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Anderson Cooper 360 Degrees

Pope's Funeral; Royal Wedding

Aired April 07, 2005 - 19:00   ET

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ANDERSON COOPER, HOST: Good evening, everyone, from Vatican City.
The final hours of preparation for the pope's funeral, as well as for a royal wedding unlike any other.

Those stories, much more, on this special edition of 360 starts right now.

ANNOUNCER: A glimpse at rarely seen photos of the pope. Extraordinary access. Tonight, Anderson Cooper goes 360 with the pontiff's personal photographer.

Vioxx, now Bextra. A megapharmaceutical company pulls a popular painkiller off the market. Coming up, just how safe is your pain medication?

Wedding bells to be heard all over the United Kingdom. But will number two be a charm for Prince Charming? What you don't know about Camilla. 360 profiles the woman who captured the future king's heart.

And an outrage: grisly confessions of murder and rape from a serial killer for sale.

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MITCH MORISSEY, DENVER DISTRICT ATTORNEY: Well, I personally find the sale of this DVD to be disgusting and offensive.

ANNOUNCER: Tonight, should a father be able to profit off the sins of his son?

Live from Vatican City, this is a special edition of ANDERSON COOPER 360.

COOPER: And good evening again. We are live in Vatican City. In just about nine hours, the elaborate funeral for Pope John Paul II will begin. Already about three hours ago, the public viewing of his body was stopped, so preparations could be made.

Outside, it is much quieter than in recent days. The crowds estimated to have been in the millions have thinned. That's a live picture of St. Peter's Basilica. And as it pans down to show St. Peter's Square, you'll notice it is largely empty. That long line of millions of people snaking through the square and the streets of Rome is gone. Inside, Pope John Paul still lays, the cardinals sitting around him, waiting, waiting for the funeral to begin, waiting for the world to pay their final respects to Pope John Paul II.

The pontiff became a very familiar figure in the 26 years of his reign. He was the most-photographed man in history. But there's one man who has seen more of the pope than anyone else, the man who took all those photographs. Here is his story.

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COOPER (voice-over): This is a story not about the pope, but about the man who took his picture. His name is Arturo Mari. For 49 years, he's been the Vatican's official photographer. The last 27 years, he's had just one subject, one face to focus on, John Paul II.

ARTURO MARI, VATICAN PHOTOGRAPHER (through translator): I always saw the pope as my father. He was never a person who posed or who behaved in any affected manner. He was normal, and his normality helped me in my work.

COOPER: Arturo went with the pope on countless trips, photographing countless masses and moments public and private. He came to know the pope in a way no one else has, every gesture, every wrinkle, every move, every smile.

MARI: His expression changed often when he was with children, with young people, with the sick. He expressed love, charity, and humility on his face. He became a child with children, a youngster with the young people.

COOPER: In 27 years, Arturo says he never tired of photographing Pope John Paul II. Every day in his lens, he says, he saw something new, the good and the bad. The day the pope was shot in 1981, Arturo took these pictures.

MARI: I was a meter away from the Jeep when we heard the shots and saw him fall. I immediately knew what had happened. I took the photos. I cannot explain how I did it. I have always said that, as a believer, maybe the Virgin Mary got in my hand, because I cannot explain it otherwise.

COOPER: Three days later, in the pope's hospital room, once again Arturo was there.

MARI: When I opened the door, the bed was before me and he was facing the window. As he turned, he says, Oh, Arturo, you see, we are alive. What can I say? Ooosh.

The problem is that those tears ended up in the viewfinder. You see, the Nikon viewfinder is very close to the lens. And if a drop of water falls here, it gets fogged up, and you can no longer see anything, in my case.

It was perhaps more than just a drop, and I could see nothing at all. But they still came out well. COOPER: Over the years, the pope's face changed, 1989, 1996, 1999, 2005. His body aged. Parkinson's took its toll. Arturo's lens captured it all.

MARI: Seeing this metamorphosis behind my camera was not nice, but I too aged. If before I used to run, now I move slower. And if before I had black hair, now it's white. His great example is that, in all the suffering, he was unfailingly dignified and strong. God only knows how he did it. I just don't understand.

COOPER: Six hours before the pope died, Arturo Mari was called in once again to see his old friend.

MARI: He was turned away with half-closed eyes, but he turned towards me and opened his eyes like this. They were really beautiful and alive. And in a really low voice, he said, Arturo, Arturo. Of course, I dropped to my knees and took his hand. He touched my head and blessed me. And, turning, he said, Thank you, thank you.

So I say, the pope, on his deathbed, remembers Arturo and thanks me? Right there, that is the pope. That is what people must understand. He gave all of himself for everyone.

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COOPER: There's one other photo we'd like to show that you that Arturo Mari took. The day after the pope died, stunned and in mourning, Arturo picked up his camera. The pope's photographer had work to do. He said, despite his sorrow, all he could do was swallow hard and do his job.

That is Arturo Mari, taking a photograph of the pope.

The millions of people, literally millions, who are here already or are on their way for tomorrow's funeral of Pope John Paul II come from every conceivable walk of life. But very few of them, very few, come from lives as completely removed from the modern age as a small contingent Jim Bittermann met the other day. These people are coming only a very short distance measured in miles. Measured otherwise, though, they might as well be coming from the 15th century.

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JIM BITTERMANN, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): In the ancient hilltop town of Tarquinia, an hour from Rome, it was not yet dawn. Still, at the Franciscan monastery, the 11 monks and novices were already deep in devotion.

Following in the footsteps of St. Francis of Assisi, they are sworn to a life of prayer, preaching, and penance. They have no television, no radio, no newspapers, and only rarely do they leave their community.

But this day, they decided to break their solitude. Their pope was dead, and five of the brothers decided to make a pilgrimage to Rome. "We're not just going to say good-bye to a great man," said 23- year-old Brother Donato. "The pope is our point of reference. He means everything to us."

And so the five crammed into an ancient Fiat with a bad headlight and began their pilgrimage to Rome.

They prayed as they drove, stopping only because the Fiat was about to run out of gas.

Finally, at about 10:00 in the morning, they reached the city. The crowds were everywhere. It was noisy and a little confusing. Brother Donato and his band got lost more than once.

When they got to the end of the line of people waiting to see the pope's body, it stretched back all the way across the River Tiber. A friendly but optimistic policeman told them the wait would only be about five or six hours.

Still, six hours later, they had not crossed the Tiber. "We are enthusiastic," said Brother Donato.

The day wore on. And in the river of people, the brothers got separated. It was just before sunset when the first of them finally made out St. Peter's dome in the distance.

As Brother Donato had explained, Franciscans are known for their patience. A lot of that was required, especially since the dignitaries had started arriving. And every time one of them paid homage to the pope, the line slowed down a little.

Then, disaster struck. Within a few feet of entering St. Peter's Square, the line stopped dead. It was now 2:00 in the morning, but the area had to be cleaned.

Still, Brother Donato's enthusiasm was undimmed. "No matter what it takes," he explained, "we Franciscans are not going to miss the chance to bid good-bye to our spiritual leader."

And what it took was another four hours. At 5:00 in the morning, they finally made it into St. Peter's and passed the pope's body.

Nearly 24 hours after their morning mass, and after 18 hours of waiting in line, Brother Donato was still enthusiastic. "It's been a life experience," he said, "and definitely worth it," plenty in it for him and the other Franciscans to go back to Tarquinia and reflect upon.

Jim Bittermann, CNN, Rome.

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COOPER: So many people coming from so many places near and far.

Our coverage from here in Vatican City continues. There are so many other stories that we're covering as well right now. Coming up next on 360, a painkiller pulled from the market. Why the FDA wants Bextra off the shelves. What you need to know. 360 M.D. Sanjay Gupta joins us.

Also, a little later, love and finally marriage. Prince Charles and Camilla about to say their I do's. What you don't know about her, a 360 profile.

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COOPER: Welcome back.

Pilgrims and presidents are here in Vatican City, where, in about nine hours, the funeral of Pope John Paul II will begin. We of course going to have much more on the funeral in a moment.

But first, we have other news to tell you about, important news about a popular painkiller. It's called Bextra. And it is taken by millions of Americans with arthritis, at least it was up until today. The makers of Bextra have pulled it from the market after the FDA said the pain reliever could cause serious health problems, even death in some cases.

360 M.D. Sanjay Gupta joins us from Atlanta for more. Sanjay, why did they pull this drug off the market?

SANJAY GUPTA, CNN SENIOR MEDICAL CORRESPONDENT: Well, in surprising move, actually, in some sense. They basically said that the risks outweigh the benefits with Bextra, specifically with regards to potential heart attacks and heart disease.

Pfizer has agreed that the makers of Bextra have agreed to take the drug off the market but says it wants to reassess the data, hoping to maybe put the drug back on the market in the future.

You mentioned millions of people take this medication, Anderson, 12.8 million prescriptions of Bextra were filled last year. So a very popular medication.

Anderson, we've been talking about these Cox-2 inhibitors for some time now. You remember Vioxx was taken off the market as well, voluntarily, by its maker, Merck, and now Bextra as well. The decision really based on three things. What they found was that there was an increased risk of cardiovascular incidents specifically with this medication.

Also, a risk of a rare skin reaction known as Stevens-Johnson Syndrome, a rare thing, but they said possible again with Bextra. But really, the bottom line, not more effective and no greater GI benefits, meaning it was supposed to be a medication you could take and it wouldn't hurt your stomach. They found that that's not necessarily the case.

For now, at least, Anderson, the drug's off the market. COOPER: Well, you know, Vioxx's manufacturer pulled it off the market last September. FDA pulls Bextra off the market. Celebrex stays on. Why?

GUPTA: Yes, it's interesting, Celebrex seems to have survived this, at least. Here, we did some homework on this, and here's what we found. There is an increased risk of cardiovascular problems as well with Celebrex. What the FDA decided to do in this case, however, was put a significant warning, called a black-box warning, about these cardiovascular risks and about the gastrointestinal risks as well.

In effect, what they think is that if people are informed about the drug, people who have a history of heart disease don't take the drug, then the benefits will actually outweigh the risks.

What was also interesting to me, Anderson, and there's lots of drugs out there that are over the counter, Aleve, Advil, those sorts of medications, the FDA's put out a warning about them as well, say they have similar risks, limit your dosage and your duration of those medications as well.

COOPER: All right, 360 M.D. Sanjay Gupta. Thanks, Sanjay, appreciate it.

GUPTA: Thank you. All right.

COOPER: We are covering a lot more. Coming up next on 360, we're going to be talking more about what is going on here in Vatican City.

Also, shocking testimony in the Michael Jackson trial. Erica Hill from HEADLINE NEWS joins us with that and other stories at about quarter past the hour. Hey, Erica.

ERICA HILL, HEADLINE NEWS: Hey, Anderson, good to see you.

Shocking may not even begin to describe it. Jurors heard some incredibly graphic testimony today at the Michael Jackson trial. And we want to warn you here, you may find the details offensive. A former Neverland security guard said he saw the singer perform oral sex on a preteen boy, who later received a multimillion-dollar financial settlement from Jackson. The defense says the prosecution witness is lying, because he is a disgruntled and former employee who lost a lawsuit against Jackson.

Two people are dead after a man went on a shooting rampage from southern Delaware to northern Maryland. At least four people were wounded in the attack. A 22-year-old suspect is being held by Maryland state police. He's scheduled to have a court appearance tomorrow. Police say the man opened fire at a Delaware apartment complex and nearby shopping mall, then shot at people as he drove to Maryland.

Well, if you plan to hit the road this summer, be prepared to pay quite a bit more when you fuel up. The Federal Energy Information Administration says gas will likely cost an extra 38 cents a gallon compared to a year ago. That's about $2.28 a gallon from April to September, although I got to say, around Atlanta, which is typically rather inexpensive for gas, it's been even more pricey than $2.28.

Anderson, how is it in Rome?

COOPER: You know, I haven't been driving...

HILL: Worse.

COOPER: ... here. It's actually more expensive, though, yes, much more expensive over here in Europe. Erica, thanks very much.

Coming up next on 360, a royal wedding two days away. It's going to be a royal wedding unlike any other. Prince Charles and Camilla Parker-Bowles tying the knot after a 35-year-old love affair. We're going to take a look at the woman who has captured the prince's heart.

Plus, a killer's confession for sale on a DVD. You're not going to believe this story. The question is, should a father be able to make money off his son's deadly ways?

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COOPER: You know the first time I heard about this next story I frankly couldn't believe it. Available online a DVD that is perhaps as disturbing as DVDs get. In Colorado, the father of a vicious serial killer is hawking his son's videotape confession, a confession that describes with grisly details how he strangled several women to death.

The killer's dad says he's doing the right thing claiming half the money he gets from the DVD will go to the children of the victims. But as CNN's Sean Callebs reports, those families want nothing to do it.

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RICHARD PAUL WHITE, CONVICTED KILLER: I am a killer. I have killed three other people.

SEAN CALLEBS, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): From the mouth of serial murderer Richard Paul White, a confession to police in the Denver suburb of Aurora on September 10, 2003.

R. WHITE: The only reason I did these things is because I'm sick.

CALLEBS: White was known as the Lincoln Park Strangler. He admits picking up a prostitute, taking the girl back to the home and doing the unthinkable.

R. WHITE: I tied her up and strangled her.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: What did you tie her up with?

R. WHITE: A cord. UNIDENTIFIED MALE: What kind of cord?

R. WHITE: Nylon.

CALLEBS: Police found two bodies in White's backyard.

After he was sentenced to life in prison for killing two women and a man, agonized families of the victims thought they had heard the last of him. But now White's own father is marketing the videotaped confession, a DVD he is selling online for $39.95. And it shows his smiling, tattooed son sitting serenely with his puppy.

(on camera): Finding the DVD is easy enough, but finding the man, now that's something else.

Duke White spends his time bouncing between two towns in windswept Southern Colorado, La Junta, about 10 miles up the road and Mesita, a two-hour drive that way with nothing but tumble weeds to break up the monotony.

(voice-over): On this day, we tracked down the father in La Junta. Initially reluctant to talk on camera, White finally agreed, hoping the notoriety would boost sales of the DVD.

He says he has a thick skin and isn't worried what people say about him.

DUKE WHITE, KILLER'S FATHER: When you are the father of someone who has been a serial killer, you're not too worried about your reputation going downhill.

CALLEBS: But he says those who label him a profiteer have it all wrong.

D. WHITE: If anybody profits from this, I don't want it to be me. That would be a disgusting, despicable thing to do.

CALLEBS: The Denver prosecutor says under Colorado law there's nothing he can do to prevent the father from profiting off the sins of the son.

MITCH MORISSEY, DENVER DISTRICT ATTORNEY: Well, I personally find the sale of the DVD to be disgusting and offensive. But it's not illegal.

CALLEBS: White says half the proceeds are earmarked for children of the women his son killed. But the family of Annaletia Gonzalez doesn't want to be paid. Her father now lives in Vermont and only agreed to be interviewed on the phone.

LARRY GONZALEZ, FATHER OF MURDER VICTIM: I don't want no money. To me that is blood money. That is money that shouldn't even be there.

D. WHITE: I've got to be responsible for large parts of this. I have to have played a big role in this. I feel terrible. I feel so bad at least these poor kids, man...

R. WHITE: You guys have the gas chamber, is it the electric chair?

CALLEBS: The killer's father says he believes release of this DVD will make his son a target for other inmates now that he's locked up. On the tape, Richard Paul White says he believes he will die for his crimes.

R. WHITE: After this, I have hell to look forward to.

CALLEBS: But his image and his hour and 28 minute confession linger, a lasting, if unwanted legacy families of his victims must cope with.

Sean Callebs, CNN, La Junta, Colorado.

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ANNOUNCER: Wedding bells to be heard all over the United Kingdom, but will number two be a charm for Prince Charming? What you don't know about Camilla. 360 profiles the woman who captured the future king's heart. 360 continues.

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COOPER: On his official Web site, the Prince of Wales, or Charlie to his friends, posts a daily diary. You probably didn't know that. In a couple hours it's off to the Vatican here to attend the pope's funeral. Curiously, nothing is mentioned about Saturday, which is really kind of odd cause that's a pretty big day in the life of Prince Charles. It's his wedding day after all, to Camilla Parker Bowles, and it caps off a thoroughly modern messy romance.

CNN's Heidi Collins has a closer look at the bride to be.

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HEIDI COLLINS, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): They are the couple that practically defined the phrase star-crossed. The upcoming marriage of Prince Charles and Camilla Parker Bowles has been 35 years in the making.

The Prince of Wales and his future wife first met at a polo match in 1970. He was off to join the Royal Navy. And three years later, Camilla married Calvary officer Andrew Parker Bowles.

The woman Princess Diana referred to as "the Rottweiler" certainly had the right pedigree. Born in London, educated at the elite Queen's Gates School and finishing schools in Switzerland and France.

Apparently the pair didn't let her marriage stand in the way of their friendship. Rumors abound that Camilla helped Charles choose a suitable wife. And that the prince proposed to Diana in Camilla's vegetable garden. But Charles and Diana's fairy tale wedding soon turned into a royal nightmare. And as the war of the Windsors played out in the press, Camilla became a public pariah. Diana blamed her for ruining her marriage.

DIANA, PRINCESS OF WALES: Well, there were three of us in this marriage, so it was a bit crowded.

COLLINS: And interfering in her life.

PRINCESS DIANA: On the honeymoon, we have our white-tie dinner for President Sadat, cufflinks arrive on his wrists, two C's entwined like the Chanel C.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Oh, right.

PRINCESS DIANA: Got it in one. Knew exactly. So I said, "Camilla gave you those, didn't she? He said, "Yes."

COLLINS: And finally, Charles chose a television interview to confess his infidelity.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Did you try to be faithful and honorable to your wife when you took on the vow of marriage?

PRINCE CHARLES OF WINDSOR: Yes, absolutely.

COLLINS: And you were?

PRINCE CHARLES: Yes, until it became irretrievably broken down.

COLLINS: The couple divorced in 1996, and when Diana died in a Paris tunnel in 1997, Camilla crept from the spotlight, until 1999, when she and Charles were photographed together for the first time.

Over the years, there were more photos, culminating in the ultimate photo-op.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: How are you feeling ma'am?

CAMILLA PARKER BOWLES: Um, all right.

COLLINS: The marriage has the queen's blessing and the blessings of Camilla's two children, 30-year-old Thom and 26-year-old Laura. They will be at the wedding with Prince Charles' sons, Princes William and Harry. All are reportedly happy about the upcoming nuptials.

As for the public, a recent poll shows 57 percent of Brits approve of Charles marrying Camilla, and about half think she should assume public duties as a member of the royal family. Perhaps they'll start hearing more about a disease close to her heart. Camilla became the president of the National Osteoporosis Society after her mother died of the illness. Still, the public's devotion to Diana will deny Camilla the title of Princess of Wales. Instead, she will be known as Duchess of Cornwall -- unless that is, Prince Charles becomes king. In that case, she would technically become the Queen of England, though she has said it's a title she will not use.

Heidi Collins, CNN, New York.

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COOPER: Well, a programming note: I'll be in Windsor on Saturday to anchor CNN's comprehensive coverage of the royal wedding. Helping me cover it all is CNN's royal commentator, Robert Jobson, a journalist and author. He joins me now from London.

Robert, good to see you. Camilla says she would not assume the title of queen. Is that possible that would change?

ROBERT JOBSON, CNN ROYAL COMMENTATOR: There's been a bit of a conflict over this one, Anderson. The government made it quite clear, as far as they are concerned she will be queen. It's not in her remit to choose -- to pick and choose what she's called. She wants to be called princess consort, but according to the rules and regulations of Parliament, she will effectively be queen consort. So, we'll have to wait and see.

My personal view is, if Prince Charles becomes king, she will become queen consort. All of this is part of a P.R. fudge to avoid the problems of her being called queen will arouse.

COOPER: There've certainly been so many problems in this relationship over the years. What is the essential attraction of these two people?

JOBSON: I think they are very much in love. I think this is been presented by the P.R. spin doctors in London as a wonderful love story spanning 34 years. Yes, I suppose it is a love story essentially. But, of course, it did have its destructive elements. It was -- according to the late princess of Wales, a primary mover in the fact her marriage crashed. There's no question that there was -- it was slightly lurid and secret lovers, et cetera.

So, it's not all really a fairy tale romance. I think we've had enough of fairy tale romances here in Britain, and I think this is really maybe a culmination of two friends who are in love, actually realizing in the 21st century, as it were, that they can get married and you know, the fact they are divorcees shouldn't really matter. There are so many divorcees in Britain that perhaps it's appropriate that the future king is one, too.

COOPER: You know, it is staggering, 700 million people watched Charles' wedding to Princess Diana. Is the interest anywhere comparable in England for this wedding?

JOBSON: There's a degree of fascination in the whole idea. This is going to be quite an interesting televised wedding. People will probably look at it for curiosity value. But no, there's no way the same interest as there were in the -- there was in the marriage of Charles and Diana.

There's a degree of antipathy toward Camilla, there's no doubt about that. Up to sort of 80 percent of the people in this country do not want her to be queen. That's why the P.R. spin doctors are making it quite clear she doesn't want that title, even though Parliament made it quite clear that it's hers by right.

So, the reality is, yes, they are going to have to play this one very carefully. I think Camilla and Charles have got a long way to go before they are accepted by the public.

COOPER: Well, a long way to go together. Robert Jobson, thanks very much. Appreciate it.

One more reminder: we are extending an invitation to attend the royal ceremony. Becky Anderson and I will bring you live coverage -- it's the Andersons covering this wedding, Prince Charles and Camilla Parker Bowles. All begins Saturday morning, 6:00 a.m. Eastern. You got to wake up a little bit early for it. We think it's going to be worth it.

Coming up next on 360, Prince Charles and Camilla, just one of many British royal scandals. See how making the tabloids has become a family affair.

Also tonight, the papal robes: red and white, what the colors signify, and what's done to make sure the right pope has the right apparel.

This special edition of 360 from Vatican City continues.

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COOPER: Welcome back.

Aaron Spelling couldn't come up with a better story line for the royal family of England and Saturday's wedding of Prince Charles and Camilla Parker Bowles, well, that's only going to add to the "Dynasty"-like drama that has turned Britain's first family into a 12- step tale.

CNN's Richard Quest gives us the scandals that rocked the royals.

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RICHARD QUEST, CNN CORRESPONDENT: 1992, it should have been a year of joy. With 40 years of dedicated service to the country, Queen Elizabeth II had much to celebrate. Instead, it turned into the worst year of her reign, and, for the most part, there was no one else to blame but the royals themselves.

CHARLES ANSON, QUEEN'S FMR PRESS SECRETARY: Rather like being a very small boat in a very heavy sea in a big storm. I mean, there comes a moment when you just have to fasten all the ropes down, and wait for the storm to pass. And that's what 1992 felt like.

QUEST: By the beginning of the year, all the queen's children except Edward were married. Most ceremonies, such as the marriage of Prince Andrew to Sarah Ferguson had been major national occasions. The public still had an appetite for these larger-than-life events.

PRINCE ANDREW: You are a monster.

QUEST: Sarah Ferguson loved to live life to the full. Used to royalty but not aristocratic herself, initially, she fit in well with the modern royal family, yet soon the strain showed.

ANNE-MARIE O'NEILL, SR EDITOR, "PEOPLE" MAGAZINE: I think the public was fascinated with Fergie because, here was this good-time party girl who found herself in the royal family. She didn't really exhibit the required stature or dignity, whatsoever.

QUEST: With her husband away on naval or royal duties, soon scandal beckoned. A series of photos published in early 1992 left the British public no doubt that Sarah had been playing around. From the pictures of her with the Texan Steve Wyatt to the famous toe sucking pictures that scandalized even a public used to naked women on page three of their national papers.

O'NEILL: I mean, sucking toes -- it's not like it was pornographic. It was just so undignified and the tabloids had such a good time with it, that it really was the first time that the royal family was opened up to such ridicule.

QUEST: Andrew and Sarah agreed to separate, and it was only January. Another royal marriage this time, the queen's daughter, Princess Ann's was also polished off in 1992. Although the princess royal, as she was known, and her husband, Captain Mark Phillips, had lived apart for several years, the final decision to divorce was tainted by a lecherous tittle-tattle. For her, the love letters from a palace staff member. For him, the claims of fathering an illegitimate child.

O'NEILL: That whole year and then all of those scandals really opened the royal family up to criticism and made people wonder, why are they there? They are not so different from us. They are not really this dignified symbol of our country. So why do we have them? It made them much more vulnerable as an institution.

QUEST: If all this made good gossip, the breakdown of Charles and Diana's marriage was far more serious stuff. After all, this involved the future of monarchy. And the illusion that the palace had created of a couple still in love went right out of the window with two foreign visits: a trip to South Korea, where they were nicknamed the Glums, and Diana at the Taj Mahal, the temple to love, sitting there alone.

O'NEILL: The myth about Charles and Diana overtook all other perceptions of the royal family. You didn't really care that year what the queen had to say in her Christmas address. All you cared about what other illness Di had developed, because she was so depressed with her marriage to Charles. And really, it just became a soap opera about Charles and Di.

QUEST: The publication of a semi-official book, "Diana: A True Story," finished the illusion. The year continued with scandal after scandal. More photos of Sarah. Tapes of Diana's extramarital flirtation. Leaks and rumors. They filled the British papers.

ANSON: The private lives of the royal family dominated the news more than their public duties. And the function of the monarchy is to perform public duties, it's not to have their private lives played out in public. But inevitably, that happened.

QUEST: Then, an event that hit the queen really hard: Her favorite home going up in flames. Windsor Castle is the queen's weekend retreat. It's the oldest inhabited castle in the world. The queen and Andrew had joined the firemen in the household, rescuing treasures as the flames consumed the historic building.

(on camera): It wasn't enough that the castle had burned, but then followed a nasty row over who would pay for the renovations and repairs. The public rebelled against the government picking up the $100 million bill. So a compromise was reached. The queen agreed to open up Buckingham Palace to tourists during the summer. The proceeds from that and from the castle would be used to do the repairs.

And, oh, yes, during the year, the queen also agreed to pay income tax for the first time.

(voice-over): With her family and castle in ruins, it was an ill and sorry sounding queen who gave a speech that defined her year.

QUEEN ELIZABETH II: 1992 is not a year on which I shall look back with undiluted pleasure. In the words of one of my more sympathetic correspondents, it has turned out to be an annus horribilis.

QUEST: And then in December, a conclusive and subdued announcement from the palace -- Charles and Diana officially separated. It was a fitting end to a difficult year.

Richard Quest, CNN, London.

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COOPER: Yeah, '93 was an annus horribilis for me, as well.

We're tracking several other stories tonight. Erica Hill from HEADLINE NEWS joins us with the latest at about a quarter until the hour. How about you, Erica, was '92 an annus horribilis?

HILL: I hope we never have to discuss '93. Oh, horrendous. Let's move on from that, because it's just going to -- I'm going to break down in a minute.

Moving on to some of the headlines of the day. Iraq's new president is vowing now to help create a democratic government that will represent the nation's diverse population. Kurdish leader Jalal Talabani took the oath of office today, as well as his two vice presidents. The three have nominated a Shiite leader for prime minister.

A high school football coach is now in critical condition after he was shot in the chest at his school in Canton, Texas. Authorities have taken the father of a ninth grade boy into custody. They say he was carrying the list of five possible targets. Some students say the suspect's son was kicked off the school's -- out of all the school's athletic programs, pardon me, earlier this week.

A sheriff's report finds an unlocked door to a judge's chambers and an inadequate video surveillance system contributed to last month's shooting spree at the Atlanta courthouse. Brian Nichols is accused of killing a judge, a court reporter and a sheriff's deputy at the courthouse, then killing a federal agent while he was on the run. The judge overseeing Nichols' case ordered a portion of the sheriff's report be released to the public today.

And that's the latest from HEADLINE NEWS. Anderson, back to you.

COOPER: All right, Erica. We'll see you again in about half an hour.

Next on this special edition of 360, from Vatican City, we're going to take you inside the pope's tailor shop. When you don't have the measurements, how to make sure the next pope has the right wardrobe? We'll show you.

And a little later, my "Reporter's Notebook," covering the death of the pope. The story isn't just that. It is much more.

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COOPER: And there you see St. Peter's Basilica. An extraordinary image at this hour of the morning. About nine hours from now, the pope's funeral begins. CNN was going to bring it to you live starting at 3:00 a.m. Eastern time. Our coverage -- we are covering all angles on this story. Our coverage continues for seven hours from that 3:00 a.m. time frame to about 10:00 a.m. in the morning. And we will be repeating coverage later on in the night.

Preparations are being made for the burial of Pope John Paul II right now here in Vatican City. Other plans are being made to prepare his successor for office, whoever that may be. The first thing that successor is going to need is an entirely new papal wardrobe. Think about it. Diana Muriel has more now on what must surely be the most exclusive haberdashery on Earth.

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UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Habemus Papam!

DIANA MURIEL, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): We have a pope. And as John Paul II appeared on the balcony, he was dressed as one. And so must the next pope be, whoever he is. And so he will be thanks to the tailors of Gamerelli, a firm so secretive that the family patriarch, Fillipo Gamerelli refuses to appear on camera.

FILLIPO GAMERELLI, VATICAN TAILOR: The pope when he be elected he must be dressed as a pope. Within half an hour, he must give the holy benediction to the people and must be dressed as a pope. MURIEL: The Gamerelli's small family business, tucked away in an ecclesiastical corner of Rome, has been making papal garments since 1798.

The current generation has made the robes for every papal election since Pius XII in 1939.

(on camera): In these rooms above the shop, seamstresses are busy cutting and sewing the papal robes, but they're work is so secret, we weren't allowed to film them.

(voice-over): But there's no secret about what the Gamerellis are up to this week before the election of a new pope. They are crafting three sets of pontifical robes, small, medium and large.

GAMERELLI: The problem is to be lucky, to have the right size for the new pope. And this is where we cross fingers, because we don't know what will be the size, who will be the pope.

MURIEL: Each set contain as white pure wool cassock. And one of white water silk. The white signifying chastity and purity. Into each set goes a metheta (ph), or hooded cape, in papal red silk, blood red indicating his willingness to shed his blood for the church.

The pope also wears a white lambs wool shawl, a reference to the good shepherd carrying the lamb on his shoulders. Together with his hat or bishops miter, the peeks at the front and back representing the new and old testaments. Finally, red leather shoes and sashes in white water

Gamerelli says the robes must be delivered to the Vatican before the cardinals meeting to choose the new pope begins on Monday 18 of April. And in the meantime, there are other clients to attend to.

Diana Muriel, CNN, Rome.

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COOPER: A quick news note for you. A lot of people are betting the pope will bring them fortune after his death. So many New York Lotto Four player had picked the combination 1920 -- the year of the pope's birth -- that lottery officials are not allowing anyone else to use it for tonight's drawing.

The combo also hit capacity level on both of yesterday's drawings, while for the three digit games popular picks include the month and date of his birth, 5, 1, 8, and the time of his death, 2, 3, 7 for Eastern time and 9, 3, 7, for Vatican City time.

Now, let's find out what is coming up next on PAULA ZAHN NOW -- Paula.

PAULA ZAHN, CNN ANCHOR: Hi Anderson. Thanks so much.

Coming up, Jane Fonda, Hanoi Jane, the actress, the activist, fitness guru is back. Not only is she back on the big screen, she is telling all in a provocative new book.

And I talked with her about her 30-year bulimia battle, her mother's suicide and how she and her first husband shared their bed with other women. The Jane Fonda we never knew coming up.

It's getting a lot of attention here, Anderson. She shares some very personal stuff about all of her marriages that we didn't know before.

COOPER: I was going to say you got my attention with that. All right, Paula Zahn. Thanks very much. We'll be watching at the top of the hour.

Coming up next on this special edition of 360, an experience for all of us. Remembering the life of Pope John Paul II. I'll take you behind the scenes of this week in my "Reporter's Notebook."

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COOPER: You know whenever we travel overseas on a story like this for 360, whether it's Sri Lanka after the tsunami or Beirut or here in Vatican City, we try to take you behind the scenes with a "Reporter's Notebook." Well, all this week, we've been followed by a wonderful photographer from Getty Images, Brent Stirton. He's been taking pictures of us as we work and some of the people we've met.

We decided to piece together some of his images and the personal reflections of what it is like behind the scenes here this week. Take a look.

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COOPER (voice-over): The sheer numbers of people standing in line to see the pope's body, it's hard to comprehend, really, even calling it a line doesn't do it justice. This isn't some queue for a rock concert. It's alive, it's breathing, moving, a pulsing parade of devotion.

Can you imagine standing for 15 hours with a child or an elderly parent? You are pressed against other people. You literally can't move without someone else moving, as well. 15 hours. It really takes its toll.

We're starting to sense more desperation. The crowds are tired. They are hungry, miserable. I have seen at least a dozen people pass out right in front of me. The boy in the beige vest, he tried to get my attention, he was speaking in Italian. I couldn't understand him. Finely he said doctori. I realized he needed help. The paramedics rushed over and took him away.

There's garbage everywhere around St. Peter's. So many people moving leaving through, leaving behind water bottles and food. Street sweepers are working overtime. They brought in porta-potties, but it's gotten pretty bad in some places.

People are sleeping under blankets, lighting candles in the dark, leaving behind small traces of their affection for the pope.

I like this photo. Three pilgrims wrapped in blankets, the painting of Jesus, it looks like an apparition in front of them.

When you actually get inside the basilica things move pretty fast. You can pause long enough to take a picture with a camera phone. But then the guards quietly move you along.

Working on a story like this, it's impossible not to feel connected to it, the emotion, the passion, it is all around you. You can feel it passing through the camera lens, passing through you.

We have been working around the clock. During the day we're shooting interviews or meeting with cardinals. We get stuck in traffic a lot.

That's my producer Charlie Moore. He's on the cell phone even more than I am.

Around midnight we rush over to St. Peter's. We stay there till dawn doing shows. Then it's back to the office. A few hours later, you start all over again.

Rome has great food, but this was the only time we were able to actually sit down and have a meal. CNN's Rome Bureau Chief Alessio Vinci promised to show me how to tie my ties like the Italians do. They have bigger knots, look much more stylish. He tried later, but I'm not sure I got it right.

I don't like to go into a story with a preset idea of what it's going to be about. I mean, if you already know the story why do in the first place? I guess I came here thinking I was covering the death of the pope, but really the story is much bigger than that. This week hasn't just been about death. It's been about life. The life of a remarkable man, the life of a vibrant church, and the life of people who have shown us this week that faith is very much alive in their hearts.

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ANDERSON COOPER, HOST: Good evening, everyone, from Vatican City.
The final hours of preparation for the pope's funeral, as well as for a royal wedding unlike any other.

Those stories, much more, on this special edition of 360 starts right now.

ANNOUNCER: A glimpse at rarely seen photos of the pope. Extraordinary access. Tonight, Anderson Cooper goes 360 with the pontiff's personal photographer.

Vioxx, now Bextra. A megapharmaceutical company pulls a popular painkiller off the market. Coming up, just how safe is your pain medication?

Wedding bells to be heard all over the United Kingdom. But will number two be a charm for Prince Charming? What you don't know about Camilla. 360 profiles the woman who captured the future king's heart.

And an outrage: grisly confessions of murder and rape from a serial killer for sale.

(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)

MITCH MORISSEY, DENVER DISTRICT ATTORNEY: Well, I personally find the sale of this DVD to be disgusting and offensive.

ANNOUNCER: Tonight, should a father be able to profit off the sins of his son?

Live from Vatican City, this is a special edition of ANDERSON COOPER 360.

COOPER: And good evening again. We are live in Vatican City. In just about nine hours, the elaborate funeral for Pope John Paul II will begin. Already about three hours ago, the public viewing of his body was stopped, so preparations could be made.

Outside, it is much quieter than in recent days. The crowds estimated to have been in the millions have thinned. That's a live picture of St. Peter's Basilica. And as it pans down to show St. Peter's Square, you'll notice it is largely empty. That long line of millions of people snaking through the square and the streets of Rome is gone. Inside, Pope John Paul still lays, the cardinals sitting around him, waiting, waiting for the funeral to begin, waiting for the world to pay their final respects to Pope John Paul II.

The pontiff became a very familiar figure in the 26 years of his reign. He was the most-photographed man in history. But there's one man who has seen more of the pope than anyone else, the man who took all those photographs. Here is his story.

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COOPER (voice-over): This is a story not about the pope, but about the man who took his picture. His name is Arturo Mari. For 49 years, he's been the Vatican's official photographer. The last 27 years, he's had just one subject, one face to focus on, John Paul II.

ARTURO MARI, VATICAN PHOTOGRAPHER (through translator): I always saw the pope as my father. He was never a person who posed or who behaved in any affected manner. He was normal, and his normality helped me in my work.

COOPER: Arturo went with the pope on countless trips, photographing countless masses and moments public and private. He came to know the pope in a way no one else has, every gesture, every wrinkle, every move, every smile.

MARI: His expression changed often when he was with children, with young people, with the sick. He expressed love, charity, and humility on his face. He became a child with children, a youngster with the young people.

COOPER: In 27 years, Arturo says he never tired of photographing Pope John Paul II. Every day in his lens, he says, he saw something new, the good and the bad. The day the pope was shot in 1981, Arturo took these pictures.

MARI: I was a meter away from the Jeep when we heard the shots and saw him fall. I immediately knew what had happened. I took the photos. I cannot explain how I did it. I have always said that, as a believer, maybe the Virgin Mary got in my hand, because I cannot explain it otherwise.

COOPER: Three days later, in the pope's hospital room, once again Arturo was there.

MARI: When I opened the door, the bed was before me and he was facing the window. As he turned, he says, Oh, Arturo, you see, we are alive. What can I say? Ooosh.

The problem is that those tears ended up in the viewfinder. You see, the Nikon viewfinder is very close to the lens. And if a drop of water falls here, it gets fogged up, and you can no longer see anything, in my case.

It was perhaps more than just a drop, and I could see nothing at all. But they still came out well. COOPER: Over the years, the pope's face changed, 1989, 1996, 1999, 2005. His body aged. Parkinson's took its toll. Arturo's lens captured it all.

MARI: Seeing this metamorphosis behind my camera was not nice, but I too aged. If before I used to run, now I move slower. And if before I had black hair, now it's white. His great example is that, in all the suffering, he was unfailingly dignified and strong. God only knows how he did it. I just don't understand.

COOPER: Six hours before the pope died, Arturo Mari was called in once again to see his old friend.

MARI: He was turned away with half-closed eyes, but he turned towards me and opened his eyes like this. They were really beautiful and alive. And in a really low voice, he said, Arturo, Arturo. Of course, I dropped to my knees and took his hand. He touched my head and blessed me. And, turning, he said, Thank you, thank you.

So I say, the pope, on his deathbed, remembers Arturo and thanks me? Right there, that is the pope. That is what people must understand. He gave all of himself for everyone.

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COOPER: There's one other photo we'd like to show that you that Arturo Mari took. The day after the pope died, stunned and in mourning, Arturo picked up his camera. The pope's photographer had work to do. He said, despite his sorrow, all he could do was swallow hard and do his job.

That is Arturo Mari, taking a photograph of the pope.

The millions of people, literally millions, who are here already or are on their way for tomorrow's funeral of Pope John Paul II come from every conceivable walk of life. But very few of them, very few, come from lives as completely removed from the modern age as a small contingent Jim Bittermann met the other day. These people are coming only a very short distance measured in miles. Measured otherwise, though, they might as well be coming from the 15th century.

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JIM BITTERMANN, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): In the ancient hilltop town of Tarquinia, an hour from Rome, it was not yet dawn. Still, at the Franciscan monastery, the 11 monks and novices were already deep in devotion.

Following in the footsteps of St. Francis of Assisi, they are sworn to a life of prayer, preaching, and penance. They have no television, no radio, no newspapers, and only rarely do they leave their community.

But this day, they decided to break their solitude. Their pope was dead, and five of the brothers decided to make a pilgrimage to Rome. "We're not just going to say good-bye to a great man," said 23- year-old Brother Donato. "The pope is our point of reference. He means everything to us."

And so the five crammed into an ancient Fiat with a bad headlight and began their pilgrimage to Rome.

They prayed as they drove, stopping only because the Fiat was about to run out of gas.

Finally, at about 10:00 in the morning, they reached the city. The crowds were everywhere. It was noisy and a little confusing. Brother Donato and his band got lost more than once.

When they got to the end of the line of people waiting to see the pope's body, it stretched back all the way across the River Tiber. A friendly but optimistic policeman told them the wait would only be about five or six hours.

Still, six hours later, they had not crossed the Tiber. "We are enthusiastic," said Brother Donato.

The day wore on. And in the river of people, the brothers got separated. It was just before sunset when the first of them finally made out St. Peter's dome in the distance.

As Brother Donato had explained, Franciscans are known for their patience. A lot of that was required, especially since the dignitaries had started arriving. And every time one of them paid homage to the pope, the line slowed down a little.

Then, disaster struck. Within a few feet of entering St. Peter's Square, the line stopped dead. It was now 2:00 in the morning, but the area had to be cleaned.

Still, Brother Donato's enthusiasm was undimmed. "No matter what it takes," he explained, "we Franciscans are not going to miss the chance to bid good-bye to our spiritual leader."

And what it took was another four hours. At 5:00 in the morning, they finally made it into St. Peter's and passed the pope's body.

Nearly 24 hours after their morning mass, and after 18 hours of waiting in line, Brother Donato was still enthusiastic. "It's been a life experience," he said, "and definitely worth it," plenty in it for him and the other Franciscans to go back to Tarquinia and reflect upon.

Jim Bittermann, CNN, Rome.

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COOPER: So many people coming from so many places near and far.

Our coverage from here in Vatican City continues. There are so many other stories that we're covering as well right now. Coming up next on 360, a painkiller pulled from the market. Why the FDA wants Bextra off the shelves. What you need to know. 360 M.D. Sanjay Gupta joins us.

Also, a little later, love and finally marriage. Prince Charles and Camilla about to say their I do's. What you don't know about her, a 360 profile.

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COOPER: Welcome back.

Pilgrims and presidents are here in Vatican City, where, in about nine hours, the funeral of Pope John Paul II will begin. We of course going to have much more on the funeral in a moment.

But first, we have other news to tell you about, important news about a popular painkiller. It's called Bextra. And it is taken by millions of Americans with arthritis, at least it was up until today. The makers of Bextra have pulled it from the market after the FDA said the pain reliever could cause serious health problems, even death in some cases.

360 M.D. Sanjay Gupta joins us from Atlanta for more. Sanjay, why did they pull this drug off the market?

SANJAY GUPTA, CNN SENIOR MEDICAL CORRESPONDENT: Well, in surprising move, actually, in some sense. They basically said that the risks outweigh the benefits with Bextra, specifically with regards to potential heart attacks and heart disease.

Pfizer has agreed that the makers of Bextra have agreed to take the drug off the market but says it wants to reassess the data, hoping to maybe put the drug back on the market in the future.

You mentioned millions of people take this medication, Anderson, 12.8 million prescriptions of Bextra were filled last year. So a very popular medication.

Anderson, we've been talking about these Cox-2 inhibitors for some time now. You remember Vioxx was taken off the market as well, voluntarily, by its maker, Merck, and now Bextra as well. The decision really based on three things. What they found was that there was an increased risk of cardiovascular incidents specifically with this medication.

Also, a risk of a rare skin reaction known as Stevens-Johnson Syndrome, a rare thing, but they said possible again with Bextra. But really, the bottom line, not more effective and no greater GI benefits, meaning it was supposed to be a medication you could take and it wouldn't hurt your stomach. They found that that's not necessarily the case.

For now, at least, Anderson, the drug's off the market. COOPER: Well, you know, Vioxx's manufacturer pulled it off the market last September. FDA pulls Bextra off the market. Celebrex stays on. Why?

GUPTA: Yes, it's interesting, Celebrex seems to have survived this, at least. Here, we did some homework on this, and here's what we found. There is an increased risk of cardiovascular problems as well with Celebrex. What the FDA decided to do in this case, however, was put a significant warning, called a black-box warning, about these cardiovascular risks and about the gastrointestinal risks as well.

In effect, what they think is that if people are informed about the drug, people who have a history of heart disease don't take the drug, then the benefits will actually outweigh the risks.

What was also interesting to me, Anderson, and there's lots of drugs out there that are over the counter, Aleve, Advil, those sorts of medications, the FDA's put out a warning about them as well, say they have similar risks, limit your dosage and your duration of those medications as well.

COOPER: All right, 360 M.D. Sanjay Gupta. Thanks, Sanjay, appreciate it.

GUPTA: Thank you. All right.

COOPER: We are covering a lot more. Coming up next on 360, we're going to be talking more about what is going on here in Vatican City.

Also, shocking testimony in the Michael Jackson trial. Erica Hill from HEADLINE NEWS joins us with that and other stories at about quarter past the hour. Hey, Erica.

ERICA HILL, HEADLINE NEWS: Hey, Anderson, good to see you.

Shocking may not even begin to describe it. Jurors heard some incredibly graphic testimony today at the Michael Jackson trial. And we want to warn you here, you may find the details offensive. A former Neverland security guard said he saw the singer perform oral sex on a preteen boy, who later received a multimillion-dollar financial settlement from Jackson. The defense says the prosecution witness is lying, because he is a disgruntled and former employee who lost a lawsuit against Jackson.

Two people are dead after a man went on a shooting rampage from southern Delaware to northern Maryland. At least four people were wounded in the attack. A 22-year-old suspect is being held by Maryland state police. He's scheduled to have a court appearance tomorrow. Police say the man opened fire at a Delaware apartment complex and nearby shopping mall, then shot at people as he drove to Maryland.

Well, if you plan to hit the road this summer, be prepared to pay quite a bit more when you fuel up. The Federal Energy Information Administration says gas will likely cost an extra 38 cents a gallon compared to a year ago. That's about $2.28 a gallon from April to September, although I got to say, around Atlanta, which is typically rather inexpensive for gas, it's been even more pricey than $2.28.

Anderson, how is it in Rome?

COOPER: You know, I haven't been driving...

HILL: Worse.

COOPER: ... here. It's actually more expensive, though, yes, much more expensive over here in Europe. Erica, thanks very much.

Coming up next on 360, a royal wedding two days away. It's going to be a royal wedding unlike any other. Prince Charles and Camilla Parker-Bowles tying the knot after a 35-year-old love affair. We're going to take a look at the woman who has captured the prince's heart.

Plus, a killer's confession for sale on a DVD. You're not going to believe this story. The question is, should a father be able to make money off his son's deadly ways?

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COOPER: You know the first time I heard about this next story I frankly couldn't believe it. Available online a DVD that is perhaps as disturbing as DVDs get. In Colorado, the father of a vicious serial killer is hawking his son's videotape confession, a confession that describes with grisly details how he strangled several women to death.

The killer's dad says he's doing the right thing claiming half the money he gets from the DVD will go to the children of the victims. But as CNN's Sean Callebs reports, those families want nothing to do it.

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RICHARD PAUL WHITE, CONVICTED KILLER: I am a killer. I have killed three other people.

SEAN CALLEBS, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): From the mouth of serial murderer Richard Paul White, a confession to police in the Denver suburb of Aurora on September 10, 2003.

R. WHITE: The only reason I did these things is because I'm sick.

CALLEBS: White was known as the Lincoln Park Strangler. He admits picking up a prostitute, taking the girl back to the home and doing the unthinkable.

R. WHITE: I tied her up and strangled her.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: What did you tie her up with?

R. WHITE: A cord. UNIDENTIFIED MALE: What kind of cord?

R. WHITE: Nylon.

CALLEBS: Police found two bodies in White's backyard.

After he was sentenced to life in prison for killing two women and a man, agonized families of the victims thought they had heard the last of him. But now White's own father is marketing the videotaped confession, a DVD he is selling online for $39.95. And it shows his smiling, tattooed son sitting serenely with his puppy.

(on camera): Finding the DVD is easy enough, but finding the man, now that's something else.

Duke White spends his time bouncing between two towns in windswept Southern Colorado, La Junta, about 10 miles up the road and Mesita, a two-hour drive that way with nothing but tumble weeds to break up the monotony.

(voice-over): On this day, we tracked down the father in La Junta. Initially reluctant to talk on camera, White finally agreed, hoping the notoriety would boost sales of the DVD.

He says he has a thick skin and isn't worried what people say about him.

DUKE WHITE, KILLER'S FATHER: When you are the father of someone who has been a serial killer, you're not too worried about your reputation going downhill.

CALLEBS: But he says those who label him a profiteer have it all wrong.

D. WHITE: If anybody profits from this, I don't want it to be me. That would be a disgusting, despicable thing to do.

CALLEBS: The Denver prosecutor says under Colorado law there's nothing he can do to prevent the father from profiting off the sins of the son.

MITCH MORISSEY, DENVER DISTRICT ATTORNEY: Well, I personally find the sale of the DVD to be disgusting and offensive. But it's not illegal.

CALLEBS: White says half the proceeds are earmarked for children of the women his son killed. But the family of Annaletia Gonzalez doesn't want to be paid. Her father now lives in Vermont and only agreed to be interviewed on the phone.

LARRY GONZALEZ, FATHER OF MURDER VICTIM: I don't want no money. To me that is blood money. That is money that shouldn't even be there.

D. WHITE: I've got to be responsible for large parts of this. I have to have played a big role in this. I feel terrible. I feel so bad at least these poor kids, man...

R. WHITE: You guys have the gas chamber, is it the electric chair?

CALLEBS: The killer's father says he believes release of this DVD will make his son a target for other inmates now that he's locked up. On the tape, Richard Paul White says he believes he will die for his crimes.

R. WHITE: After this, I have hell to look forward to.

CALLEBS: But his image and his hour and 28 minute confession linger, a lasting, if unwanted legacy families of his victims must cope with.

Sean Callebs, CNN, La Junta, Colorado.

(END VIDEOTAPE)

ANNOUNCER: Wedding bells to be heard all over the United Kingdom, but will number two be a charm for Prince Charming? What you don't know about Camilla. 360 profiles the woman who captured the future king's heart. 360 continues.

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COOPER: On his official Web site, the Prince of Wales, or Charlie to his friends, posts a daily diary. You probably didn't know that. In a couple hours it's off to the Vatican here to attend the pope's funeral. Curiously, nothing is mentioned about Saturday, which is really kind of odd cause that's a pretty big day in the life of Prince Charles. It's his wedding day after all, to Camilla Parker Bowles, and it caps off a thoroughly modern messy romance.

CNN's Heidi Collins has a closer look at the bride to be.

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HEIDI COLLINS, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): They are the couple that practically defined the phrase star-crossed. The upcoming marriage of Prince Charles and Camilla Parker Bowles has been 35 years in the making.

The Prince of Wales and his future wife first met at a polo match in 1970. He was off to join the Royal Navy. And three years later, Camilla married Calvary officer Andrew Parker Bowles.

The woman Princess Diana referred to as "the Rottweiler" certainly had the right pedigree. Born in London, educated at the elite Queen's Gates School and finishing schools in Switzerland and France.

Apparently the pair didn't let her marriage stand in the way of their friendship. Rumors abound that Camilla helped Charles choose a suitable wife. And that the prince proposed to Diana in Camilla's vegetable garden. But Charles and Diana's fairy tale wedding soon turned into a royal nightmare. And as the war of the Windsors played out in the press, Camilla became a public pariah. Diana blamed her for ruining her marriage.

DIANA, PRINCESS OF WALES: Well, there were three of us in this marriage, so it was a bit crowded.

COLLINS: And interfering in her life.

PRINCESS DIANA: On the honeymoon, we have our white-tie dinner for President Sadat, cufflinks arrive on his wrists, two C's entwined like the Chanel C.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Oh, right.

PRINCESS DIANA: Got it in one. Knew exactly. So I said, "Camilla gave you those, didn't she? He said, "Yes."

COLLINS: And finally, Charles chose a television interview to confess his infidelity.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Did you try to be faithful and honorable to your wife when you took on the vow of marriage?

PRINCE CHARLES OF WINDSOR: Yes, absolutely.

COLLINS: And you were?

PRINCE CHARLES: Yes, until it became irretrievably broken down.

COLLINS: The couple divorced in 1996, and when Diana died in a Paris tunnel in 1997, Camilla crept from the spotlight, until 1999, when she and Charles were photographed together for the first time.

Over the years, there were more photos, culminating in the ultimate photo-op.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: How are you feeling ma'am?

CAMILLA PARKER BOWLES: Um, all right.

COLLINS: The marriage has the queen's blessing and the blessings of Camilla's two children, 30-year-old Thom and 26-year-old Laura. They will be at the wedding with Prince Charles' sons, Princes William and Harry. All are reportedly happy about the upcoming nuptials.

As for the public, a recent poll shows 57 percent of Brits approve of Charles marrying Camilla, and about half think she should assume public duties as a member of the royal family. Perhaps they'll start hearing more about a disease close to her heart. Camilla became the president of the National Osteoporosis Society after her mother died of the illness. Still, the public's devotion to Diana will deny Camilla the title of Princess of Wales. Instead, she will be known as Duchess of Cornwall -- unless that is, Prince Charles becomes king. In that case, she would technically become the Queen of England, though she has said it's a title she will not use.

Heidi Collins, CNN, New York.

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COOPER: Well, a programming note: I'll be in Windsor on Saturday to anchor CNN's comprehensive coverage of the royal wedding. Helping me cover it all is CNN's royal commentator, Robert Jobson, a journalist and author. He joins me now from London.

Robert, good to see you. Camilla says she would not assume the title of queen. Is that possible that would change?

ROBERT JOBSON, CNN ROYAL COMMENTATOR: There's been a bit of a conflict over this one, Anderson. The government made it quite clear, as far as they are concerned she will be queen. It's not in her remit to choose -- to pick and choose what she's called. She wants to be called princess consort, but according to the rules and regulations of Parliament, she will effectively be queen consort. So, we'll have to wait and see.

My personal view is, if Prince Charles becomes king, she will become queen consort. All of this is part of a P.R. fudge to avoid the problems of her being called queen will arouse.

COOPER: There've certainly been so many problems in this relationship over the years. What is the essential attraction of these two people?

JOBSON: I think they are very much in love. I think this is been presented by the P.R. spin doctors in London as a wonderful love story spanning 34 years. Yes, I suppose it is a love story essentially. But, of course, it did have its destructive elements. It was -- according to the late princess of Wales, a primary mover in the fact her marriage crashed. There's no question that there was -- it was slightly lurid and secret lovers, et cetera.

So, it's not all really a fairy tale romance. I think we've had enough of fairy tale romances here in Britain, and I think this is really maybe a culmination of two friends who are in love, actually realizing in the 21st century, as it were, that they can get married and you know, the fact they are divorcees shouldn't really matter. There are so many divorcees in Britain that perhaps it's appropriate that the future king is one, too.

COOPER: You know, it is staggering, 700 million people watched Charles' wedding to Princess Diana. Is the interest anywhere comparable in England for this wedding?

JOBSON: There's a degree of fascination in the whole idea. This is going to be quite an interesting televised wedding. People will probably look at it for curiosity value. But no, there's no way the same interest as there were in the -- there was in the marriage of Charles and Diana.

There's a degree of antipathy toward Camilla, there's no doubt about that. Up to sort of 80 percent of the people in this country do not want her to be queen. That's why the P.R. spin doctors are making it quite clear she doesn't want that title, even though Parliament made it quite clear that it's hers by right.

So, the reality is, yes, they are going to have to play this one very carefully. I think Camilla and Charles have got a long way to go before they are accepted by the public.

COOPER: Well, a long way to go together. Robert Jobson, thanks very much. Appreciate it.

One more reminder: we are extending an invitation to attend the royal ceremony. Becky Anderson and I will bring you live coverage -- it's the Andersons covering this wedding, Prince Charles and Camilla Parker Bowles. All begins Saturday morning, 6:00 a.m. Eastern. You got to wake up a little bit early for it. We think it's going to be worth it.

Coming up next on 360, Prince Charles and Camilla, just one of many British royal scandals. See how making the tabloids has become a family affair.

Also tonight, the papal robes: red and white, what the colors signify, and what's done to make sure the right pope has the right apparel.

This special edition of 360 from Vatican City continues.

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COOPER: Welcome back.

Aaron Spelling couldn't come up with a better story line for the royal family of England and Saturday's wedding of Prince Charles and Camilla Parker Bowles, well, that's only going to add to the "Dynasty"-like drama that has turned Britain's first family into a 12- step tale.

CNN's Richard Quest gives us the scandals that rocked the royals.

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RICHARD QUEST, CNN CORRESPONDENT: 1992, it should have been a year of joy. With 40 years of dedicated service to the country, Queen Elizabeth II had much to celebrate. Instead, it turned into the worst year of her reign, and, for the most part, there was no one else to blame but the royals themselves.

CHARLES ANSON, QUEEN'S FMR PRESS SECRETARY: Rather like being a very small boat in a very heavy sea in a big storm. I mean, there comes a moment when you just have to fasten all the ropes down, and wait for the storm to pass. And that's what 1992 felt like.

QUEST: By the beginning of the year, all the queen's children except Edward were married. Most ceremonies, such as the marriage of Prince Andrew to Sarah Ferguson had been major national occasions. The public still had an appetite for these larger-than-life events.

PRINCE ANDREW: You are a monster.

QUEST: Sarah Ferguson loved to live life to the full. Used to royalty but not aristocratic herself, initially, she fit in well with the modern royal family, yet soon the strain showed.

ANNE-MARIE O'NEILL, SR EDITOR, "PEOPLE" MAGAZINE: I think the public was fascinated with Fergie because, here was this good-time party girl who found herself in the royal family. She didn't really exhibit the required stature or dignity, whatsoever.

QUEST: With her husband away on naval or royal duties, soon scandal beckoned. A series of photos published in early 1992 left the British public no doubt that Sarah had been playing around. From the pictures of her with the Texan Steve Wyatt to the famous toe sucking pictures that scandalized even a public used to naked women on page three of their national papers.

O'NEILL: I mean, sucking toes -- it's not like it was pornographic. It was just so undignified and the tabloids had such a good time with it, that it really was the first time that the royal family was opened up to such ridicule.

QUEST: Andrew and Sarah agreed to separate, and it was only January. Another royal marriage this time, the queen's daughter, Princess Ann's was also polished off in 1992. Although the princess royal, as she was known, and her husband, Captain Mark Phillips, had lived apart for several years, the final decision to divorce was tainted by a lecherous tittle-tattle. For her, the love letters from a palace staff member. For him, the claims of fathering an illegitimate child.

O'NEILL: That whole year and then all of those scandals really opened the royal family up to criticism and made people wonder, why are they there? They are not so different from us. They are not really this dignified symbol of our country. So why do we have them? It made them much more vulnerable as an institution.

QUEST: If all this made good gossip, the breakdown of Charles and Diana's marriage was far more serious stuff. After all, this involved the future of monarchy. And the illusion that the palace had created of a couple still in love went right out of the window with two foreign visits: a trip to South Korea, where they were nicknamed the Glums, and Diana at the Taj Mahal, the temple to love, sitting there alone.

O'NEILL: The myth about Charles and Diana overtook all other perceptions of the royal family. You didn't really care that year what the queen had to say in her Christmas address. All you cared about what other illness Di had developed, because she was so depressed with her marriage to Charles. And really, it just became a soap opera about Charles and Di.

QUEST: The publication of a semi-official book, "Diana: A True Story," finished the illusion. The year continued with scandal after scandal. More photos of Sarah. Tapes of Diana's extramarital flirtation. Leaks and rumors. They filled the British papers.

ANSON: The private lives of the royal family dominated the news more than their public duties. And the function of the monarchy is to perform public duties, it's not to have their private lives played out in public. But inevitably, that happened.

QUEST: Then, an event that hit the queen really hard: Her favorite home going up in flames. Windsor Castle is the queen's weekend retreat. It's the oldest inhabited castle in the world. The queen and Andrew had joined the firemen in the household, rescuing treasures as the flames consumed the historic building.

(on camera): It wasn't enough that the castle had burned, but then followed a nasty row over who would pay for the renovations and repairs. The public rebelled against the government picking up the $100 million bill. So a compromise was reached. The queen agreed to open up Buckingham Palace to tourists during the summer. The proceeds from that and from the castle would be used to do the repairs.

And, oh, yes, during the year, the queen also agreed to pay income tax for the first time.

(voice-over): With her family and castle in ruins, it was an ill and sorry sounding queen who gave a speech that defined her year.

QUEEN ELIZABETH II: 1992 is not a year on which I shall look back with undiluted pleasure. In the words of one of my more sympathetic correspondents, it has turned out to be an annus horribilis.

QUEST: And then in December, a conclusive and subdued announcement from the palace -- Charles and Diana officially separated. It was a fitting end to a difficult year.

Richard Quest, CNN, London.

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COOPER: Yeah, '93 was an annus horribilis for me, as well.

We're tracking several other stories tonight. Erica Hill from HEADLINE NEWS joins us with the latest at about a quarter until the hour. How about you, Erica, was '92 an annus horribilis?

HILL: I hope we never have to discuss '93. Oh, horrendous. Let's move on from that, because it's just going to -- I'm going to break down in a minute.

Moving on to some of the headlines of the day. Iraq's new president is vowing now to help create a democratic government that will represent the nation's diverse population. Kurdish leader Jalal Talabani took the oath of office today, as well as his two vice presidents. The three have nominated a Shiite leader for prime minister.

A high school football coach is now in critical condition after he was shot in the chest at his school in Canton, Texas. Authorities have taken the father of a ninth grade boy into custody. They say he was carrying the list of five possible targets. Some students say the suspect's son was kicked off the school's -- out of all the school's athletic programs, pardon me, earlier this week.

A sheriff's report finds an unlocked door to a judge's chambers and an inadequate video surveillance system contributed to last month's shooting spree at the Atlanta courthouse. Brian Nichols is accused of killing a judge, a court reporter and a sheriff's deputy at the courthouse, then killing a federal agent while he was on the run. The judge overseeing Nichols' case ordered a portion of the sheriff's report be released to the public today.

And that's the latest from HEADLINE NEWS. Anderson, back to you.

COOPER: All right, Erica. We'll see you again in about half an hour.

Next on this special edition of 360, from Vatican City, we're going to take you inside the pope's tailor shop. When you don't have the measurements, how to make sure the next pope has the right wardrobe? We'll show you.

And a little later, my "Reporter's Notebook," covering the death of the pope. The story isn't just that. It is much more.

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COOPER: And there you see St. Peter's Basilica. An extraordinary image at this hour of the morning. About nine hours from now, the pope's funeral begins. CNN was going to bring it to you live starting at 3:00 a.m. Eastern time. Our coverage -- we are covering all angles on this story. Our coverage continues for seven hours from that 3:00 a.m. time frame to about 10:00 a.m. in the morning. And we will be repeating coverage later on in the night.

Preparations are being made for the burial of Pope John Paul II right now here in Vatican City. Other plans are being made to prepare his successor for office, whoever that may be. The first thing that successor is going to need is an entirely new papal wardrobe. Think about it. Diana Muriel has more now on what must surely be the most exclusive haberdashery on Earth.

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UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Habemus Papam!

DIANA MURIEL, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): We have a pope. And as John Paul II appeared on the balcony, he was dressed as one. And so must the next pope be, whoever he is. And so he will be thanks to the tailors of Gamerelli, a firm so secretive that the family patriarch, Fillipo Gamerelli refuses to appear on camera.

FILLIPO GAMERELLI, VATICAN TAILOR: The pope when he be elected he must be dressed as a pope. Within half an hour, he must give the holy benediction to the people and must be dressed as a pope. MURIEL: The Gamerelli's small family business, tucked away in an ecclesiastical corner of Rome, has been making papal garments since 1798.

The current generation has made the robes for every papal election since Pius XII in 1939.

(on camera): In these rooms above the shop, seamstresses are busy cutting and sewing the papal robes, but they're work is so secret, we weren't allowed to film them.

(voice-over): But there's no secret about what the Gamerellis are up to this week before the election of a new pope. They are crafting three sets of pontifical robes, small, medium and large.

GAMERELLI: The problem is to be lucky, to have the right size for the new pope. And this is where we cross fingers, because we don't know what will be the size, who will be the pope.

MURIEL: Each set contain as white pure wool cassock. And one of white water silk. The white signifying chastity and purity. Into each set goes a metheta (ph), or hooded cape, in papal red silk, blood red indicating his willingness to shed his blood for the church.

The pope also wears a white lambs wool shawl, a reference to the good shepherd carrying the lamb on his shoulders. Together with his hat or bishops miter, the peeks at the front and back representing the new and old testaments. Finally, red leather shoes and sashes in white water

Gamerelli says the robes must be delivered to the Vatican before the cardinals meeting to choose the new pope begins on Monday 18 of April. And in the meantime, there are other clients to attend to.

Diana Muriel, CNN, Rome.

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COOPER: A quick news note for you. A lot of people are betting the pope will bring them fortune after his death. So many New York Lotto Four player had picked the combination 1920 -- the year of the pope's birth -- that lottery officials are not allowing anyone else to use it for tonight's drawing.

The combo also hit capacity level on both of yesterday's drawings, while for the three digit games popular picks include the month and date of his birth, 5, 1, 8, and the time of his death, 2, 3, 7 for Eastern time and 9, 3, 7, for Vatican City time.

Now, let's find out what is coming up next on PAULA ZAHN NOW -- Paula.

PAULA ZAHN, CNN ANCHOR: Hi Anderson. Thanks so much.

Coming up, Jane Fonda, Hanoi Jane, the actress, the activist, fitness guru is back. Not only is she back on the big screen, she is telling all in a provocative new book.

And I talked with her about her 30-year bulimia battle, her mother's suicide and how she and her first husband shared their bed with other women. The Jane Fonda we never knew coming up.

It's getting a lot of attention here, Anderson. She shares some very personal stuff about all of her marriages that we didn't know before.

COOPER: I was going to say you got my attention with that. All right, Paula Zahn. Thanks very much. We'll be watching at the top of the hour.

Coming up next on this special edition of 360, an experience for all of us. Remembering the life of Pope John Paul II. I'll take you behind the scenes of this week in my "Reporter's Notebook."

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COOPER: You know whenever we travel overseas on a story like this for 360, whether it's Sri Lanka after the tsunami or Beirut or here in Vatican City, we try to take you behind the scenes with a "Reporter's Notebook." Well, all this week, we've been followed by a wonderful photographer from Getty Images, Brent Stirton. He's been taking pictures of us as we work and some of the people we've met.

We decided to piece together some of his images and the personal reflections of what it is like behind the scenes here this week. Take a look.

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COOPER (voice-over): The sheer numbers of people standing in line to see the pope's body, it's hard to comprehend, really, even calling it a line doesn't do it justice. This isn't some queue for a rock concert. It's alive, it's breathing, moving, a pulsing parade of devotion.

Can you imagine standing for 15 hours with a child or an elderly parent? You are pressed against other people. You literally can't move without someone else moving, as well. 15 hours. It really takes its toll.

We're starting to sense more desperation. The crowds are tired. They are hungry, miserable. I have seen at least a dozen people pass out right in front of me. The boy in the beige vest, he tried to get my attention, he was speaking in Italian. I couldn't understand him. Finely he said doctori. I realized he needed help. The paramedics rushed over and took him away.

There's garbage everywhere around St. Peter's. So many people moving leaving through, leaving behind water bottles and food. Street sweepers are working overtime. They brought in porta-potties, but it's gotten pretty bad in some places.

People are sleeping under blankets, lighting candles in the dark, leaving behind small traces of their affection for the pope.

I like this photo. Three pilgrims wrapped in blankets, the painting of Jesus, it looks like an apparition in front of them.

When you actually get inside the basilica things move pretty fast. You can pause long enough to take a picture with a camera phone. But then the guards quietly move you along.

Working on a story like this, it's impossible not to feel connected to it, the emotion, the passion, it is all around you. You can feel it passing through the camera lens, passing through you.

We have been working around the clock. During the day we're shooting interviews or meeting with cardinals. We get stuck in traffic a lot.

That's my producer Charlie Moore. He's on the cell phone even more than I am.

Around midnight we rush over to St. Peter's. We stay there till dawn doing shows. Then it's back to the office. A few hours later, you start all over again.

Rome has great food, but this was the only time we were able to actually sit down and have a meal. CNN's Rome Bureau Chief Alessio Vinci promised to show me how to tie my ties like the Italians do. They have bigger knots, look much more stylish. He tried later, but I'm not sure I got it right.

I don't like to go into a story with a preset idea of what it's going to be about. I mean, if you already know the story why do in the first place? I guess I came here thinking I was covering the death of the pope, but really the story is much bigger than that. This week hasn't just been about death. It's been about life. The life of a remarkable man, the life of a vibrant church, and the life of people who have shown us this week that faith is very much alive in their hearts.

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COOPER: That's 360 tonight from Vatican City. I'm Anderson Cooper. CNN's prime-time coverage continues now with PAULA ZAHN.

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