and nbc's stephanie gosk is in london with all of the latest on this. g about, stephanie? and good morning, by the way. >> good morning, alex. well, princess diana split what remained of her estate after taxes between her two sons, an estimated $22 million. that money was then invested and has increased to nearly $30 million today. and on tuesday, harry inherits his share. now, the young man at times known more for late-night adventures in central london than his princely duties is now considered old enough to handle the responsibility. >> hey, harry! >> reporter: nearly 25 years old and the public still can't pin him down. gallant prince on the cusp of inheriting his half of princess diana's fortune, an estimated $15 million. prince harry seems determined to ditch the party boy persona. >> prince harry's popularity as he approaches his 25th birthday has never been better. >> an image makeover made possible in the military. early last year, harry fought for ten weeks on the front line in afghanistan. this summer he passed the first stage of an intense he

stephanie gosk is in london with this story.e know semenya had to undergo testing to determine her agenda. what's the latest on that? has there been a definitive conclusion? >> well, the results of the testing are in, but there's been no public announcement from the international athletic foundation on what those results actually say. however, there was that leak to the sydney "daily telegraph" this week and they printed, published the results from that testing. they said, according to them, that caster semenya has both male and female characteristic, that she does not have an ovary or uterus and that she has three times the level of testosterone in her bloodstream than the average female. now, this has south african officials irate. they're threatening to sue the iaaf for both the leak that she was going to be tested and also now the leak of these results. the iaas says they have those results. they aren't going to public them until they've had a good chance to look them over. they're going to announce their findings in novembe

nbc stephanie gosk is live for us in london.s the british government saying about all of this? >> good morning, monica. the british government said they did not exchange megrahi for business deals and did not take it easy on the libyan government in exchange for business deals and instead of supporting these i.r.a. compensation claims. all of this comes after this weekend where two letters were published written by gordon brown to the lawyer for the victims of the i.r.a. violence where gordon brown says that actually business contracts could have been effective neglect live by pursuing these compensation claims and this was part of the consideration when they decided not to support it, but, obviously, the british government right now in a lot of trouble here, and growing criticism over the way they've handled both the megrahi thing and the i.r.a. compensation claims. monica? >> thank you, stephanie. >>> a few hours from now, the president may give us a preview of his big speech on health care when he addresses the afl-cio. the w

nbc's stephanie gosk is live for us in london.r layer suggesting some sort of collusion between the british government and the libyan government. >> well, there are a lot of people that say that it does suggest that, david. it's a bit complicated but essentially the british government is saying that oil contracts, valuable oil contracts did not have an overafternooning effects on the decision to release megrahi and not to support these compensation claims by i.r.a. victims. all of this was sparked by the letters you mentioned earlier printed in the sunday times over the weekend written by prime minister gordon brown to one of the lawyers of this victim's group saying the british government would not pursue their claims to valuable strategic partnership with libya, that they are an important ally on the war on terror but also they are -- they do have important business ties with the country as well. now, the victims group is pointing to those letters as proof that the british government has other objectives and its own people in mi

he has to answer for what he's done. >> all right, stephanie gosk in zurich for us this morning. , thank you very much. debra tate is the sister of sharon tate, roman polanski's late wife, who was, as we just heard, murdered by the followers of charles manson back in 1969. she joins us exclusively. debra, good morning to you. >> good morning, matt. >> as you just heard stephanie say and you've heard over the last several days, roman polanski is a polarizing figure. people feel one way or the other. there is often not a gray area here. so, since you know him and you've kept in regular contact with him over the years, what can you tell us about him personally that might shed light on this situation? >> roman is a brilliant director. there is no disputing that. he's also a philanthropist. he helps many other people get a foothold in the business. he's quite a humanitarian. he's a good guy. he's brilliant as well. >> and yet, there is this other side, and that is the polarizing part of this story, that he committed a crime some 30 years ago and then fled this country to avoid punishme

nbc's stephanie gosk is live in london with details for us. od morning. >> reporter: good morning, amy. what remained of princess diana's estate after taxes between her two sons is an estimated $22 million. that money was invested and has increased to $30 million today. tuesday, harry inherits his share. so harry is now considered old enough to handle the added responsibility. >> hey, harry! >> reporter: nearly 25 years old and the public still can't nail him down. on the cusp of inheriting his half of diana's fortune, an estimated $14 million, prince harry seems determined to ditch the party boy persona. >> his popularity has never been better. >> reporter: an image makeover made possible in the military. early last year, harry fought for ten weeks on the front line in afghanistan. this summer he passed the first stage of an intense helicopter pilot course. by march, he could get his wings. >> by going into the military, he really proved himself, because not only just through going to afghanistan and being on the front line but just in general