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Prince Harry, the Duke of Sussex, went further than his brother in a separate statement and directly linked the interview to their mother’s death
Prince William launches scathing attack on BBC ‘lies’ over Bashir’s Diana interview Joe Middleton,Chris Baynes and Andrew Woodcock © Provided by The Independent The Duke of Cambridge has condemned the BBC for its failings over a Panorama interview with Diana, Princess of Wales, which he said had fuelled the “fear, paranoia and isolation” his mother suffered in the final years of her life. Prince William said he felt “indescribable sadness” after an independent inquiry found that the corporation covered up “deceitful behaviour” by its journalist Martin Bash...
BBC News By John Ware Twenty-five years ago, the BBC's Panorama programme landed a scoop rivals the world over wanted - an interview with Diana, Princess of Wales. Her son and heir to the throne, Prince William, has now launched an unprecedented attack on the corporation over that interview. The programme, which attracted a UK audience of 23m, was a career-defining moment for reporter Martin Bashir. But after accusations resurfaced last autumn that Bashir misled the princess to gain her trust, the BBC established an inquiry led by the former Supreme Court judge Lord Dyson. That inquiry has ...
The BBC has written to the royal family to apologise for the circumstances surrounding the Panorama interview with Diana, Princess of Wales, it is understood. The corporation has returned the awards it received for the explosive television event in 1995, when Diana told journalist Martin Bashir: “Well, there were three of us in this marriage, so it was a bit crowded.” An inquiry found the BBC covered up the “deceitful behaviour” Bashir used to secure his headline-making world exclusive and “fell short of high standards of integrity and transparency”. The journalist was in “serio...
An inquiry has found journalist Martin Bashir engaged in ‘deceitful behaviour’ to secure the world exclusive.