Sep 23, 2026 · 50 min · 13 segments
Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question are columnist Emily Sheffield, Labour MP Joe Powell, former Conservative MP Anna Firth, plus the journalist Eleanor Mills.
Emily SheffieldGuest
Eleanor MillsGuest
Joe PowellGuestAnd I think, you know, her sons are still alive at Her son is going to become the future king.
Well, I think of myself as, I just think about those sons, particularly William, and how is this actually going to help them? I mean, people say you never get over these sorts of events.
And I just think, why don't we just remember Diana for those fantastic things she did do? The image of her being the first person to embrace someone with HIV.
Why don't we just celebrate the person she was rather than all this digging up the past?

I don't think that's answering the question at all, is it? You asked about Charles, kind of V.

I actually wrote in the Telegraph last week, I wrote a column about saying that I actually thought that Charles Spencer was right to say that it was barbaric for the boys to have to walk
And I think, you know, her sons are still alive at Her son is going to become the future king.
Well, I think of myself as, I just think about those sons, particularly William, and how is this actually going to help them? I mean, people say you never get over these sorts of events.
And I just think, why don't we just remember Diana for those fantastic things she did do? The image of her being the first person to embrace someone with HIV.
Why don't we just celebrate the person she was rather than all this digging up the past?

I don't think that's answering the question at all, is it? You asked about Charles, kind of V.

I actually wrote in the Telegraph last week, I wrote a column about saying that I actually thought that Charles Spencer was right to say that it was barbaric for the boys to have to walk
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