Europe was abuzz this week when Italian magazine called Chi printed a photo of a dying Princess Diana.
The photograph shows the princess being given oxygen in the wreckage of the Mercedes car in which she died.
The Italian magazine's decision to print a photo of a dying Princess Diana set off anger in Britain, with tabloid newspapers leading the protests against the image.
"We feel deeply saddened that such a low has been reached," said Diana's sons, princes William and Harry, in a statement released Friday.
Chi editor Umberto Brindani said he had published the picture for the "very simple reason" that it has never been seen before.
"In my opinion it is not a picture which is offensive to the memory of Princess Diana," he added.
"She is not dead in the picture but looks as if she is a sleeping princess."
Regardless of the outrage, the ethics and morality involving human dignity, this is a story that sells. It makes money for the publishers. But it is such a shame that money has to be made this way.
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