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Princess Diana documentary photos spark anger
(Reuters)
Updated: 2007-05-28 21:19
LONDON - A documentary featuring images of the car crash in which
Princess Diana died should not be shown because of the distress it will
cause her family, the Conservatives said on Monday.
Princess Diana is seen in a 1995 file photo. [Reuters]
The Channel 4 program "Diana: The Witnesses in the Tunnel" will show
pictures of the aftermath of the 1997 accident in a Paris underpass in
which Diana, 36, and her lover Dodi al Fayed were killed, along with
their chauffeur Henri Paul.
News that the documentary, one of many media projects marking the 10th
anniversary of the August 1997 crash, might feature previously taboo
photos prompted condemnation.
Hugo Swire, the Conservative Party's culture spokesman, said the program
would be insensitive to Diana's sons, Princes William and Harry, and
should be cancelled.
"We would expect more from a public service broadcaster than showing
sensationalist material in this way," he said.
Media said the documentary would include images of the princess's last
moments, including a picture of her receiving oxygen from a French
doctor, although with her face blanked out.
Such pictures have not been shown in Britain before but last year Italian
magazine Chi published photographs of Diana dying, provoking a rare
highly-critical statement from her sons.
Channel 4 told the BBC the show would feature images taken by French
photographers who were at the scene but would not include pictures that
identified Diana or any other victim.
"We acknowledge that there is great public sensitivity surrounding
pictures of the victims and these have not been included," the
broadcaster said.
"Only one image shows the occupants of the car after the crash and it has
been appropriately obscured to avoid any unwarranted intrusion into their
privacy or that of their families."
A spokesman for William and Harry would not comment specifically on the
documentary but said the princes had made their position "very clear a
number of times in the past."
"Diana's memory should be left as it is. This kind of thing is
distasteful to her family and friends," the spokesman said.
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