Endured when they were young. Heres laura kuenssberg. I always believed the press would kill her in the end, but not even i could imagine that they would take such a direct hand in her death. Charles spencers fury at the way the press treated his sister, diana, made him famous. It is a point to remember. His anger at her funeral, raw, after years of intrusion and pain. A girl given the name of the ancient Goddess Of Hunting was, in the end, the most hunted person of the modern age. Decades later, theres been a frenzy around the current princess of wales, kate even around a family photo. But does the rumour and online speculation compare to what diana endured . No, i think it was more dangerous back in the day. The circumstances of her death were so shocking that it did make the industry that supports the paparazzi really consider more carefully what it could and couldnt do. Not because they had a moraljudgment, but because it was unacceptable. Hes publishing a memoir about appalling, v
Princess dianas brother was speaking in an interview to be broadcast tomorrow on the bbc s sunday with laura kuenssberg. Earlier i spoke to graham satchell, who has been reviewing the material in the interview and asked him what the main thrust of earl spencers comments were. Well, this was a searingly honest interview with earl spencer, and at times difficult to watch, to be honest. He has written a book about his experiences of his childhood, particularly at boarding school, and he talks about suffering shocking levels of violence from the age of eight and being sexually abused from the age of 11. He also talks in some detail about his experience at home with his sister, princess diana, and particularly suffering at the hands of a violent nanny, nanny forster. And this is what he had to say. Really damaging violence to children is going to affect them, whatever house they come from, whatever family theyre born into. And that nanny who did that to us, i mean, she used to crack our Hea
scheduled to open in 2025 so next year forjust over half the current expected cost. that was delayed to 2027, and the french utility operator edf now says it will be another two years before the project is complete. it s the latest setback in energy capacity and security for the uk and may put pressure on the british government to intervene. our business editor simon jack explains the wider implications for the british government. edf will shoulder the cost of this because they agreed back in 2016 or a higher price at which they would supply electricity, they would take the risk, but it is notjust their problem because the government wants to build an identical plant at sizewell in suffolk, and for that plant, customers will be on the hook a little bit, it will be added to their bills to pay for the construction over a decade or so. the government has put into 5p of its own money and trying to raise private capital to try and fund this. they say they are still supporters