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Fury as pro-euthanasia group uses image of Princess Diana’s fatal car crash in online campaign
The image has sparked an outpouring of fury amid a debate in France over assisted dying
A FRENCH youth group has been slammed for using an image of Princess Diana’s car crash in an online campaign.
Pro-euthanasia ADMD shared a poster on social media that recreated the horrific scene in a Paris tunnel in August 1997.
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The name “Diana” sits over an image of a mangled car, with the words: “She did not choose her death…in 2024, we should have the choice.”
It has sparked an outpouring of fury amid a debate in France over assisted dying.
Ex-royal spokesman Dickie Arbiter said: “This is absolutely obscene and outrageous. This is a gross politicisation of a tragedy.
“Anyone who knew Diana, Princess of Wales will be deeply upset. To mock something so graphic up of that awful moment is grotesque.”
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The image was posted on Thursday on X, formerly Twitter, and has been taken down.
ADMD also planned to depict the death of Joan of Arc with a burning stake, as well as pop star Claude François who was electrocuted in a bath as he changed a bulb.
The group later apologised for the choice of images.
French President Emmanuel Macron has backed new end-of-life legislation.
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