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To think there is no outcry over the BBC Princess Diana thing

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battenburgwithtea · 22/05/2021 17:43

I saw on the news they were saying there was an outcry over it. I'm pretty sure nobody I know irl is bothered, it seems like just the people who decide whats on the news/in the papers think it's a big deal. Or do you know people who are bothered about it?

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coodawoodashooda · 22/05/2021 17:46

People are mostly sick of Harry flogging the chip on his shoulder. We've all got burdens we carry.

GoldenLabbie · 22/05/2021 17:50

I’ve been wondering this as well. I really couldn’t give a shit, and neither could anyone else I know? Why does it matter after 25 years anyway? We all know she was a bit unhinged and was a bloody awful judge of character. There’s nothing to see here. It’s interesting her brother is the one who seems to be at the forefront of all this, he always negates to mention that they were estranged at the time of her death. Guilty conscience methinks.

Sowingbees · 22/05/2021 17:53

@coodawoodashooda

People are mostly sick of Harry flogging the chip on his shoulder. We've all got burdens we carry.
I agree, at a time where it is near impossible to get mental heath help for children let alone adults it's hard to feel sorry for someone so privileged. (That's not that I don't think his mental health issues are important, just that money means you can get help whilst poor people can't) Also the problems were already there regardless of Bashir. I am disappointed though, the BBC shouldn't have stooped so low. Mn doesn't like to acknowledge this but money does help make things less shit, the only ones that can't see this have money.
Andante57 · 22/05/2021 17:53

Why does it matter after 25 years anyway

Because the BBC which is the national broadcaster and supposed to be a honest and impartial organisation broke the law, condoning fraud and forgery as well as causing appalling damage to innocent people.
If a crime is committed some years ago and fresh evidence comes to light then it should be investigated.
Or maybe you think lying and forging stuff is perfectly acceptable.

MayYouLiveInInterestingTimes · 22/05/2021 17:54

What sort of outcry, what are they saying is wrong with it?

Personally I’m disgusted by this excessively privileged woman taking up prime news time again, in the same week as the Israeli-Palestine conflict, post-Brexit trade deals, Yemen and Tigray still facing starvation... etc. I’m deeply saddened by the decline in the BBC specifically and the death of the whole ethos and purpose of public broadcasting in the U.K. I’m also concerned by the possible propagandising going on. But I haven’t cried out yet, unlike that family I have work to do.

Kinneddar · 22/05/2021 17:55

Totally agree, I don't know anyone irl who's even giving it more than a passing thought.
Wonder how much is down to Harry's incessantly going on about her death.

I think like most things, after this length of time the biggest impact is going to be on her immediate family

Echobelly · 22/05/2021 17:55

The BBC has undergone 2 changes of governance and other changes since then, so there's really no point expecting it tio take a punishment now for things that happened 25 years ago. Though rehiring Bashir seems a bad idea.

Theunamedcat · 22/05/2021 17:57

@coodawoodashooda

People are mostly sick of Harry flogging the chip on his shoulder. We've all got burdens we carry.
Yup and for people to say depression isn't reduced because you live in a palace

1, I would rather be depressed in a palace than a bedsit

2, is easier to get mental health support when money literally buys it rather than waiting for the NHS and its three to six phone sessions (after you wsit 18 months) and take ssri for the next 10 years till we notice...if we notice

TheGlassBlowersDaughter · 22/05/2021 17:58

There's no outcry except the deliberately generated nonsense on twitter and that's not coming from the UK. Of course, the people who want to get rid of the BBC are also trying to use this to drum up faux outrage. But as a PP said, its structure has changed often since then.

amusedtodeath1 · 22/05/2021 18:03

Tbh I don't know what qualifies as an outcry?

A lot of people are interested and a fair few of them are disgusted with the BBC, is that an "outcry"???

Theunamedcat · 22/05/2021 18:04

People actually seem more angry about prince Williams speech apparently gaslighting her calling her paranoid and insinuating she had mental health issues

SHE HAD MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES they are well documented she admitted them she freely discussed the palace insisted she got help from a professional about it

No one wants to "sully her memory" everyone wants her to be snow white and blameless killed by person or persons unknown a car accident due to a drunk driver? That must be a conspiracy there was an investigation which suggested if she had her seat belt on she might well have survived.....im guessing that is a conspiracy too

CadburyCake · 22/05/2021 18:04

It happened decades ago. The BBC has changed since then, the “victim” is dead and the perpetrator sounds very seriously ill. A review has been done, I’m sure changes will be made. I can’t get outraged about it- it was decades ago.

That whole family has had so much endless press space over so many years I just mentally switch off from anything to do with them. I am utterly and completely bored with anything to do with Diana - the only people she should still be relevant or of interest to are her actual family and friends.

x2boys · 22/05/2021 18:08

Yeah back I the real world nobody really cares ,the BBC are flogging it to death of course ,and they keep having the very out of touch Nicholas whichall withering on about how appalled everyone is 🙄
I'm surprised no one has thought to wheel out Paul I was her to rock Burrell,for his thoughts on the matter .

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battenburgwithtea · 22/05/2021 18:09

Fair to say I don't know what would qualify as an outcry either, that's just what it said on the news and I thought well is anybody that bothered? I mean its a long time ago as pp has said, the BBC has changed since then, nobody would hardly even heard of Bashir. I think she'd have done that interview anyway, but really couldnt care less at this point, especially in the midst of all thats going on, can't see how/why it's headline news

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picturesandpickles · 22/05/2021 18:11

It is a convenient excuse for the Tories to try again to weaken the BBC, and of course the tabloids are glad it isn;t them in the firing line this time after the dreadful things they have done.

katy1213 · 22/05/2021 18:13

Five years' silence from the lot of them would be welcomed here. I wouldn't want a daily mental heath bulletin from my own family, let alone from Harry.

Zzelda · 22/05/2021 18:14

I think there needs to be more of an outcry over Johnson saying the BBC needs to get its house in order. Given his long history of lying and massive corruption, the hypocrisy is absolutely breathtaking.

Mollypolly2610 · 22/05/2021 18:16

In the end, it was her that said the things she did - he didn’t force her.
She wanted to speak.

BlowDryRat · 22/05/2021 18:17

I'm not outraged. Obviously it was an awful thing to do but it was 25 years ago and the BBC's management has changed significantly since then.

coodawoodashooda · 22/05/2021 18:17

katy1213

That made me laugh. Imagine every time you put the tele on and one of your siblings was slagging off the historical behaviours in your family.
Harry. We are all a bit fkd up. Keep on keeping on like the rest of us.

missymoomoomoomoomoo · 22/05/2021 18:19

I think William has misread the situation badly. He wants to be seen as speaking out as to be relatable but has missed the mark here

MrsTerryPratchett · 22/05/2021 18:19

Personally I’m disgusted by this excessively privileged woman taking up prime news time again, in the same week as the Israeli-Palestine conflict, post-Brexit trade deals, Yemen and Tigray still facing starvation... etc.

This. Who the fuck cares? The only reason media people picked over the carcass of her life was because of this kind of prurient interest. Ignore the inbred twats and the problem of press intrusion magically disappears.

Miljea · 22/05/2021 18:20

@Zzelda

I think there needs to be more of an outcry over Johnson saying the BBC needs to get its house in order. Given his long history of lying and massive corruption, the hypocrisy is absolutely breathtaking.

This, in spades. The hypocrisy should cause outrage, but no one actually cares.

picturesandpickles · 22/05/2021 18:20

@Zzelda

I think there needs to be more of an outcry over Johnson saying the BBC needs to get its house in order. Given his long history of lying and massive corruption, the hypocrisy is absolutely breathtaking.
Yes agree! The lying toerag is so brazen, he is the most enormous hypocrite on this issue!
StoneofDestiny · 22/05/2021 18:21

Weird thing is how William is at pains to tell us how that interview made his parents relationship deteriorate. What? Everything we have been told up to now is that the marriage was doomed from the start - barely lasted the honeymoon! Seems like a speech to 'promote' his dad to the public and re-write history.

I'd like to see an outcry about how Fergie and Sophie tried to sell access to the royal family, yet somehow Sophie is being promoted as 'saintly'.

I'd like an outcry about Andrew - he must love every other distraction that is being thrown around.

The fact a BBC reporter has lied is very important - but we have a Prime Minister who has lied - that is far more critical right now, and needs an outcry.