For the first time the BBC apologizes for the interview with Lady Diana in 1995

Lady D was interviewed by journalist Martin Bashir during the Panorama show. The video went down in history for the revelations made by Diana about her marriage to Prince Charles and about the royal family in general.

Disclosures that turned out to have been obtained through fraud. Now, the BBC has officially apologized and promised not to broadcast the interview again. In 2021, an independent inquiry into the programme, carried out by Lord Dyson, found that the British public broadcaster “failed to meet the high standards of integrity and transparency that are its hallmark”.

The investigation began after the Princess of Wales’ brother, Earl Spencer, accused the BBC of “total dishonesty”. Indeed, it was revealed that journalist Martin Bashir had used fraudulent methods to obtain the interview with Diana, including allegedly falsified documents.
Earl Spencer had been seeking criminal charges from those involved for years. But Scotland Yard only moved when barrister Louise Prince explained to the court that the allegations made during the interview had “serious personal consequences for all concerned”.

Shortly after the court’s decision, the BBC released the following statement:
“Since the publication of the Dyson Report last year, we have been working with those who have suffered from the deceptive tactics used by the BBC in its pursuit of its interview with Diana.

I would like to take this opportunity to publicly apologize to the Prince of Wales Charles and the Duke of Cambridge William and Harry of Sussex, for the way Princess Diana was deceived and the subsequent impact on their entire lives.

As the Duke of Cambridge himself said, the BBC was wrong not to ask itself questions. If we had done our job properly, Princess Diana would have known the truth while she was still alive. We have let him down, the royal family and our audience,” the BBC said.

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