BBC announces investigation into legendary Diana interview

The BBC has announced that it will investigate the famous 1995 interview with Princess Diana. The interviewer is said to have obtained the conversation with the help of forged documents.

The legendary television interview on British broadcaster BBC, in which the now-late Princess Diana spoke about her failed marriage to Prince Charles, is under investigation. According to Wednesday’s broadcaster, the question is whether the then relatively unknown interviewer Martin Bashir brought the princess into the conversation with the help of forged documents. A former Supreme Court judge will lead the independent investigation.

In the memorable November 1995 television interview, Diana Charles’ current wife, Camilla, indirectly blamed the failure of the marriage: “There were three of us in this marriage,” the princess explained to a shocked audience. She also confessed to being unfaithful herself. The broadcast was followed by a record 22.8 million viewers.

Decades later, Diana’s brother, Charles Spencer, calls for an investigation into how the conversation came about. He claims that Bashir presented him with forged documents at the time to persuade his sister to do the interview. The documents are said to be forged bank statements, according to which two court employees were paid to spy on Diana.

In addition to Bashir’s actions, the investigation also addresses 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 complaints. According to the BBC, he is seriously ill after a corona infection.

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