Pool Photograph/Corbis/Corbis via Getty Images(LONDON) A former aide to the late Princess Diana has received an apology and "substantial sum" from the BBC over a 1995 interview Diana gave to then-BBC journalist Martin Bashir. The aide, Patrick Jephson, who served for eight years as Diana's private secretary, received the apology and damages from the BBC after an independent investigation, known as the Dyson Report, found that Bashir "deceived and induced" to secure the interview with Diana. Bashir is accused in the report of showing Diana's brother, Earl Charles Spencer, false bank statements in order to manipulate Diana into sitting down for the interview. Jephson took legal action against the BBC after the report was published last May, his agent told ABC News. Jephson was Diana's private secretary at the time of the interview, but resigned shortly after. Diana's comments about her marriage to Prince Charles and his alleged affair with his no
LONDON (Reuters) - The BBC said on Thursday it had agreed to make a substantial payout to the former private secretary of the late Princess Diana over.