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Princess Diana: Ex-BBC chief steps down from high-profile job over probe Martin Bashir tricked Princess Diana into giving THAT 1995 television interview. Now, his former boss has resigned from a prominent position because of mistakes he made 25 years ago. A former BBC chief who was criticised for his “woefully ineffective” probe into Martin Bashir’s deception in securing a bombshell interview with Princess Diana on Saturday resigned as chair of Britain’s National Gallery. Journalist Bashir tricked Diana into giving a 1995 BBC television interview in which she lifted the lid on her tro...

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

The BBC also has faced questions about why Bashir was rehired in 2016 as the broadcaster’s religious affairs correspondent. Diana’s sons, Princes William and Harry, have excoriated the BBC since the report’s publication, saying there was a direct link between the 1995 interview and their mother’s death in a traffic accident two years later as she and a companion were being pursued by paparazzi. The BBC commissioned the report after Diana’s brother, Charles Spencer, complained that Bashir used false documents and other dishonest tactics to persuade Diana to grant the interview. In th...

LONDON, May 22 — A former BBC chief who was criticised for his “woefully ineffective” probe into Martin Bashir’s deception in securing a bombshell interview with Princess Diana today resigned as chair of Britain’s National Gallery. Journalist Bashir tricked Diana into giving a 1995 BBC...

Ex-BBC chief steps down from high-profile job over Princess Diana probe Saturday May 22 2021 This photo handout released by the BBC on an unspecified date shows an anchor on air. Prince Harry on Thursday joined his brother William in condemning the BBC and journalist Martin Bashir over the 1995 interview with their mother Princess Diana. PHOTO/FILE Summary The BBC was under pressure on Friday after unprecedented criticism from the royal family about its 1995 interview with princess Diana. Journalist Bashir tricked Diana into giving a 1995 BBC television interview in which she lifted the lid ...