BBC ánd Prince Willuam

Alegrias1 So my reference to Saint William is intended to shame those GNers who can't see that both of Diana's children were damaged by her treatment at the hands of the press

Ah I see! You shame one lot of people by being nasty about someone innocent in the matter. Thanks, I didn't realise that was the way to be fair and reasonable........

Nobody has yet mentioned Earl Spencer, although he was the one who was deceived by Martin Bashir. On the news he directly linked Diana’s death to the interview, which must be a source of huge personal guilt for him too - he clearly loved Diana and understood her vulnerabilities, maybe better than any of the royals.

Alegrias1

PS - the Oprah interview you're all dredging up as evidence of Harry's self centeredness was recorded in April, long before the BBC investigation was made public.

You're being played, folks, and not by Harry.

Nobody's being played.

The interview aired last night for the first time on Apple TV!

Bad timing I guess.

Or watch the video I've linked to. It's encouraging people to be more honest about their own mental health.

Alegrias1

Oh I see. Yes, quite right. Harry's BBC comment didn't mention anything about relationships.

But last night, on Apple TV, the mental health documentary was aired which is where he goes into quite a lot of detail about his mother's death.

William was at Eaton when Diana gave the interview, what was
said to him by fellow school boys

PS - the Oprah interview you're all dredging up as evidence of Harry's self centeredness was recorded in April, long before the BBC investigation was made public.

You're being played, folks, and not by Harry.

Harry's as usual was all about himself.

No, it wasn't. Read it again. Read the statement, not what you have assumed was the statement.

GrannyGravy13

The BBC have form on cover-ups...

Jimmy Saville

The Dr. Who actor who is under investigation.

John Barrowman...

Well, I really wouldn't worry about it because this looks like possible curtains for the BBC. I'm sure that Murdoch is rubbing his hands with glee...

Don't think Harry was saying she died because she was in a relationship with someone who wasn't white.

This is what he said

"My mother was chased to her death when she was in a relationship with someone who wasn't white, and now look what's happened. You're talking about history repeating itself? They're not going to stop until she dies," Harry says in the mental health documentary series "The Me You Can't See."

www.reuters.com/world/uk/haunted-by-dianas-death-prince-harry-talks-how-he-feared-losing-meghan-too-2021-05-21/

Harry's statement is all over the internet. I've attached a screenshot of the whole statement. Nothing about her being in a relationship with anyone. But there are some in this world who are happy to disseminate the myth that they only thing Harry cares about is Harry, and it's all because of his wife.

And they don't see that they are falling for the very brand of reporting and manipulation of opinion that contributed to Diana's death.

I don't know why I'm so angry about this, I'm a republican.....

Prince William's statement was dignified yet excoriating; Harry's as usual was all about himself. For the first time since she alighted on him I felt a smidgeon of sympathy for Meghan who has to spend the rest of her marriage with a man suffering from an obsession with his mother.

Diana was not a brilliant mother; she loved her children and gave them a happy time but she spoilt them, encouraged them to be naughty and shared far too many details of her marriage with them, privately and publicly. Her private secretary and her 'medium' both allegedly commented to her after the interview about the possible effect on the children and she admitted she had not even considered it.

The personal details she disclosed in that dreadful interview were shocking, and my first thought was, your sons will hear all this, and all their friends. At that time I was newly divorced and raw, but tried hard to keep unpleasant details private and not denigrate their father to my children, not because I was particularly noble but because I saw the distress suffered by the 'divorced ' children that I taught.

The BBC have form on cover-ups...

Jimmy Saville

The Dr. Who actor who is under investigation.

John Barrowman...

I'm sorry, but I don't get this. It happened 25 years ago. The BBC is now being screamed at by the papers that hounded Diana and have no scruples at all about using dirty tricks to get the dirt on public figures. They're all complicit.

I agree, it is horrendous. I used to trust the BBC more than most news agencies but this has caused serious trust issues. I can’t believe how low they have stooped and the damage that has been done, this can’t be undone neither can the consequences of these actions, it is appalling. William spoke very firmly, as did Harry, about what happened to their mother. Very, very sad.

Alegrias1

Got a link to that? Because its not in the version I read. ?

the only thing I can find is a line under a video in The Independent

also there is a video of Archie for those who don't know what he looks like

Yes, it was necessary. The way people refer to Harry and Meghan on here is despicable. And William and Catherine are lauded as paragons of everything that should be praised in Royals. So my reference to Saint William is intended to shame those GNers who can't see that both of Diana's children were damaged by her treatment at the hands of the press and that the secular sanctification of one of those brothers, and the demonisation of the other, is grossly unfair.

I feel for them both and the sooner we get rid of this outdated worship of the "right kind" of royal, the better.

Easier just to say Saint William.

Actually sodapop it is all about them, it was their Mother! ?

Unfortunately the BBC have come to believe they are untouchable and a lot of the time this has proved to be true. The issue here is with the BBC and the fraudulent way they obtained this interview along with their skewed and biased reporting of the news etc. Princes William & Harry are entitled to comment of course but it shouldn't be all about them.

Alegrias1 as someone who patently dislikes unfair criticism of Harry, why do you feel the need to be nasty and call William 'Saint William' ? Is it really necessary? You could easily make your point using just their given names.

Got a link to that? Because its not in the version I read. ?

I'm sorry for what both those boys went through.But Harry's statement where he clearly says his mother was chased to her death because she was in a relationship with someone who wasn't white .Really ?!

Lucca

And yet there are those onGN who have not one good word to say about Diana.

Diana was a brilliant mother, and the way William spoke of how her last two years deprived them of that amazing bond, really upset me. So sad.

And yet there are those onGN who have not one good word to say about Diana.

I agree Alegrias1