Prince Harry Blames the Paparazzi Photographers for Taking Photographs of Princess Diana While She Was Still Dying

• 08.23.2017, 19:45
•  Europe,  World

A BBC documentary, to be broadcast on Sunday, shows Prince William and Prince Harry speaking of their shock when they heard about Princess Diana's death.

The paparazzi photographers who 'harassed' Diana were condemned by her sons in the documentary. 

The Duke of Cambridge said a 'pack' would hound and chase his mother, spitting at the royal and calling her names, The Daily Mail reports.

William said people today would find the treatment of his mother 'utterly appalling'. 

And Harry alleged that those who pursued her car on the night she died in a Paris car crash took pictures of his mother as she lay dying in the wreckage. 

Harry says: "I think 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 ..."

Meanwhile William recalls how 'every single time she went out there would be a pack of people waiting for her.

"And I mean it, [they were] like a pack of dogs that followed her, chased her, harassed her, called her names, spat at her, tried to get a reaction to get that photograph ... Get her upset."

The Princess of Wales died in a car crash on August 31 1997 in the Pont de l'Alma road tunnel in Paris. Her companion Dodi Al-Fayed and Ritz chaffeur-driver Henri Paul were also killed, but bodyguard Trevor Rees-Jones survived.