CBS shows photos of Diana after wreck, angering many

The pictures weren't graphic or exploitative, CBS insisted.
LONDON (AP) -- Family and associates of Diana, Princess of Wales', expressed anger today after CBS broadcast photos of the dying princess taken moments after a car accident.
Diana's brother, Charles Spencer, said he was sickened by the pictures shown on CBS' "48 Hours" program.
"Lord Spencer and his family are shocked and sickened by CBS' actions," said a brief statement released by the family.
The Guardian newspaper said the U.S. network had decided to "plumb new depths of prurience in the Princess Diana industry."
CBS showed two black-and-white pictures taken by paparazzi at the scene of the Aug, 31, 1997, accident in Paris. Diana died hours later. Her companion, Dodi Fayed, and chauffeur Henri Paul also were killed.
The network insisted the pictures -- which showed an unconscious Diana being treated by a doctor as she lay slumped in the back of a car in the Alma road tunnel -- were not graphic or exploitative.
Al Fayed's comments
But Dodi Fayed's father, Mohamed al Fayed, said CBS had behaved in "disgraceful and insensitive" manner.
"CBS obviously don't care about the appalling effect of showing images of murder victims," said Fayed, who has long insisted that Diana and his son were murdered. A lengthy French investigation concluded the crash was an accident caused by drunk and speeding driver Paul.
Clarence House, the office of Diana's former husband, Prince Charles, and her two sons, declined to comment on the program.
CBS said the pictures were included in a confidential French investigators' file on the accident. No major press outlet had previously run pictures of the injured princess, although several are thought to have been offered for sale.
Britain's tabloid newspapers gave the story prominent, outraged coverage today. "Fury at TV photo of dying Diana," said the Daily Mail.
"U.S. TV shows Diana dying," ran a front-page headline in The Daily Mirror. In an editorial, the newspaper said showing the "vile images" had been "horribly offensive."
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