Prince Harry
is speaking out for the first time about the paparazzi who photographed
Princess Diana the night she lay dying at the backseat of her car.
The
32-year-old sat down for an interview with BBC for the upcoming documentary
which commemorates the 20th anniversary of her death on Aug. 31, 1997. During
the interview, the royal looked really emotional and his voice shook as he
recalled the way his mother died.
As you
likely recall, Diana was tragically killed in a car accident as she drove
through the Pont de l'Alma tunnel in Paris while being chased by paparazzi. In
2008, following her inquest, it was ruled that the accident was caused by the
gross negligence of her driver, Henri Paul, who was driving drunk, as well as
the paparazzi, who were chasing them through the tunnel.
Harry, was
only 12 at the time but was aware of the paparazzi's involvement in the death
of his mother.
He said in
the teaser for the documentary:
"One of
the hardest things to come to terms with is the fact that the people who chased
her into the tunnel were the same people who were taking photographs of her
while she was still dying in the backseat of her car. William and I know that.
We've been told that numerous times by people that know that was the
case."
He
continued, "She had quite a severe head injury, but she was very much
alive on the backseat, and those people that caused the accident, instead of
helping, were taking photographs of her dying on the back seat. And then those
photographs made their way back to news desks in this country."
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