Prince Charles' aide 'sold out' sons to media to salvage their father's reputation

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A controversial documentary has claimed that Prince Charles' former advisor sold out his royal sons William and Harry to British newspapers to improve their father's sullied reputation.

The BBC documentary, titled Reinventing the Royals, claims that Charles' once trusted advisor Mark Bolland went to great lengths to save the Prince of Wales' tainted character, the Daily Beast reported.

The film, which was pulled from its original air date after a dispute with Buckingham Palace, alleges that Bolland planted stories in British tabloids, detailing Harry's "teenage drug use" and William's first meeting Charles' infamous girlfriend Camilla Parker Bowles.

A BBC spokeswoman denied reports that the show was originally halted by Palace lawyers, telling it was delayed by "mutual consent."

In her first interview since serving as the Prince of Wales press secretary, Sandy Henney described in the documentary some of the extraordinary PR tactics employed by Prince Charles' staff.

In the wake of Diana's death, the British public had a largely negative view of a man who had cheated on the mother of his children and appeared nonplussed by her death and so Bolland would attempt to overturn that image and build a new reputation for his boss no matter who else had to be sacrificed to make him look good.

Bolland, who refused to be interviewed on-screen, described this account as "utter rubbish.