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If you are not yet aware of the new development in Princess Diana's death, then you, like myself, are in for a sobering shock; pictures of Diana just seconds after the infamous crash that ended her life are being published in a new tell-all book that lawyers of the Royal family say can not be kept from being sold in the UK. Princes William and Harry, I think, deserve better.
In a recent joint statement the late Di's sons made, the boys honored their mother and rejected the publication of the scandalous book:
Following this week’s publication in an Italian magazine of material relating directly to the death of our mother, we feel deeply saddened that such a low has been reached.
Despite the support shown to us and our mother’s memory by so many people over the last eight years, we feel that as her sons we would be failing in our duty to her now if we did not protect her as she once did us.
We appeal to all forms of media throughout the world to appreciate fully that publishing such material causes great hurt to us, our father, our mother’s family and all those who so loved and respected her.
Wow, guess we now know how far will publishers go to sell books. These motherless boys have had to endure so much in the intrusive public eye, and yet they still manage to summon the grace and fortitude to speak out against greedy media hounds dredging up horrific post-death images of their beloved Mom.
And I cannot help but take this personally to heart. In 1974, when I was 12 years old, my parents were both killed in a large Pan Am jet when returning from vacation visiting relatives in New Zealand (a huge deal back then). They were 35 and 39 years old at the time. It devastated the lives of myself and my younger brother, who adored them. I cannot fathom the thought of someone publishing pictures of them after the crash as part of an expose-all book. The invasion of privacy, sense of horror of what those pictures might show, vulnerability for me looking at them, and the grief dredged up of young lives taken in a tragic accident overwhelms me just to think about it.
And my heart goes out to Diana who devoted herself to raising them and ultimately left them with the depth of character and fortitude to embrace life after her death and to preserve their cherished memories of her, their Mom.
Although Prince Charles at first asked that the boys not bring more publicity to the upcoming book by speaking out, William and Harry told their father they had to in order to keep sacred the memory of their mother.
So let's heed the boys' plea, spread the word, and join them in honoring Princess Di by not buying the book and not looking at the pictures laying barren two orphaned boys grief.
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