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The Telegraph
Earl Spencer obtained Martin Bashir’s fake bank statements, according to a BBC report
An internal BBC report on the Panorama scandal, written by former CEO Tony Hall, claimed that Earl Spencer was the source of Martin Bashir’s fake bank statements, and not the target, has emerged. Bashir is accused of falsifying documents to persuade Lord Spencer to introduce him to his sister, Diana, Princess of Wales, in 1995. He has been accused of taking advantage of the insecurities of both brothers by creating statements that suggested there were trusted confidants in payment of security services. However, a documentary to air on Channel 4 Monday night highlights the fact that Lord Hall, then the BBC’s news chief, told the board of governors, after conducting an internal investigation into the allegations , that Lord Spencer had fed Bashir information. , giving the reporter a bank statement to copy. The report, released under Freedom of Information laws, said that while Bashir was in talks with Lord Spencer, “Martin took the information he had obtained from the highest level and turned it into a graph using the bank statement Spencer had given him. “. The report was accepted at a meeting of the BBC’s board of governors in April 1996, which concluded that Bashir was “an honest man” who had been “foolish.” The Diana Interview: The Truth Behind the Scandal, also raises new questions about a letter apparently written by the princess to the BBC, exonerating Bashir of any inconvenience.
