Shocking interview
The interview on Panorama on November 20, 1995 attracted nearly 23 million UK audiences, a big moment in the career of young reporter Martin Bashir.
Why is the interview so flexible and attracts such a large audience? Because, before, no member of the British Royal Family had ever said such straightforward words about life in the "royal court".
In a 60-minute interview, Queen Diana talked about her unhappy marriage with Prince Charles, their affairs and her hunger...
The interview caused great controversy, especially the statement of Queen Diana: "There are three people in our marriage".
The Queen Mother later wrote to Prince Charles and his concubine Diana asking for their divorce, according to the BBC. In 1996, Prince Charles and consort Diana divorced.
BBC also said that Prince William and Harry - two sons of Queen Diana - suffered injuries caused by the interview.
"A big mistake"
At that time, people were quite surprised to see Martin Bashir - a relatively inexperienced reporter, without a background or family connections, being interviewed.
After the above interview, on April 7, 1996, The Mail on Sunday published an article questioning whether Martin Bashir had provided fake documents to Earl Spencer - the younger brother of Queen Diana. In response, BBC issued a statement saying that the documents never have been linked in any way to Panorama about the Diana Commission.
But there are growing doubts in the press that the interviews were obtained through fraud, leading Tony Hall - Director of News (later Director General of BBC for the period 2013-2020) - to launch an investigation. However, the investigation is not complete because it did not interview Count Earl Cooper - what they called "a big mistake".
In 2007, Channel 4 requested the disclosure of investigation documents, but BBC declined. In 2020, the producer of the Channel 4 show renewed the request and the BBC continued to deny it.
A few years after the top interview, Martin Bashir worked for ITV's Tonight With Trevor McDonald and then US TV stations. Martin Bashir returned to the UK in 2016. On September 26, 2016, BBC Tony Hall appointed Martin Bashir as a religious critic. On May 14, Martin Bashir (now 58 years old) resigned due to poor health.
The porridge floated again last fall - the 25th anniversary of the interview. Confendant Charles Spencer - the younger brother of Queen Diana - immediately responded to this issue, and said that he still kept notes at that time about his dealings with Bashir. The Daily Mail surveyed and published it in November 2020. The 17th Governor of Spencer said that Martin Bashir had used fake bank statements to convince the Queen to answer interviews.
BBC quoted Daily Mail as saying that false statements about two high-ranking officials are being paid by security services to provide information about his sister (Cong trai). Count Earl Spencer wrote: If it were not for the fact that I saw these documents, I would not have married Bashir to my sister.
The fact that Bashir was lying should have been clarified to us. But in my memory, that never happened. Now, we can see that fake bank statements are a lever to open the door to Ms. Dianas door - Sir Richard Eyre, former member of the BBCs Board of Directors, emphasized.
In response to the charges this time (20 2020), the BBC conducted an investigation to restore public trust, assigning Lord Dyson - a former Supreme Court judge - to lead the case.
"The timing bomb in public trust exploded"
The joint investigation by Lord Dyson shows that journalist Martin Bashir had been accused of deceiving to secure interviews and then lying to BBC managers. The investigation concluded on May 20, 2021 that Bashir was untrustworthy, confused, and untrustworthy.
Lord Dyson also wrote that Tony Hall's investigation at that time was "missing" and "unfortunately ineffective".
Not only did the investigation team consult most of the witnesses, but also looked at BBC documents and found that Bashir not only continuously denied but also admitted that he had seriously violated press ethics and BBC rules.
What Bashir did was not an act of sudden act carried out in a hot moment. It was carefully planned... What he did was dishonest and dishonest, Lord Dyson said.
The story begins with Bashir's plan to convince count Cooper that he has access to senior sources and knows inside a large plot against Queen Diana.
Accordingly, at the end of August 1995, Martin Bashir asked Matt Wiessler - a freelance designer - to make fake bank reports. (Matt Wiessler had no knowledge of Martin Bashir's plans). These documents were then presented to the county of Earl Cooper on September 14, 1995. The fake bank statements also serve to show payments from intelligence agencies into the accounts of private secretaries of Queen Diana and Prince Charles. Lord Dyson said that it is possible that Martin Bashir made these statements himself to gain the trust of the Earls of Earl Spencer and eventually win the right to receive the title of Miss Diana.
On September 19, 1995, Count Earl Cooper married Martin Bashir to Queen Diana. This is the first in a series of meetings between Bashir and Cong Nuong before the interview was conducted on November 5, 1995.
On 20 November 1995, Martin Bashir's Panorama interview with Diana - Queen of Wales - was broadcast in the UK, attracting nearly 23 million viewers.
Lord Dyson's investigation report shows a list of ethical, professional and border failure at BBC in the 1990s.
The BBC said the latest investigation has identified clear failures. And the 1996 BBC poll was unfortunately dismissed. The BBC team admitted that they should have tried harder to find an identity with what happened at that time.
This is a timing bomb of public trust that BBC tried to remove 25 years ago but still left its mark. That bomb exploded, said Phil cra craig, who has just produced a documentary about the Prime Minister Diana, who worked for Panorama.
Both BBC and Martin Bashir have apologized for the incident. The BBC wrote a letter to Prince William and Harry. BBC also apologized to Prince Charles and Count Earl Cooper. At the same time, BBC returned all the awards that the interview had received.
The BBC has published a series of articles announcing errors in this matter as well as publicly apologizing. While BBC could not go back in time for a quarter of a century, we would like to make a full and unquestionable apology today, BBC stated in an article published on May 21, 2021.
