LONDON -- U.K. broadcaster Channel 4 has rejected a plea from Princes William and Harry to drop pictures of the wreckage of the car crash that killed their mother from a program about the Princess of Wales' death, arguing that the program is "of very serious public interest."
In a published letter to the publicly owned channel, the princes' private secretary, Jamie Lowther-Pinkerton, said the images were "redolent with the atmosphere and tragedy of the closing moments of their mother's life" and said the broadcast of Diana: The Witnesses in the Tunnel would cause the princes "acute distress."
The broadcaster had earlier refused the princes access to a preview copy of the program, set to air Wednesday in the U.K., but allowed Lowther-Pinkerton and senior royal aide Paddy Harveson to view a tape of the documentary on Channel 4 premises.
Lowther-Pinkerton has now called on the broadcaster to withdraw images of the car crash in which Diana died as well as a still photograph of the princess being given medical aide in the Pont D'Alma tunnel in Paris in 1997. The princess died after the Mercedes S-Class sedan she was traveling in crashed into a concrete barrier, killing three of car's four occupants.
In a published letter to the publicly owned channel, the princes' private secretary, Jamie Lowther-Pinkerton, said the images were "redolent with the atmosphere and tragedy of the closing moments of their mother's life" and said the broadcast of Diana: The Witnesses in the Tunnel would cause the princes "acute distress."
The broadcaster had earlier refused the princes access to a preview copy of the program, set to air Wednesday in the U.K., but allowed Lowther-Pinkerton and senior royal aide Paddy Harveson to view a tape of the documentary on Channel 4 premises.
Lowther-Pinkerton has now called on the broadcaster to withdraw images of the car crash in which Diana died as well as a still photograph of the princess being given medical aide in the Pont D'Alma tunnel in Paris in 1997. The princess died after the Mercedes S-Class sedan she was traveling in crashed into a concrete barrier, killing three of car's four occupants.
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