getting the sense that this is something that anybody is taking seriously.
But I do believe, though, that the coroner feels and that the -- those responsible for the inquest feel that this is something that needs to be put to rest rather than investigated. And we've got a whole six months to a year before we hear the details of the investigation. So I'm just going to pass you all the other ones.
COSTELLO: So things are going...
GORANI: Just a funny one, though. A quick funny one, "The Sun" leads with taxpayers must fund murder plot inquiry. Now this is how "The Sun" is actually going about covering this story, trying to get people angry about the fact their tax pounds are being spent on the murder inquiry.
COSTELLO: Interesting -- Hala Gorani.
GORANI: So, Carol, back to you.
COSTELLO: Thank you so much. We appreciate it. Live from London this morning.
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Aired January 7, 2004 - 05:45 ET
THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.
CAROL COSTELLO, CNN ANCHOR: Let's check on what's making headlines overseas in this morning's 'Euro Edition.' Hala Gorani live in London for us.
And we can guess, Princess Diana, I bet, all over the front pages.
HALA GORANI, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Absolutely not. Just kidding. Every single newspaper has Diana on the front page.
"The Times," Royal fury at Diana inquiry. And also one of the angles that "The Times" is looking at is whether or not Diana, Princess of Wales, was pregnant in 1997 by Dodi al-Fayed, her companion at the time, before the car crash. And "The Times" of London reveals she wasn't pregnant. I have seen into her womb, quoting a doctor who was present at the postmortem, and who said that he can certify that she was not pregnant. And in any case, she'd only met Dodi al-Fayed six weeks earlier, and you are not visibly pregnant at six weeks. So that is one of the angles that the papers are looking at. And according to "The Times," no way, she was not pregnant.
Now you'll remember yesterday, Carol, that the "Daily Mirror" is the one paper that revealed Charles' name in a letter that Diana wrote before her death saying that she believed her husband was plotting to kill her in a car accident. Of course we have to always mention that CNN cannot independently confirm this fact. That this was something revealed in the "Daily Mirror."
Well the "Daily Mirror" today saying Diana murder probe, quoting individuals such as Sarah Ferguson, the Duchess of York, who was, of course, Diana's sister-in-law, saying that she is absolutely horrified and lost for words that the name of Charles was revealed by the "Daily Mirror" and that Diana thought that Prince Charles was capable of plotting such a thing against his own wife.
Now we also have "The Daily Telegraph," the right leaning paper, inquiry into Diana death plot. They are detailing all of the different stages of what the Royal coroner will be looking into. One of the things is to separate fact from fiction. In other words, looking into possible conspiracy theories that have been out there in the six years since the death of Diana.
And I'm just going through all of these, Carol, because it's just endless. Each paper is trying to find its own angle, of course, on this story the day after. Here we have the "Daily Mail," Charles: how much more can I take? The ends or rebooies (ph), as they call it, for the Prince of Wales. So many things have gone bad for him in the last few years and this is just one of the things.
The "Daily Mail" and other papers saying Prince Charles could be quizzed by the coroner and take part in this inquest. And according to the "Daily Mail," Princes William and Harry, of course Princess Diana's sons, could also be seen by officers. So another issue there and something sad for these children.
COSTELLO: So, Hala, so some are taking this seriously, this allegation in this letter written by Princess Diana? They're really going to question Prince Charles about this?
GORANI: This was something that surprised many of the reporters and the Royal watchers who yesterday heard Michael Burgess, the Royal coroner, say that he was going to look into these allegations.
But frankly, out there, I have not heard a single person say that some of these conspiracy theories are credible, that Prince Charles would have had it in him at all to become -- to become involved in a plot to murder his wife. That this is something, according to many of the analysts and many of these reporters covering these Royal stories for years, we've been hearing from them saying you know she was depressed. It was something that she probably wrote because she was feeling paranoid. But I'm not getting the sense that this is something that anybody is taking seriously.
But I do believe, though, that the coroner feels and that the -- those responsible for the inquest feel that this is something that needs to be put to rest rather than investigated. And we've got a whole six months to a year before we hear the details of the investigation. So I'm just going to pass you all the other ones.
COSTELLO: So things are going...
GORANI: Just a funny one, though. A quick funny one, "The Sun" leads with taxpayers must fund murder plot inquiry. Now this is how "The Sun" is actually going about covering this story, trying to get people angry about the fact their tax pounds are being spent on the murder inquiry.
COSTELLO: Interesting -- Hala Gorani.
GORANI: So, Carol, back to you.
COSTELLO: Thank you so much. We appreciate it. Live from London this morning.
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