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The BBC says it has recovered a note written by Diana confirming that the fake bank statements played no role in her decision to participate in her 1995 Panorama interview.
His brother Charles Spencer alleges journalist Martin Bashir used the false documents to persuade the Wale’s princess that two of her senior courtiers were selling information about her and therefore her best remedy was to speak in an interview with him.
The corporation had said that a copy of the princess’s note was no longer in its possession and could not be submitted for a 2007 Freedom of Information request, although its existence was documented in BBC records.
Princess Diana’s brother Earl Charles Spencer alleges that Bashir gave his sister false documents
Diana’s document refers to simulated bank statements that, according to the corporation, Mr. Bashir, who interviewed her, admitted to having been commissioned while trying to access the princess.
It is understood that the journalist was found to have “done wrong” in an internal investigation in 1996, but it is not known what sanction, if any, what sanction.
The BBC said the note confirms that the princess had not seen the false financial documents prior to her 1995 interview with Panorama and that they did not influence her decision to speak on camera.
The fake bank statements refer to a now former Earl Spencer employee, but he has accused Bashir of showing him other fabricated documents, relating to members of the royal household, to ingratiate himself with Diana.
The development comes after the BBC announced it would conduct an independent investigation into the allegations.
In a statement, the corporation said: “Following the announcement of the independent investigation, the BBC has now recovered the original handwritten note from the princess that is mentioned in our records at the time. We will pass it on to the 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.”
