Prince William has responded to the news that the BBC is investigating the realization of the televised interview with his mother, Princess Diana. The Duke of Cambridge thinks it is a good decision, he said on Wednesday British media.
“This independent investigation is a step in the right direction,” said the prince in a statement. “It must reveal the truth about the actual circumstances that led to it Panoramainterview and subsequent decisions made by the BBC at the time. “
On Wednesday it was announced that a former chief judge will carry out the investigation.
More than a week ago, the BBC, which broadcast the 1995 interview, announced that it was starting an investigation into the realization. Diana’s brother Charles Spencer claims journalist Martin Bashir, who spoke to the princess before the interview, lied to let her participate in the broadcast.
According to Spencer, bank statements were forged to pretend that people from the British court had been bribed. The statements falsely claimed that two courtiers were paid by the security services for information about Diana and Prince Charles.
Because of this, Diana would have been more inclined to be in front of the cameras of the program Panaroma to appear and tell her story. In the famous and controversial interview, the princess said that “the three of them were married,” referring to Prince Charles’s relationship with Camilla Parker-Bowles. Diana and Charles were separated at the time, but not yet divorced.
The interview, which aired in November 1995, attracted a record 22.8 million British viewers. The conversation was the breakthrough for Bashir. Diana and Charles divorced shortly afterwards. The princess died in 1997 from a car accident.
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