British princes slam Diana death photo

BEIJING, July 15 (Xinhuanet) -- Britain's princes William and Harry condemned on Friday an Italian magazine that published a picture of their mother Princess Diana in the wreckage of a Paris car crash that took her life.

Milan-based Chi magazine has published the image of Diana being given oxygen at the scene of the crash in a Paris road tunnel in August 1997.

"We feel deeply saddened that such a low has been reached," William and Harry said in a statement issued by Clarence House, the official London residence of their father Prince Charles on Friday.

Umberto Brindani, Chi's editor, has said the photo comes from a just-published book in France by crime writer Jean-Michel Caradec'h, titled "Lady Diana: The Criminal Investigation".

William and Harry urged other publications to refrain from reprinting the photo.

"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 mothers family and all those who so loved and respected her," they said.

Defending the decision to run the photo, a spokesman for the magazine said: "There is nothing voyeuristic or disrespectful in all this. It is just an attempt to get closer to the truth of a drama that is still wrapped in too much mystery and too many lies."

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