The Royals vs the BBC

Buckingham Palace and Clarence House are both entangled in separate disputes with the British Broadcasting Corporation. The Queen, upset by the misleading film editing which made her appear to angrily storm out of a photo session, is calling for the BBC to cancel the broadcast for the much anticipated television programme 'A Year With The Queen' for fear that it will contain further misleading and manipulative editing. The BBC issued a public apology to the Queen, admitting that the editing of the programme's trailer was not shown in its proper sequence. The BBC is currently holding an inquiry into how the trailer's footage came to be wrongly edited and put on air.

Despite assurances from the BBC the Queen is demanding that the programme not be aired at all. The BBC however are determined to air the programme this Autumn and have assured the Queen and that the final cut of the programme would be edited in 'strict accordance to the BBC's rules on fairness and accuracy.'

Neither the BBC nor Buckingham Palace would comment on the row.

Meanwhile Clarence House is said to be having its own struggles with the BBC over its live coverage of the Concert for Diana. Senior courtiers, including Princes William and Harry's private secretary Jamie Lowther-Pinkerton, have complained about the amount of attention the BBC gave to Prince William and Kate Middleton during the concert. The BBC placed an isolated camera in front of the royal box which was focused on Princes William and Harry. Courtiers are said to be particularly annoyed by the focus that was given to Kate and William during Take That's break-up and make-up song 'Back For Good' saying it made a "soap opera" of the Prince's private life. They were also concerned about footage taken of Harry and his girlfriend Chelsy Davy.

In post-concert discussions with the BBC Clarance House has asked that many scenes containing the Princes and their girlfriends be edited out when a DVD of the 6 hour concert is released this winter. Said a royal source, "The Palace are hopping mad over this, they won't let the BBC get the better of them when it comes to the boys personal lives. Relations between the BBC and the Palace have reached an all-time low now. The fury ranges from the Queen at the top to Princes William and Harry's staff. They are furious they turned the concert into a soap opera rather than focusing on the celebration of their mother's life on what should have been her 46th birthday.

"There was an unnatural amount of focus on William and Harry and their friends, they made Harry look buffoonish. The BBC shouldn't have focused on Kate Middleton at all. The couple aren't engaged and she has no official status. The coverage was disgraceful."

Officially however, Clarence house has said of the post-concert discussions, "Any minor issues have now been resolved."

A BBC spokesman confirmed that there had been a "post concert discussion" but said the BBC's relationship with Clarence House is a positive one.