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| Prince William and Prince Harry's private secretary has written to Channel 4 to ask it not to use photos of the crash that killed their mother. | Prince William and Prince Harry's private secretary has written to Channel 4 to ask it not to use photos of the crash that killed their mother. |
| The princes believed to broadcast them would be a "gross disrespect" to her memory, Clarence House said. | |
| The show on Wednesday includes pictures taken by French photographers following the August 1997 crash in Paris. | The show on Wednesday includes pictures taken by French photographers following the August 1997 crash in Paris. |
| Channel 4 said it did not contain graphic images of the victims, nor images which identified Princess Diana. | |
| Clarence House said William and Harry felt they had no choice but to make their feelings public. | |
| The statement from the household said: "In publishing the letter, the princes reluctantly feel that they have been left no choice but to make it clear publicly that they believe the broadcast of these photographs to be wholly inappropriate, deeply distressing to them and to the relatives of the others who died that night, and a gross disrespect to their mother's memory." | |
| In particular, the letter, sent last Friday, asked Channel 4 to remove several images of the crashed car with Diana still inside and of a medic treating her. | |
| It added that as of Tuesday morning there had been no reply from Channel 4. |