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Was Princess Diana Duped Into This Historic Interview With BBC’s Martin Bashir?
May 20, 2021
An independent investigation has found that BBC journalist Martin Bashir used dishonest tactics to get Princess Diana to agree to go in front of the camera in a 1995 blockbuster interview discussing the breakdown of her marriage. The inquiry found that Diana was duped into agreeing to the explosive interview, which aired on the BBC documentary series Panorama, by Bashir using fake bank statements to make it appear that members of Diana’s own staff were being paid to spy on the princess.