The BBC reporter who landed the bombshell interview with Princess Diana that led to her divorce blamed the royal family themselves for the “slander” he would spread against the royal family to secure the chat.
Martin Bashir, who is currently the BBC’s religious affairs reporter, is being investigated internally for allegedly lying to Princess Diana to obtain the 1995 interview, in which she famously revealed that there were “three people” in her marriage. sat with Prince Charles.
The probe was launched in November following the emergence of a series of notes made by Earl Spencer, Diana’s brother, days before the September 1995 interview. Spencer said he noted a series of allegations against the royal family during a meeting with Bashir and his sister . Among the “slander” was that the Queen was ill and about to resign, that Prince Charles was in love with his children’s nanny, and that Prince William was wearing a Swatch watch with an eavesdropping device.
But in leaked documents seen by the Telegraph, Bashir says the “ smears ” taken at the meeting were falsely attributed to him and were more consistent with the princess’s own comments made at a later meeting with the reporter. confessed that she consulted regularly. mystics.
Spencer claimed last year that Bashir used fake bank statements that falsely tried to show that two members of the royal household were paid by security forces to spy on Princess Diana.
The investigation, which is being led by a former judge, is expected to be completed next month.