Brother 'sickened' by broadcast

13 April 2012

The brother of Diana, Princess of Wales said today he was "shocked and sickened" by the broadcast of images of his dying sister on American television.

The grainy black and white photocopies of photographs from a French investigation report showed Diana being treated by a doctor as she lay slumped in the back of the car in which she died with boyfriend Dodi Fayed.

The images were were shown on the US TV network CBS.

It was the first time that the photographs - taken moments after the 1997 car crash in Paris - had been shown in public.

A brief statement released by the Althorp estate today read: "Lord Spencer and his family are shocked and sickened by CBS's actions."

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