The only interview the princess gave to the BBC in 1995 is at the center of a cover-up investigation • The allegation: the journalist forged documents • Now, the document she wrote and stole is at the center of an investigation
Princess Diana in 1988
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Berkazit?
Corona vaccines?
Yes, that also employs the British.
But what really interests them is a letter written a quarter of a century ago and related to the late Princess Diana.
An investigation led by a former chief justice has been examining in recent weeks the background to the interview given by the princess, alongside allegations of plastering by the BBC network.
The royal family never makes headlines, but in recent weeks the media has been heavily involved with the mother of Princes William and Harry, who was killed in a car accident in the summer of 1997. Two years earlier Diana interviewed journalist Martin Bashir of the BBC's prestigious Panorama investigative program. The affair of her then-husband, Prince Charles.
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At the time, the interview was considered an impressive journalistic achievement by Bashir, who over the years managed to upgrade his career and moved to work, for years, in the United States. Introduced them to Diana's brother, claiming that her associates had received payments to "supervise" the princess and other allegations designed to incentivize her to be interviewed.
The Telegraph reported today (Sunday) that a letter from Princess Diana praising Bashir's conduct was recently revealed.
The document disappeared because a former BBC Panorama employee took it, without permission, as a souvenir.
It has previously been reported that Diana wrote, among other things, that "I confirm that I was interviewed voluntarily and was not influenced by any document."
The full contents of the letter have not been published, but it is known that it was written by the princess.
According to the report today, Diana praised Bashir's conduct before and during the interview and noted that Bashir did not present her with documents to persuade her to be interviewed.
These comments are expected to serve as central evidence in the intriguing investigation.
Lord Tony Hall, who served as the BBC's CEO in 1995 and saw the letter at the time, is set to testify soon in the current inquiry and address allegations that the network has covered the investigation.
The letter was handed over for questioning after Charles Spencer, Diana's brother, returned to demand an investigation into the affair.
Spencer claims, among other things, that although Bashir presented him with the forged documents during the 1996 investigation, no evidence was taken from him.
He claims Bashir used 32 "slanders" to persuade his sister to be interviewed.