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A note from Princess Diana that is said to clear up any wrongdoing to the BBC prior to her interview with Panorama it has been found after being missing for several years.
Diana gave an interview to Martin Bashir in 1995 in which she made her now infamous statement that “there were three people in this marriage, so it was pretty crowded.”
But 25 years after its first broadcast, the late princess’s brother, Earl Spencer, has raised questions, who says the falsified bank statements Bashir showed him were the reason he introduced Diana to her.
The BBC has said it apologized for the remarks, but claimed that they had not reported Diana’s decision to conduct the interview.
The statements appeared to show that former members of the Count’s staff were being paid for information. Friends and those close to Diana say she feared they were watching and following her at the time.
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The BBC’s royal correspondent tweeted: “The BBC says it now has Princess Diana’s ‘lost’ note which is said to ‘clear’ the Corporation of blame for the way the 1995 interview was obtained. BBC says that will give the note to the investigation “.
The corporation said in a statement: “Following the announcement of the independent investigation, the BBC has now recovered the original handwritten note from the princess mentioned in our records from the time. We will pass it on to independent investigation.
“As there have been many comments on this note and journalists have asked about it, we thought it appropriate to put on record that we have now recovered it.
“We will provide more details of the independent investigation shortly.”
The BBC previously said that it once received a note from the princess confirming that it had not seen the statements. He admitted that the note had been lost but that there was a record of the note in his files from the 1996 investigation into the interview.
On November 4, Earl Spencer tweeted: “When @BBC says they have ‘apologized’ to me, what they have apologized for is for showing me fake bank statements related to a minor, unrelated matter. They have not apologized for the fake bank statements and other hoaxes that led me to introduce @MartinBashir to my sister. “
The BBC said they would investigate but have said that Bashir is unwell to answer questions because he is recovering from COVID-19.
However, Bashir was seen picking up takeout food last weekend.
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A statement made in 1996 by the BBC said: “It was not a very good idea to make these documents, and Mr. Bashir accepts it. But we have confirmed that the documents were in no way used to win the interview with Princess Diana. “
On November 10, graphic designer Matt Wiessler, who was asked to do the bank statements, asked the BBC to answer questions about the interview and said he had been made a “scapegoat.”
The 1996 investigation into the Lord Hall-led interview said “steps had been taken to ensure that the graphic designer does not return to work for the BBC.”
Wiessler told BBC Radio 4’s Today program: “I don’t know how you can tell a story that a graphic designer is to blame.
“And I’ve been living with this for 25 years. And when I saw this, this decree that came out … I got quite angry … because I thought it was completely unfair. “
