Exhibit 23a


                          INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' CONSENT


                              DELOITTE & TOUCHE LLP


                                                    250 East Fifth Street
                                                    P.O. Box 5340
                                                    Cincinnati, Ohio 45202-5340
                                                    Telephone: (513) 784-7100



INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' CONSENT

We consent to the incorporation by reference in this Registration Statement of
The Procter & Gamble Company on Form S-8 of The Procter & Gamble U.K. Share
Investment Scheme of our report dated July 31, 2003, incorporated by reference
in the Annual Report on Form 10-K of The Procter & Gamble Company for the year
ended June 30, 2003.


/S/DELOITTE & TOUCHE LLP
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DELOITTE & TOUCHE LLP
December 10, 2003