Sky News has apologised for showing a CBS News programme which included pictures of the late Princess Diana being given medical attention moments before she died.

The UK news channel aired the report, called Could Diana Have Been Saved?, in the early hours of Friday morning.

In a statement, Sky News said: "We routinely give UK viewers the opportunity to watch CBS’s nightly network news bulletin, as shown to millions of people across the USA. In the early hours of Friday morning, Sky News broadcast a CBS bulletin which included an image of the late Princess Diana on the night of her fatal car accident."

"We regret that this image was not highlighted by our pre-broadcast monitoring process and we are reviewing our internal processes as a result. We apologise for any offence caused to viewers. The image has not been used on any other part of Sky News’ output and we will not repeat the CBS bulletin," the statement concluded.