![]() ![]() The investigation was launched after the late Princess of Wales's brother, Earl Spencer, accused the BBC of “sheer dishonesty” and unethical journalism. However, he has remained silent since Earl Spencer’s fresh allegations surfaced.In 2021, an independent inquiry known as the Dyson Report concluded that the BBC had fallen short of “high standards of integrity and transparency” in its securing of Martin Bashir’s Panorama interview with Princess Diana in 1995. The reporter had asked graphic designer Matt Wiessler to make the documents. The BBC has said in a statement that Mr Bashir admitted commissioning mocked-up bank documents, which related to the former Spencer employee, during the corporation’s internal investigation. Martin Bashir rose to prominence after his interview with Diana and later his documentary about global superstar Michael Jackson. ![]() This aimed to determine whether or not the princess had been misled, with a key piece of evidence, a note from Diana, suggesting she had not. In 1996, the BBC held an internal investigation which examined the mocked-up documents relating to the earl’s former employee. The earl also alleges that Mr Bashir made a series of claims about the royal family and that he kept contemporaneous notes of their meetings. The documents falsely suggested the individuals were being paid to keep the princess under surveillance.īBC launches ‘independent’ investigation into Earl Spencer’s claims about Princess Diana interview Mr Bashir, who is now religion editor at the BBC, is currently signed off from work.Ī statement from the corporation said: “He is currently recovering from quadruple heart bypass surgery and has significant complications from having contracted Covid-19 earlier in the year.” File photo of Princess Diana and Prince Charles (Photo: Reuters) What are the allegations made by Earl Spencer?ĭiana’s brother has made a string of allegations about the circumstances leading up to her now infamous Panorama interview.Įarl Spencer claims that in the weeks before the programme, Martin Bashir showed him “false bank statements” that related to alleged payments made to two members of the royal household by the security services. The graphic designer who mocked up the documents allegedly used to secure the interview, Matt Wiessler, claims he was made “the fall guy” by the BBC, and called on the broadcaster to apologise. It will also investigate what knowledge the BBC had in 19 of “mocked up bank statements purporting to show payments to a former employee of Earl Spencer (and) the purported payments to members of the Royal Households”, the corporation said. ![]() The corporation has claimed Diana had written a note saying she did not see the false bank statements and that they played no part in her decision to give the interview. The BBC has appointed Lord Dyson, former Master of the Rolls, to lead the “robust and independent” investigation, which will begin straight away and seek to discover what steps the broadcaster and Bashir took to land the interview. The investigation comes after allegations by Diana’s brother Earl Spencer that he was shown “false bank statements” by Martin Bashir and that these statements were used to help the reporter gain access to the princess. File photo of veteran journalist Martin Bashir (Photo: PA) Why has the BBC launched an inquiry into the Panorama interview? A month later, the Queen urged the separated couple to divorce, which they did in 1996.ĭiana died in 1997 in a car crash in Paris. She spoke of other details about her marriage – including the Prince of Wales’s rumoured relationship with Camilla Parker Bowles, who is now his wife.ĭiana also questioned Charles’s suitability as king.
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