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Christmas In Britain
Aired December 26, 2003 - 07:45 ET
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SOLEDAD O'BRIEN, CNN ANCHOR: A royal tribute for British troops serving in Iraq. Our man in London, Richard Quest, has more on the Christmas message from the monarch.
So let's go right across the Atlantic now to London for the latest from over there -- good morning, Richard.
Nice to see you.
RICHARD QUEST, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Good morning, Soledad.
You'll be aware, of course, it's boxing day here in Britain, Australia and Canada, a bit of a national holiday, when we're all sort of still recovering from the day before. But, yesterday we were privileged to see Her Majesty the Queen in her annual Christmas address to the Commonwealth. And, as pretty much expected, she basically said thank you to the British troops, whom she described as doing brilliantly, taking great risks. And she said there was -- that they have paid a heavy price for their duty.
What was interesting, you see, you may be interested in and you may be used to seeing George Bush on aircraft carriers and the like, but we saw Her Maj out at the barracks at Windsor.
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QUEEN ELIZABETH II, UNITED KINGDOM: This year, I am speaking to you from the Household Calvary Barracks in Windsor because I want to draw attention to the many servicemen and women who are stationed far from home this Christmas.
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QUEST: Now, that's all very different for those of us to see Her Majesty walking. Obviously, this was all done a couple of weeks ago, before she had that operation on her leg. But I was right in one respect. On yesterday's program, Soledad, I predicted with Jack that Her Majesty would wish us all a very happy Christmas.
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QUEEN ELIZABETH II: ... to all.
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QUEST: So, I was right on that one. Now, one other royal story to bring to your attention. I hope you've been following closely the saga of the royal corgi that got bitten by the princesses' bull terrier. You're familiar that the queen's dog had to be put down after Princess Ann, her daughter's dog, bit it on the back leg and gave it a nasty bite.
Anyway, look at this morning's papers. We are full of the story this morning. Yesterday, when they went to church, Soledad, the queen and Princess Ann, they hardly spoke to each other. But look at this, Princess Ann came face to face with a whole load of corgis brought there by some well wishers.
So, apparently monarch and daughter are still not speaking to each other. You need to be very careful if you let your dog bite your mom's dog.
O'BRIEN: Well, you know, I mean that's a huge loss. Of course she'd mad. And that's a dog, the dog that did -- the biter as opposed to the bitee, that's a dog that did some damages in the past, too, right?
QUEST: That's right. Dottie the dangerous dog. It bit some children and that, and it was, and Princess Ann was fined 500 pounds, about $800. But the big question, and here we're having votes in this country, if you look at the "Sun" newspaper, the "Sun's" having an actual vote on whether or not this -- it's this side of the paper -- whether or not Dottie should be destroyed. That's the big issue that people are asking in this country.
O'BRIEN: Or maybe just a much bigger fine.
All right, Richard Quest, as always, nice to see you.
Thanks.
QUEST: Happy holidays.
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Aired December 26, 2003 - 07:45 ET
THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.
SOLEDAD O'BRIEN, CNN ANCHOR: A royal tribute for British troops serving in Iraq. Our man in London, Richard Quest, has more on the Christmas message from the monarch.
So let's go right across the Atlantic now to London for the latest from over there -- good morning, Richard.
Nice to see you.
RICHARD QUEST, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Good morning, Soledad.
You'll be aware, of course, it's boxing day here in Britain, Australia and Canada, a bit of a national holiday, when we're all sort of still recovering from the day before. But, yesterday we were privileged to see Her Majesty the Queen in her annual Christmas address to the Commonwealth. And, as pretty much expected, she basically said thank you to the British troops, whom she described as doing brilliantly, taking great risks. And she said there was -- that they have paid a heavy price for their duty.
What was interesting, you see, you may be interested in and you may be used to seeing George Bush on aircraft carriers and the like, but we saw Her Maj out at the barracks at Windsor.
(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)
QUEEN ELIZABETH II, UNITED KINGDOM: This year, I am speaking to you from the Household Calvary Barracks in Windsor because I want to draw attention to the many servicemen and women who are stationed far from home this Christmas.
(END VIDEO CLIP)
QUEST: Now, that's all very different for those of us to see Her Majesty walking. Obviously, this was all done a couple of weeks ago, before she had that operation on her leg. But I was right in one respect. On yesterday's program, Soledad, I predicted with Jack that Her Majesty would wish us all a very happy Christmas.
(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)
QUEEN ELIZABETH II: ... to all.
(END VIDEO CLIP)
QUEST: So, I was right on that one. Now, one other royal story to bring to your attention. I hope you've been following closely the saga of the royal corgi that got bitten by the princesses' bull terrier. You're familiar that the queen's dog had to be put down after Princess Ann, her daughter's dog, bit it on the back leg and gave it a nasty bite.
Anyway, look at this morning's papers. We are full of the story this morning. Yesterday, when they went to church, Soledad, the queen and Princess Ann, they hardly spoke to each other. But look at this, Princess Ann came face to face with a whole load of corgis brought there by some well wishers.
So, apparently monarch and daughter are still not speaking to each other. You need to be very careful if you let your dog bite your mom's dog.
O'BRIEN: Well, you know, I mean that's a huge loss. Of course she'd mad. And that's a dog, the dog that did -- the biter as opposed to the bitee, that's a dog that did some damages in the past, too, right?
QUEST: That's right. Dottie the dangerous dog. It bit some children and that, and it was, and Princess Ann was fined 500 pounds, about $800. But the big question, and here we're having votes in this country, if you look at the "Sun" newspaper, the "Sun's" having an actual vote on whether or not this -- it's this side of the paper -- whether or not Dottie should be destroyed. That's the big issue that people are asking in this country.
O'BRIEN: Or maybe just a much bigger fine.
All right, Richard Quest, as always, nice to see you.
Thanks.
QUEST: Happy holidays.
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