Did BBC journalist Martin Bashir use fake bank statements to persuade Princess Diana to conduct an explosive interview about her marriage to Prince Charles? The BBC is investigating that question. Prince William calls it ‘a step in the right direction’.
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A few weeks before the official divorce between Princess Diana and Prince Charles started, Diana gave an interview to the BBC. Nearly 23 million Britons saw Diana talking about, among other things, ‘marriage with three’, the famous statement about Charles’s extramarital relationship with Camilla Parker Bowles, his current wife. “There were three of us in that marriage, that was a bit busy.” She also spoke about her battle with bulimia, and her own affair with James Hewitt. Diana and Charles were already separated by then, but not yet divorced.
The BBC is now investigating how BBC journalist Martin Bashir managed to convince Princess Diana in 1995 to allow him an interview. According to Charles Spencer, the princess’s brother, who died in 1997, Bashir used illicit practices to convince Diana to give the interview. Spencer says he has evidence that Bashir used forged bank statements to deceive the princess. She could have inferred that people in her entourage were paid by the royal family to follow and report on her actions.
Prince William has now responded to the issue for the first time: “The independent investigation is a step in the right direction,” he says. It should help uncover the truth behind the actions that led to it Panoramainterview and the subsequent decisions made by the BBC at the time. ‘ The interview was conducted two weeks in advance. Princess Diana died less than two years after the interview.
The BBC has apologized and promises to find out the full truth. 57-year-old Bashir, who still works for the BBC, cannot be questioned for the time being because he is infected with covid-19 and is very ill.
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