UK police rule out criminal inquiry into 1995 Princess Diana interview Reuters | Mar 04, 2021 10:04 PM EST Princess Diana arrives at the Royal Geographical Society in London for a speech on the dangers of landmines throughout the world (Photo : REUTERS/Ian Waldie (UNITED KINGDOM - Tags: ROYALS)) British police said on Thursday they had ruled out a criminal investigation into the famous 1995 BBC interview with the late Princess Diana, after complaints from her brother that she had been tricked into taking part with the use of forged documents. Diana's interview with journalist Martin Bashir, watched by more than 20 million viewers in Britain, shocked the nation when she admitted to an affair and gave other intimate details of her failed marriage to heir-to-the-throne Prince Charles.