The always The British Royal Family’s complicated relationship with the press adds a new chapter. The BBC, the British public television – a benchmark in audiovisual journalism throughout the world – will broadcast the documentary this Monday night Princes and the press, in which the relationship of the princes William and Harry with the media, which has unleashed the fury of Palacio. With the Queen at the helm, Prince Charles and Prince William They have joined forces in the face of this new bombing that Palace officials have branded as “gossip.” Isabel II is upset because the television network has refused to let her see the content before it is broadcast and it seems that the Royal House has reacted and will not cooperate with the BBC in the future unless it is granted the right of reply. To make matters worse, the documentary will be presented by Amol Rajan, an openly republican journalist who has described the monarchy as “absurd.”
It is rare that the three most important members of the Royal Family have complained even without knowing the information and images that are going to be disseminated. For its part, the BBC ensures that the program will provide the “context” to understand the relationship of princes Harry and William with the media, according to the Daily Mail. The always controversial relationship that the two brothers have had with the press and in recent times with each other is something that has always haunted them. The accusation that the sons of Diana of Wales had instructed Buckingham staff to smear each other in the press is especially sensitive to princes, according to the British newspaper. Earlier this year they teamed up to prevent this accusation from appearing in another documentary. Claims by Omid Scobie, one of the Duke of Sussex biographers, that the Duke of Cambridge and his team had leaked a story about Harry’s mental health were removed from an ITV broadcast.
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The relationship between the two brothers has been highly questioned in the past, although it was after the Dukes of Sussex tour of South Africa in 2019 that Harry made a controversial statement by admitting that there were disagreements with his brother. “Right now we are on different paths, but I will always be there for him and I know that he will always be there for me. We do not see each other as much as because we are very busy, but I love him very much. Most things are created from scratch, but as brothers, you have good days and bad days, ”Meghan’s husband told host Tom Bradby after that tour. Although in many respects the dukes clash, the truth is that in their relationship with the press they have always coincided.
The consequences that the broadcast of this program will have for the BBC is that both the Queen, her eldest son and her grandson Guillermo they will no longer collaborate with the television network in interviews or documentaries and it would mark the end of a long and close collaboration of the Royal Family with British public television. In addition to broadcasting some galas and paying homage to the Duke of Edinburgh, the BBC is also one of those in charge of recording the Christmas sovereign’s speech.
Despite its seriousness and reputation, the BBC’s relationship with the British Royal House has seen some ups and downs in recent years. However, the most notorious came as a result of the investigation that was carried out to clarify under what methods the so-called revenge interview was achieved that Princess Diana of Wales granted to Martin Bashir and in which she assured that there were three in her marriage.
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The British Royal Family, on the warpath against the BBC