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According to an independent investigation led by former judge John Dyson, journalist Martin Bashir lied in an attempt to get an interview and used forged documents. Diana’s brother Charles Spencer said Bashir persuaded him to introduce him to his sister, claiming that Diana was being intercepted by the secret services. He also showed him forged bank statements, which showed that two people from the princess’s neighborhood were paid to provide information about her.
Bashir admitted to using counterfeit bank statements in an interview. “It simply came to our notice then. But it had no effect. It didn’t affect Diana, it didn’t affect the interview, “the journalist emphasized in an interview with The Sunday Times.
“I never meant to hurt Diana and I’m convinced we didn’t hurt her,” said a former BBC employee. The station apologized for the way he got the interview on Thursday. Bashir now added that he deeply apologized to Diana’s sons.
In response to the results of the investigation, Prince William said the BBC’s failure at the time had significantly contributed to his mother’s “fear, paranoia and isolation”. His younger brother Harry and Diana’s brother Charles said the conversation was part of an unethical act that led to Diana’s death in a 1997 car accident in Paris.
Princess Diana on the front pages of a British newspaper after an interview on Panorama (November 21, 1995)
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“I don’t think I’m responsible for many of the other things that have happened in her life and the complex issues involved in making these decisions,” Bashir said in his defense. “I understand the motivation, but directing the tragedy, the complex relationship between the royal family and the media only on my shoulders seems a little unreasonable to me. The indication that I am solely responsible is, in my view, disproportionate and unfair. ”
Interview with Princess Diana was a big catch for the BBC. It was in this conversation that Diana uttered the famous sentence: “There were three of us in that marriage.” It was the first time an incumbent member of the royal family had spoken so openly about life in it.
In a shocking interview watched by more than 20 million people in Britain, Diana spoke for the first time about her unhappy marriage to Charles, her infidelity, bulimia or her husband, Prince Charles’s relationship with Camilla Parker-Bowles.
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