The Crown: Gyles Brandreth Says We ‘Need A Break’ From That
Prince William, Duke of Cambridge, is believed to be deeply irritated by Netflix’s decision to include a full episode on the shocking situation of Princess Diana on the BBC Panorama in the upcoming Crown series, although he expressed that the interview “has no legitimacy” in his opinion. .
The 39-year-old Prince William said in May that it “should never be aired again,” and a royal source told The Telegraph that the duke’s words “still stand.”
Princess Diana’s eldest son has openly criticized the 1995 interview, in which he infamously saw his mother saying “there were three of us in this marriage.”
In response to Lord Dyson’s report on how the meeting was secured, William stated: ‘It is welcome that the BBC accept Lord Dyson’s findings in their entirety.
“BBC employees: they lied and used false documents to obtain the interview with my mother; they made creepy and false claims about the Royal Family that played on their fears and fueled paranoia; They showed regrettable incompetence in investigating complaints and concerns about the program, and were evasive in their reports to the media and covered up what they knew of their internal investigation.
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William is against Netflix dedicating an episode of The Crown to Diana’s BBC interview (Image: Netflix /.)
He added: “In my opinion, the misleading way in which the interview was obtained substantially influenced what my mother said.
The meeting “effectively established a false narrative,” continued William, “which, for more than a quarter of a century, has been marketed by the BBC and others.”
His brother, Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex, who recently signed a £ 112 million deal with Netflix for himself and his wife Meghan Markle, also had harsh words on how things unfolded for this mother.
Denouncing that similar attitudes are still common today, he said: “The ripple effect of a culture of exploitation and unethical practices finally took his life.
Princess Diana in controversial BBC Panorama interview with Martin Bashir in 1995 (Image: PA)
“What worries me deeply is that practices like these, and even worse, are still widespread today. Then, and now, it is bigger than a medium, a network or a publication.
«Our mother lost her life for this and nothing has changed. By protecting his legacy, we protect everyone and uphold the dignity with which he lived his life.
Harry, 37, and Meghan, 40, stepped away from their roles as royalty and moved to the US in an attempt to live away from the spotlight in March of last year.
Sending shockwaves through the Palace, the couple conducted a revealing two-hour interview with American chat show host Oprah Winfrey, and mental health was a central theme.
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Meghan spoke of being vilified by the media in her interview with Prince Harry with Oprah Winfrey (Image:.)
Meghan spoke about feeling vilified by the press and without the support of the Royal Family, a tale that reminded many of what Diana had been through.
Her suicidal thoughts were one of the most shocking parts of the interview: “I just didn’t want to be alive anymore,” she said. And that was a very clear, real and terrifying constant thought.
Despite William and Harry’s wishes that the “commercialization” of their mother’s life be stopped, Netflix is moving on with the episode.
Insiders told The Sun: “The creators of The Crown see the interview as the key moment in the fifth season.
“For the writers, the stormy marriage between Charles and Di led her to appear in Panorama, and the aftermath of that decision defined her final months.
“The Crown has a history of delving into areas of royal family history where they would rather be left alone.”
The results of Lord Dyson’s investigation sent the BBC into one of the biggest crises in its history, and the broadcaster admitted “clear flaws” and earlier apologized.
However, this difficult chapter seems not to be closed for the royal family, as the episode of The Crown is likely to put Princess Diana and the world-famous interview on everyone’s lips, once again.
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