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News Making Headlines 'Over There'

Aired November 22, 2002 - 07:51   ET

THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.

THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.


JACK CAFFERTY, CNN ANCHOR: The life of the royal terrier, Dottie, is spared, but Princess Anne bitten by the press. Three photographers who snapped pictures of Princess Di's car crash are going on trial. And we've got some other stuff.
We're going to go "Over There," check in with my friend, Richard Quest, who is back with us on Friday, as is his want, to take a look at what the folks on Fleet Street have their knickers in a knot about.

Good morning, my friend.

RICHARD QUEST, CNN CORRESPONDENT: And very chesty I am, too, having stood outside that dreaded magistrate's court yesterday for three hours in the rain. It's got right on my chest, Jack, I'll tell you that.

CAFFERTY: Oh.

QUEST: Talking about that, how about Princess Anne? Now, never mind her chest. There she is coming out of court yesterday, looking deeply unhappy having been fined the best part of $1,800. And who could blame her? This is the way the newspapers described her: "Princess Criminal."

CAFFERTY: That's harsh.

QUEST: ... was what -- now, it's pretty unpleasant is the way.

But it was -- you know, yesterday, Jack, you asked me when was the last time a royal was in court charged with a criminal offense.

CAFFERTY: Yes.

QUEST: It was King Charles in 1649. On that occasion, he managed to lose his head. All Princess Anne did was nearly lose her dog.

CAFFERTY: Now, what's this thing about Princess Diana and the photographers who covered that car crash in which she died? Wasn't this thing taken into court once? Now, it's going back I understand.

QUEST: Yes. They never managed to actually prove that the paparazzi, who had followed the princess in Dodi Fayed's car through the streets of Paris, they never managed to prove manslaughter. The judge -- the final Supreme Court in France said that they were too far away, and there was no cause or link. Now, Mohamed al Fayed, Dodi Fayed's father, has managed to get the case underway. This time the photographers are being charged with invasion of privacy. The French have decided -- wait for this, this will be interesting. The French have decided that what happens within your car, when you're on the inside, is within your own privacy, even though there are all glass windows around the outside, but never mind. They have decided that is private.

So, photographs of Dodi and the princess are to be -- if there is be a case as to whether they invaded his privacy.

Incidentally, the royal family has not made the same claim about Diana, Princess of Wales.

CAFFERTY: Well, that's nonsense. She's a public figure. The accident happened on a public street, but we don't have time to debate that.

My favorite story is the fact that they televised your regular annual visit to your doctor for your physical.

QUEST: And those who are squeamish, look away now. It's not that squeamish, but I'll just gently show you the sort of things that they've been showing in Britain.

This is Professor von Hagens -- Gunther von Hagens in fact. And basically, what he is doing is the first public autopsy...

CAFFERTY: I thought this was your physical.

QUEST: .. in the last 170 years. They are illegal, but Professor von Hagens decided that the public had a right to know. So, he started storing (ph) up a 70-year-old man who had died of heart disease from smoking and drinking.

Five hundred people turned up to watch the public autopsy, including the police, and it's very likely that Professor von Hagens will be arrested and charged with breaking the law.

CAFFERTY: All right, I guess it wasn't your physical.

What happened to Madonna? She showed up, tried to buy something to eat, didn't have any money. What's that about?


Aired November 22, 2002 - 07:51   ET
THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.
JACK CAFFERTY, CNN ANCHOR: The life of the royal terrier, Dottie, is spared, but Princess Anne bitten by the press. Three photographers who snapped pictures of Princess Di's car crash are going on trial. And we've got some other stuff.
We're going to go "Over There," check in with my friend, Richard Quest, who is back with us on Friday, as is his want, to take a look at what the folks on Fleet Street have their knickers in a knot about.

Good morning, my friend.

RICHARD QUEST, CNN CORRESPONDENT: And very chesty I am, too, having stood outside that dreaded magistrate's court yesterday for three hours in the rain. It's got right on my chest, Jack, I'll tell you that.

CAFFERTY: Oh.

QUEST: Talking about that, how about Princess Anne? Now, never mind her chest. There she is coming out of court yesterday, looking deeply unhappy having been fined the best part of $1,800. And who could blame her? This is the way the newspapers described her: "Princess Criminal."

CAFFERTY: That's harsh.

QUEST: ... was what -- now, it's pretty unpleasant is the way.

But it was -- you know, yesterday, Jack, you asked me when was the last time a royal was in court charged with a criminal offense.

CAFFERTY: Yes.

QUEST: It was King Charles in 1649. On that occasion, he managed to lose his head. All Princess Anne did was nearly lose her dog.

CAFFERTY: Now, what's this thing about Princess Diana and the photographers who covered that car crash in which she died? Wasn't this thing taken into court once? Now, it's going back I understand.

QUEST: Yes. They never managed to actually prove that the paparazzi, who had followed the princess in Dodi Fayed's car through the streets of Paris, they never managed to prove manslaughter. The judge -- the final Supreme Court in France said that they were too far away, and there was no cause or link. Now, Mohamed al Fayed, Dodi Fayed's father, has managed to get the case underway. This time the photographers are being charged with invasion of privacy. The French have decided -- wait for this, this will be interesting. The French have decided that what happens within your car, when you're on the inside, is within your own privacy, even though there are all glass windows around the outside, but never mind. They have decided that is private.

So, photographs of Dodi and the princess are to be -- if there is be a case as to whether they invaded his privacy.

Incidentally, the royal family has not made the same claim about Diana, Princess of Wales.

CAFFERTY: Well, that's nonsense. She's a public figure. The accident happened on a public street, but we don't have time to debate that.

My favorite story is the fact that they televised your regular annual visit to your doctor for your physical.

QUEST: And those who are squeamish, look away now. It's not that squeamish, but I'll just gently show you the sort of things that they've been showing in Britain.

This is Professor von Hagens -- Gunther von Hagens in fact. And basically, what he is doing is the first public autopsy...

CAFFERTY: I thought this was your physical.

QUEST: .. in the last 170 years. They are illegal, but Professor von Hagens decided that the public had a right to know. So, he started storing (ph) up a 70-year-old man who had died of heart disease from smoking and drinking.

Five hundred people turned up to watch the public autopsy, including the police, and it's very likely that Professor von Hagens will be arrested and charged with breaking the law.

CAFFERTY: All right, I guess it wasn't your physical.

What happened to Madonna? She showed up, tried to buy something to eat, didn't have any money. What's that about?