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Former boxing world champion David Lemieux retires days after dad murdered at bus stop shooting spree

Boxer David Lemieux is retiring following the tragic murder of his father during a shooting spree in Canada.

A man suspected of killing three people in Montreal on August 2 was later shot and killed by police, The Sun reported.

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Former IBF middleweight champion Lemieux is only 33 but has clearly been left heartbroken by his father’s senseless and brutal killing.

“I’ve accomplished a lot in the course of my career,” Lemieux told Boxing News 24.

“I achieved my dream of becoming world champion, I’ve given the fans rousing fights by accepting every challenge that came my way.

“I devoted my life to training, to boxing, and now I want to cherish every minute with my family.

“I accomplished a lot, but I didn’t do it alone. I want to take this opportunity to thank all the fans who supported and encouraged me throughout my career.”

Lemiueux’s father was shot dead during a 24-hour shooting spree in Canada last week where three people were killed.

One of the men killed was identified as Andre Fernand Lemieux, 64, which David confirmed by uploading a post on his Instagram with a picture of his father accompanied by the caption “RIP dad.”

“To learn that your father died by being shot while waiting for the bus is quite a shock. Everyone in the family is shaken,” he told Le Journal de Montreal.

Lemieux lost his IBF title in a thrilling fight with legend Gennady Golovkin at Madison Square Garden in 2015.

He was also defeated by Brit Billy Joe Saunders in Quebec in 2017.

Lemieux said just after his father’s death: “To learn that your father died by being shot while waiting for the bus is quite a shock. Everyone in the family is shaken.”

Lemieux lost his last fight to David Benavidez in May this year.

His pro career began in 2007 and his overall record is 43 wins and five losses. But many boxers change their minds about retirement, with Tyson Fury performing another U-turn this week.

This story first appeared in The Sun and was republished with permission.

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Vanuatu, one of the most climate-vulnerable countries, launches ambitious climate plan | vanuatu

The Pacific country of Vanuatu has launched one of the world’s most ambitious climate policies, committing to 100% renewable energy in electricity generation by 2030 and ambitious targets on loss and damage.

The announcement signals yet another instance of the small island state making its mark in international climate efforts.

At last year’s UN climate summit in Glasgow, all countries were urged to “revisit and strengthen” their nationally determined contributions (NDCs) on climate action by the end of 2022. Vanuatu is one of just 12 countries to have done so, and its ambitious targets have been praised by regional experts.

“They are really setting an example for the rest of the world,” said Tagaloa Cooper-Halo, the director of the climate change resilience program at the Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Program (SPREP).

“Vanuatu is leading by example in many ways, despite having negligible emissions. They are taking the lead by putting up their plan. This was a monumental effort by their government and all the stakeholders because it takes a lot of work and coordination to arrive at that announcement.”

Vanuatu is already a carbon-negative country – meaning it absorbs more emissions than it produces – but has committed to going further, by phasing out fossil fuels almost entirely and hoping to become 100% renewable in its electricity generation by 2030.

They are also pushing for a loss-and-damage finance facility to be rapidly established in order to support vulnerable communities.

According to the government, the costs of achieving Vanuatu’s revised commitments, are estimated at $1.2bn by 2030.

“Thirty years ago, Vanuatu was the first nation in the world to call for climate polluters to pay for the permanent losses and irreversible damage caused by their emissions,” said Dr Wesley Morgan, a senior researcher at the climate council.

“Today, Vanuatu is calling for the establishment of a new loss-and-damage finance facility at the UN. To be an effective ally to the Pacific on climate action, Australia should support a new loss-and-damage finance facility.”

The move also sets the tone for the Pacific’s preparation for the COP27 summit to be held in Cairo in November.

Vanuatu, which is rated the country most at risk of natural disasters by the UN, is also currently pushing for the International Court of Justice (ICJ) to hand down an advisory opinion on climate-related harm.

“The Vanuatu government has been very bold in pursuing the ICJ opinion, and this is all good for the Pacific,” said Cooper-Halo.

According to the Vanuatu government, more than 80 states from around the world are supporting their pursuit for an advisory opinion from the ICJ ahead of a vote at the UN General Assembly at its forthcoming session.

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Canberra Raiders vs St George Illawarra Dragons live score, updates, stream, start time, teams, SuperCoach scores

Dragons young gun Talatau Amone has bagged an early double to get his side out to a 12-6 lead over the Raiders in a must-win clash at GIO Stadium.

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Talatau Amone backed up his try with another one. Jack Bird got around a Raider and then offloaded to Amone who dived over the line.

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The Dragons hit back through young gun Talatau Amone who had to push through several Raiders players to ground the ball.

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It didn’t take long for the Raiders to get on the board with Hudson Young pouncing on a Zac Woolford grubber to score.

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Ricky Stuart will be forced to watch from home when his Raiders take on the Dragons in a must-win clash at GIO Stadium to keep their final hopes alive.

Stuart was suspended by the NRL after his “weak-gutted dog” spray directed at Panthers player Jaeman Salmon last weel.

The Dragons are also still in the finals hunt but after losing to the Sharks last week they now sit two wins outside of the eight.

If they are to get sneak into the finals they’ll need to win all four of their last games — but they’ll do it without veteran Tariq Sims who has been banned for a careless high tackle. Josh McGuire moves into the starting side for Sims and Tyrell Fuemaono joins the bench.

In a boost for the side, Cody Ramsey returns from a knee injury at fullback, forcing Moses Mbye into the centers and Jack Bird to lock.

The Raiders welcome back electric fullback Xavier Savage from an ankle injury but will be without star prop Joe Tapine and winger Nick Cotric.

Tapine has succumbed to a rib injury that was suffered last week, while Cotric is out through suspension.

Emre Guler replaces Tapine in the starting pack with Corey Horsburgh joining the bench after a successful return from pneumonia via reserve grade last week.

Meanwhile, Savage’s return allows Albert Hopoate shift to the wing to replace Cotric.

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raiders: 1. Xavier Savage 2. Albert Hopoate 3. Matthew Timoko 4. Sebastian Kris 5. Jordan Rapana 6. Jack Wighton 7. Jamal Fogarty 8. Josh Papali’i 9. Zac Woolford 10. Emre Guler 11. Hudson Young 12. Elliott Whitehead 13. Adam Elliott 14. Tom Starling 15. Ryan Sutton 16. Corey Horsburgh 17. Corey Harawira-Naera. Replacement player: 18. James Schiller

Dragon’s: 21. Cody Ramsey 2. Mathew Feagai 1. Moses Mbye 4. Zac Lomax 5. Tautau Moga 6. Talatau Amone 7. Ben Hunt 8. Jack de Belin 9. Andrew McCullough 10. Blake Lawrie 11. Josh Mcguire 12. Jaydn Su ‘A 3. Jack Bird 13. Michael Molo 15. Aaron Woods 16. Tyrell Fuimaono 17. Billy Burns. Replacement player: 20. Jayden Hunt

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More than $10 million in assistance claims denied as Australians caught trying to rort flood support

Tens of thousands of fraudulent flood assistance claims have been made this year, with more than $10 million dollars in support denied.

Payments have been offered to people impacted by floods in New South Wales and South-East Queensland in February and the recent Sydney floods in July.

Government Services Minister Bill Shorten has raised concerns that, while money is being offered to those who need it, others are taking advantage of the system.

“I believe that the taxpayer-funded safety net needs to go to those who need it and it really makes my blood boil when I think that there are some people out there taking advantage of other people’s misery to steal $1,000,” he said.

“What is going on with people? How can people think like that?”

The support on offer includes the Australian Government Disaster Recovery Payment of $1,000 per adult and $400 per child, as well as the Disaster Recovery Allowance which provides 13 weeks of support at the rate of the JobSeeker allowance.

About 3.5 million claims have been made for assistance between February and July following the floods.

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Bill Shorten says it is important fraudulent claims are detected. (ABC News: Nick Haggarty/File)

Of those, there have been 27,770 cases that appear to be suspicious and about $10.5 million in support has been denied.

Mr Shorten said it was important that all fraudulent claims were picked up by the system.

“I’m very mindful that this is taxpayer money and I’m mindful that taxpayers are happy to help their fellow Australians in trouble,” he said.

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Cameron Ciraldo to coach Canterbury Bulldogs

On Nine’s 100% Footy in June, Gould spoke highly of Ciraldo as speculation about his future ran riot.

“Cameron Ciraldo has come through 10 or 11 years with the Panthers in the system,” Gould said at the time.

“He came there as a second-tier player in the back end of his career. I have coached an under-20s team to two grand finals, winning a premiership.

Phil Gould and Cameron Ciraldo in 2015.

Phil Gould and Cameron Ciraldo in 2015.Credit:NRL Photos

“He was then promoted to assistant first-grade coach. He was the interim there for a while and he’s served Ivan Cleary really well over the last three years. They’ve been to two grand finals, they’ve won a premiership and they’ll probably win it again this year.”

“He’s in a very, very good environment with a great club and he’s cradled all those boys from birth. He’s known them all since they were teenagers. It’s the perfect environment out there for him at the moment, but there will come a time where he is either going to be the head coach of the Panthers in the future or he’s going to have to branch out and learn (about) other clubs and what being a head coach is all about.”

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That time has now come with Ciraldo set to take over from interim Bulldogs coach Mick Potter, who has overseen something of a revival at Belmore since taking the reins from Barrett.

The Panthers have now lost their two assistant coaches for next year with Andrew Webster set to join the New Zealand Warriors as head coach next year.

“I’m sure Matty Cameron and Ivan have something in the pipeline,” Fletcher said.

“Peter Wallace and Ben Harden will step up as well.”

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Why carp, one of Australia’s worst introduced pests, could be a great budget-friendly fish

Just a fraction of the 5,000 seafood species make it from the ocean to dinner plates, but experts say broadening our nets could help seafood sustainability while keeping the weekly food budget in check.

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New South Wales Department of Primary Industries senior fisheries manager Luke Pearce told ABC Radio Melbourne that while carp had a bad name, the fish could find some love in the kitchen.

Carp are one of the worst introduced pests in Australia and have negative impacts on water quality and biodiversity, according to the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry.

“They have such a negative impact on our environment and they’ve just caused such huge problems in our river system,” Mr Pearce said.

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The more carp taken out of waterways the better, according to senior fisheries manager Luke Pearce.(Rural ABC)

There was also a notion that carp made bad eating and that put people off.

“I was of the opinion for a long time but I’ve convinced a lot of people over my time to taste them,” Mr Pearce said.

“But there are a few things you’ve got to do first.”

Plating up a pest

While Mr Pearce said carp could survive in some pretty unappealing environments, like in the water at a sewerage treatment plant, a good rule of thumb was that if you’d eat any other fish from the water source, carp would also be safe to consume .

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A national control plan is being developed for carp.(Landline: Kerry Staight)

“So if you’d eat a trout or a golden perch or a cod from the same waterway, then a carp would be fine to eat from it,” he said.

Mr Pearce said tackling the fish’s flavor was also something to keep in mind.

When under stress, carp produces histamines which create an odor and its distinctive muddy taste.

“The quicker you can get that fish on ice, the less likely the muddy taste will be present,” he said.

Slippery mucus on the fish’s body also tarnished carp’s eating reputation, but Mr Pearce said the solution was skinning.

“Once you skin your fish, that mucus is gone and you’ve got a really nice clean, fresh and tasty fillet of fish that you can do a bunch of things with,” he said.

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A $15.2 million carp control plan is being developed with the aim of slashing numbers of the invasive species using a herpes virus, but Mr Pearce said there was still a push for people to see the fish as a protein alternative.

“Carp are being turned into fertilizer … but they’re consuming all these resources that take away from our native fish and the more we can take out the better,” he said.

How about eels?

Co-founder of the Lake Bolac Eel Festival Neil Murray lives on Jupagalk Country in south-west Victoria and has been participating in an annual eel harvest for almost two decades.

Mr Murry said First Nations people would gather in the late summer at Lake Bolac as the eels began their annual migration to the sea to spawn, known as kuyang season.

“The eel was the most-favored fish by First Nations people,” he said.

“It’s highly nutritious, very abundant and it’s easy to catch.”

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Eel is still largely exported overseas.(ABC Radio Sydney: Amanda Hoh)

Mr Murry said while the industry was still fairly lucrative, most of the catch was frozen for export.

“I just prefer it freshly grilled over coals and I usually cut it into sections about four-inches long and let the oil drip out of it,” he said.

“I think initially a lot of people were put off it because it’s a slimy, squirmy thing that looks like a snake, but when you’re brought up in the area like I was, it was a part of our diet.”

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University of Melbourne marine and fisheries ecologist John Ford said of the species that fishers caught, only a few made it to the retail giants.

“The fish you see on the supermarket shelves, the ones that are already in demand, are only going to get more expensive,” Dr Ford said.

“The ocean can’t give us any more fish than it is right now and as the population grows, the demand grows.”

Dr Ford said that meant looking at eating lower-quality products, like fish meal, a product made from wild-caught fish and by-products.

But he said there was one major reason lesser-known products weren’t at the shops.

“We don’t know how to cook them, and that’s the real challenge,” he said.

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It would need to be profitable for supermarkets to stock alternative seafood.(Flickr: BakiOguz)

Consumers would have to feel comfortable cooking an unfamiliar product.

“It requires someone to be bold and put these products on the shelf and to educate people,” Dr Ford said.

He said while Australia’s supermarket duopoly would make a shake-up a challenge, future collaboration with peak fishing bodies could shore up seafood’s future.

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Marvel’s Chris Hemsworth mocks his role as Thor in birthday post

Chris Hemsworth turned 39 years old last week (August 11), and to mark the occasion, he shared a photograph of himself as a child, repping superheroes all the way back when.

Amusingly, he’s isn’t wearing Thor-branded clothing, or even that of a Marvel hero, but a giant logo of DC’s biggest character, Batman.

“My younger self would be so disappointed,” he wrote.

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Hemsworth has been playing Thor for 11 years, starring in 8 films as the character (plus a scene from ragnarok as a credits scene in Doctor Strange).

Speaking about how he keeps things fresh, Hemsworth recently told DigitalSpy and other media: “The challenge is how do you recreate the character? What can you do differently each time? And that’s been the luxury in working with different directors and different casts, they all bring out something very different in you.

“Ace Taika [Waititi] said, I feel like the character’s probably become more me over the years in, I hope, a fun way.”

Outside of ThorHemsworth is joining another franchise in mad max prequel furiouswhich the star has been filming with his family.

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He also was reported to be returning for the fourth star trek reboot movie, although that project seems to be pretty stop-start.

“There was talk about me doing the film with Chris Pine at one point, the script was put together and then it fell apart. But if JJ Abrams called me tomorrow and said: ‘Chris Pine and I want to do it’, I’ d probably say: ‘Yeah, let’s go for it’,” Hemsworth recently explained.

Thor: Love and Thunder is now playing in both US and UK cinemas. the other three Thor movies are available to stream now on Disney+.

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Cameron Ciraldo to coach Canterbury Bulldogs, contract, how many years, Penrith Panthers, latest, updates

Cameron Ciraldo has landed his first NRL head coaching gig as he reportedly inked a five-year deal to take over the Canterbury Bulldogs from 2023.

Ciraldo, considered one of the brightest coaching minds in the game, has spent several years as Ivan Cleary’s understudy at the Penrith Panthers.

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He has also turned down a number of approaches from other teams for a head coaching position previously, including one from the Wests Tigers in June.

Ciraldo had been heavily linked with the vacancy at Belmore after Trent Barrett left the role earlier this season.

The 38-year-old, who will also become the youngest head coach in the NRL next season, is no stranger to Bulldogs GM of football Phil Gould as the duo worked together at the Panthers.

According to The Daily Telegraphan emotional Ciraldo broke the news to the Panthers playing group at training on Sunday.

speaking on Fox League’s broadcast, Michael Ennis and Greg Alexander, two figures who have connections to the Bulldogs and Panthers respectively, spoke glowingly of Ciraldo’s credentials.

“It’s exciting times for them (Bulldogs),” Ennis said.

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“Cameron’s very much where Craig Fitzgibbon was 12 months ago where he’s done a wonderful apprenticeship in a really good system.

“He’s had some previous experience when Anthony Griffin was moved on, did a great job at the back end of the season with the Panthers.

“So many of those young superstars that are now dominating at the top level, not just in club football but at Origin level, have such a wonderful wrap on him.”

While Alexander was upset to see Ciraldo move on from the Panthers, he believes it’s a sign that the club will continue to catapult assistant coaches into first grade gigs in the future.

“I’m excited for Cameron. It’s disappointing, but assistant coaches, everyone knows they’re about to move on. There’s been three moving on in the last two years.

“Trent Barrett left Penrith and went to the Dogs, Andrew Webster’s going to the Warriors and Cameron Ciraldo is going to the Dogs.

“Penrith’s assistant coaches, in terms of getting first grade jobs, have been pretty good.”

The hire of Ciraldo is also likely to keep five-eighth star Matt Burton at the club in a major boost to the club’s playing squad.

Ciraldo will take over a resurgent Bulldogs outfit thanks to interim coach Mick Potter’s efforts.

His departure is no doubt a massive blow to the Panthers, as Cleary must now search for two new assistans for next season following the looming exits of Ciraldo and Andrew Webster, who will take over the New Zealand Warriors in 2023.

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CS:GO Source 2 gets first gameplay footage, but not from Valve

CS:GO Source 2 has been rumored for a while now, with fans of the biggest game on Steam expecting the online shooter to get upgraded imminently to the same engine powering Half-Life: Alyx. Well, CS:GO Source 2 is now a reality, and it even has gameplay footage. It just doesn’t come from Valve.

A team of game-makers and modders, represented by the long-standing Valve content creator channel Gabefollower, has rebuilt CS:GO in Source 2 from the ground up, using the community creation platform and spiritual successor to Garry’s Mod, S&box. The team claims that they have remade CS:GO without using a single line of code from the original game, and has created all the systems and mechanics from scratch. At the moment, the project is still in its infancy, with the first gameplay footage simply demonstrating a “vertical slice” which will be continually updated in the future. However, the team claims to have developed this within six months, suggesting that a full version may not take an enormous amount of time.

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In July, an exploit in Discord’s rich presence feature — which allows players to display game data on their profiles such as score, duration, and map — was used to determine that a new version of CS:GO was being played. Its map names used the suffix “s2”, which led some Valve content creators, such as YouTube’s Tyler McVicker, speculating that this signaled the game was being tested at the studio internally. Regardless of Valve’s own progress on CS:GO Source 2, the Gabefollower team says it will eventually release its own version as an open-source game. “Counter-Strike: Source 2 is a community driven, open-source project,” the team says. “We did not use a single line of code from CS:GO and eventually we’ll publish the full C# codebase on github.”

Recently, Steam stats revealed that CS:GO players have collectively been killing one another for the last 50,000 years. There is also a new CS:GO game mode whereby hitboxes are randomized from round to round. If you want to try that out, we recommend our guide to CS:GO ranks and also CS:GO console commands. Alternatively, you might want to try something entirely different, either from our list of the best FPS games, or one of the best multiplayer games, which, of course, also includes CS:GO.

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What does Ed Perkins’ ‘The Princess’ say about society?

It draws solely from contemporary archival audio and video footage to take audiences back to key events in Diana’s life as they happened, including her seemingly fairytale public courtship and wedding, the birth of her two sons, her and Charles’ bitter divorce, and Diana’s untimely death aged 36, on August 31, 1997.

The film unfolds as if it were in the present, allowing viewers to experience the overwhelming adoration, but also intense scrutiny of Diana’s every move and the constant judgment of her character.

princess is the British director’s third feature documentary (he was nominated for an Academy Award for his 2018 short documentary, Black Sheep, about a black teenager’s experience with racism). He was 11 when Diana was killed (a year younger than Prince Harry), and says while her death de ella has been covered at length, most efforts had tried “to get inside her head de ella”.

Perkins says, most importantly, the film serves as a reflection of society at the time, revealing the public’s own preoccupations, fears, aspirations and desires.

“The part of the story that I personally find more interesting and that, I think, has been less explored is not ‘what does this story say about Diana?’ but actually, ‘what does Diana’s story say about all of us?’,” he says.

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“The part of the puzzle that I was instinctively drawn to is what does this say about our fascination? What does it say about our needs? What does it say about our desires? So, the whole reason we’ve constructed the film solely out of archive, the entire reason we haven’t used headshot interviews and kind of retrospective analysis is because we want the film to kind of hold a mirror up to all of us.

“The thing I think is most difficult to talk about is, like, what was our role in this story? What was our active role? What was our complicity in this tragic tale?

There are very few revelations in the film, which chronicles Diana’s life from right before the announcement of her engagement to Prince Charles up to her death. And Perkins says after watching literally hundreds of hours of footage of Diana, he still did not really get to know her about her.

Viewers don’t just see Diana through the media’s eye, in old interviews and broadcasts, but also the public’s reception of her through vox pops on TV news and current affairs programs. He says while the film “may not be revelatory”, it “offers a new perspective”.

“A lot of people talk about her being almost like a blank canvas onto which we were all able to project our own hopes and dreams and fears. And that’s perhaps one of the reasons why people, so many different people, found a sort of seemingly personal connection to her.”

Does the film draw a connection between Diana's life and modern-day royal crises?  Director Ed Perkins says that's for audiences to decide.

Does the film draw a connection between Diana’s life and modern-day royal crises? Director Ed Perkins says that’s for audiences to decide.

The film uses part of a five-minute chunk of the now-infamous Panorama interview Diana gave to BBC journalist Martin Bashir in 1995, in which she broke her silence on Prince Charles’ affair with Camilla Parker Bowles, saying: “There were three of us in this marriage, so it was a bit crowded.”

The interview — watched by 23 million people — contributed to Diana’s divorce from Charles in 1996. In May last year, a report by British judge Lord Dyson found that Bashir had duped Diana into the interview by using fake documents that purported to show staffers were taking money in exchange for planting stories about her in the media. The report also found that BBC bosses tried to cover it up.

Perkins defends the use of the interview, which is shown briefly and in context, as a moment of historical record.

“I think Diana’s life for many years became a kind of national sitcom sort of soap opera. One of the questions the film is offering up is like, we want the fairytale but at what cost and at whose expense? These are real stories about real people, and we approached them with the sensitivity and respect they deserve,” he said.

Flowers left by mourners outside Kensington Palace after the 36-year-old princess' death.

Flowers left by mourners outside Kensington Palace after the 36-year-old princess’ death.

As to whether he can draw a connection to modern-day crises within the family, Perkins says it is up to viewers to draw their conclusions. But he did become more sympathetic, specifically towards princes William and Harry.

“You know, this isn’t a film that is trying to be pro-monarchy or anti-monarchy, pro-Diana or anti-Diana. We’ve tried to tell a complex story with a lightness of touch and with nuance,” he says.

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“But I do think there are some ways in which we can see this story as sort of an origin story for some of the things that have happened more recently within the royal family, but also the kind of continued evolving relationship between us, the monarchy and people in public life.”

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