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                          Independent Auditors' Consent


                             DELOITTE & TOUCHE LLP

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INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' CONSENT
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We consent to the incorporation by reference in the following documents of our
report dated July 31, 2003 incorporated by reference in this Annual Report on
Form 10-K of The Procter & Gamble Company for the year ended June 30, 2003.

     1.   Amendment No. 1 on Form S-8 Registration Statement No. 33-31855 on
          Form S-4 (now S-8) for the 1982 Noxell Employees' Stock Option Plan
          and the 1984 Noxell Employees' Stock Option Plan;

     2.   Amendment No. 1, Post Effective Amendment No. 1 to Registration
          Statement No. 33-49289 on Form S-8 for The Procter & Gamble 1992 Stock
          Plan;

     3.   Registration Statement No. 33-47656 on Form S-8 for The Procter &
          Gamble International Stock Ownership Plan;

     4.   Registration Statement No. 33-50273 on Form S-8 for The Procter &
          Gamble Commercial Company Employees' Savings Plan;

     5.   Registration Statement No. 33-51469 on Form S-8 for The Procter &
          Gamble 1993 Non-Employee Directors' Stock Plan;

     6.   Registration Statement No. 333-05715 on Form S-8 for The Procter &
          Gamble Profit Sharing Trust and Employee Stock Ownership Plan;

     7.   Amendment No. 2, Post Effective Amendment No. 2 to Registration
          Statement No. 33-59257 on Form S-3 for The Procter & Gamble
          Shareholder Investment Program;

     8.   Registration Statement No. 333-14381 on Form S-8 for Profit Sharing
          Retirement Plan of The Procter & Gamble Commercial Company;

     9.   Registration Statement No. 333-14397 on Form S-8 for Procter & Gamble
          Subsidiaries Savings Plan;

     10.  Registration Statement No. 333-21783 on Form S-8 for The Procter &
          Gamble 1992 Stock Plan (Belgian Version);

     11.  Registration Statement No. 333-37905 on Form S-8 for The Procter &
          Gamble Future Shares Plan;






     12.  Registration Statement No. 333-51213 on Form S-8 for Group Profit
          Sharing, Incentive, and Employer Contribution Plan (France);

     13.  Registration Statement No. 333-51219 on Form S-8 for Procter & Gamble
          Ireland Employees Share Ownership Plan;

     14.  Registration Statement No. 333-51221 on Form S-8 for Employee Stock
          Purchase Plan (Japan);

     15.  Registration Statement No. 333-51223 on Form S-8 for Savings and
          Thrift Plan (Saudi Arabia);

     16.  Registration Statement No. 333-34606 on Form S-8 for The Procter &
          Gamble Future Shares Plan;

     17.  Registration Statement No. 333-40264 on Form S-8 for Savings and
          Thrift Plan Saudi Arabia;

     18.  Registration Statement No. 333-44034 on Form S-8 for The Procter &
          Gamble International Stock Ownership Plan;

     19.  Registration Statement No. 333-47132 on Form S-8 for Employee Stock
          Purchase Plan (Japan);

     20.  Registration Statement No. 333-49764 on Form S-3 for The Procter &
          Gamble U.K. Share Investment Scheme;

     21.  Registration Statement No. 333-75030 on Form S-8 for The Procter &
          Gamble 2001 Stock and Incentive Compensation Plan;

     22.  Registration Statement No. 333-84232 on Form S-3 for The Procter &
          Gamble Company Debt Securities and Warrants; and

     23.  Registration Statement No. 333-100561 on Form S-8 for The Procter &
          Gamble (U.K.) 1-4-1 Plan.


DELOITTE & TOUCHE LLP
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Deloitte & Touche LLP
September 9, 2003