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A video excerpt from the broadcast of Martin Bashir's exclusive interview with the Princess of Wales on November 20, 1995
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The legendary television interview of the British broadcaster BBC, in which the now deceased Princess Diana spoke about her failed marriage to Prince Charles, is under investigation.
According to the broadcaster, the question is whether the then relatively unknown interviewer Martin Bashir moved the princess to the conversation using forged documents.
A former Supreme Court judge will lead the independent investigation.
In the memorable television interview 25 years ago, Diana Charles' current wife Camilla indirectly blamed for the failure of the marriage: "There were three of us in this marriage," the princess explained to a shocked audience.
She also confessed to having been unfaithful herself.
The broadcast was followed by a record 22.8 million viewers.
Decades later, Diana's brother Charles Spencer calls for a review of the circumstances surrounding the conversation.
He claims that Bashir presented him with forged documents to persuade his sister to do the interview.
The documents are said to be forged bank statements, according to which two employees at the court were paid to spy on Diana.
BBC director general Tim Davie said the station was determined to find out the truth about Spencer's claims.
In addition to Bashir's actions, the investigation also deals with the question of whether the public broadcaster protected the journalist.
Bashir was little known at the time of the interview, but later made an international career.
The journalist himself has not yet responded to the allegations.
According to the BBC, he is seriously ill after a corona infection.
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