The Courier & Advertiser (Fife Edition)
Princes condemn paparazzi ‘hounding’ of their mother
The paparazzi photographers who “harassed” Diana, Princess of Wales during her life have been condemned by her sons.
The Duke of Cambridge said a “pack” would hound his mother, spit at her and call her names just to get a reaction.
Prince Harry alleged those who pursued her car on the night she was killed took pictures of her as she lay dying on the back seat.
Speaking in the BBC documentary, Diana, 7 Days, William said today people would find the treatment of his mother “utterly appalling”.
He added: “We’d go looking for her to talk to, play, to do whatever, she’d be crying – and when that was the case it was to do with the press.
“She’d had a confrontation with photographers on the way to the gym, on the way outside, just trying to do day-to-day stuff.”
He continued: “About every single time she went out there’d be a pack of people waiting for her.
“And I mean a pack, like a pack of dogs, followed her, chased her, harassed her, called her names, spat at her, tried to get a reaction to get that photograph of her lashing out, get her upset.”
The 36-year-old princess and her lover Dodi Fayed, 42, were killed along with chauffeur Henri Paul when their Mercedes crashed in the Pont de l’Alma tunnel in Paris on August 31 1997. They were being pursued by paparazzi after leaving the Ritz Hotel for Mr Fayed’s apartment.