Do You Think It's Time To Stop This?

[Barsel]

It's coming up to 20 years since Diana Princess of Wales passed away and yet the newspapers are still dragging up stories about her and how unhappy she was during her marriage. I don't know if William and Harry are shielded from this as it must be very upsetting for them. Do you think it's time the newspapers stop reporting on this?
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/home/index.html

[NoMercy]

I got sick of hearing about her when she was alive.

[ummmm]

It sells papers.

[dannyk13]

They must be short of news items to keep harping on about this. They obviously don't care about any hurt they may be causing William and Harry.

[pixie374]

So did I, nom. The papers shouldn't be stopped from reporting- if people stopped buying them, they would stop anyway.

[pixie374]

It's William and Harry that have started talking about her and that it's been 20 years.

[albaqwerty]

I don't think William or Harry need reminding on how long ago it was that their mum died.
As ummm says, it sells papers
and yes, to answer your question.

[Baldric]

She was chosen as a Brood-Mare whose only duty was to provide a Heir and a Spare, why people are still so fascinated with her I really don't know.

[Barsel]

Can a member of the Royal family stop this kind of reporting? Surely Prince William has got enough clout to do something about it.

[ummmm]

They aren't breaking any laws.

[pixie374]

It's William that has been talking to the media about some sort of commemoration for his mother this year. If it gives her sons some comfort, that's up to them.

[douglas9401]

William has all the clout in the world.

If the world's in the 19th century and bows n scrapes to those lucky enough to emerge from an ever more shallow gene pool still able to function as a human.

He's a helicopter pilot with a rich granny and a fruity wife with no right to censor the press, no matter how disgusting it becomes.

[aelmpvw]

//It sells papers//
i very much doubt if people buy a paper because there's a princess diana article in it

[melv16]

Its been proven that newspaper circulation increases when they put a picture of princess Diana on the front page, usually the mail and the express. Its fodder for the cretinous;-)

[andy-hughes]

Barsel - //Can a member of the Royal family stop this kind of reporting? Surely Prince William has got enough clout to do something about it. //

As advised, no-once can stop reporting simply because they may not like it - unless the papers break the law in terms of libel etc., they can print what they like.

As pixie said at 09:13, stories drive sales, and sales drive stories - if it became clear that the readership was tired of Princess Diana stories, they'd stop printing them, but there is clearly no sign of that happening any time soon.

[sunny-dave]

When I worked for the Alzheimer's Society we had a talk from a media consultant who worked with us to secure positive coverage in the National Press - she said the the wet dream for a Mail/Express editor would be a front page story that they could headline

" Elton John and Princess Diana in Alzheimer's Cure Sensation "

[melv16]

How do you confuse a mail/express reader?
Tell them that asylum seekers kill Muslims...

[jourdain2]

I really wish they would stop. Harping on about it is not good for her sons, who need to heal.

[Khandro]

I doubt if William and Harry read the Daily Mail.

[ummmm]

It was over 20 years ago. I'm sure they've come to terms with it.