LONDON:Channel 4 stood firm last night over its decision to use photographs from the scene of the car crash involving Diana, princess of Wales, in a documentary - despite pleas from her sons, princes William and Harry.
The broadcaster rejected calls from the brothers to remove the controversial images from Diana: The Witnesses In The Tunnel, which is being aired tonight.
Their private secretary, Jamie Lowther-Pinkerton, wrote to the channel on their behalf. The princes believe the use of the pictures is a "gross disrespect" to their mother's memory, he said.
It would cause them "acute distress" and intruded on the "privacy and dignity of her last minutes".
Julian Bellamy, head of Channel 4, confirmed that the pictures would still be used. "We have weighed the princes' concerns against the legitimate public interest we believe there is in the subject of this documentary," he said.