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BBC agrees deal with Diana interview whistleblower
Matt Wiessler was asked by disgraced journalist Martin Bashir to mock up bank statements, which were then shown to Diana's brother Earl Spencer as part of an...
The decision comes after an independent report in May concluded that Martin Bashir had deceived Diana's brother into helping to arrange the interview, in which she spoke candidly about her troubled marriage to Prince Charles.
An investigation by retired senior judge John Dyson concluded last Thursday that journalist Martin Bashir had tricked Diana's brother Charles Spencer into helping to arrange the 1995 interview, in which she spoke candidly about her troubled marriage to Prince Charles.
Bashir has said that he regretted showing Diana's brother forged documents, but that it had "no bearing" on the revelations aired during the interview.
Journalist Bashir tricked Diana into giving a 1995 BBC television interview in which she lifted the lid on her troubled marriage to Prince Charles, an independent investigation concluded on Thursday.
Charles Spencer's comments came as an independent investigation concluded journalist Martin Bashir tricked him using falsified documents into introducing Bashir to Diana, to arrange the sensational 1995 BBC interview.
An independent report found that BBC journalist Martin Bashir used "deception" to secure an explosive 1995 interview with Princess Diana.
Questions have long been asked about how journalist Martin Bashir persuaded Princess Diana to talk, with the princess' own brother claiming he used faked documents and bank statements.
The late princess' brother, Charles Spencer, has alleged the flagship 'Panorama' programme reporter who conducted the interview, Martin Bashir, showed him faked documents to persuade his sister to take part.
The late princess' brother, Charles Spencer, has alleged that the flagship 'Panorama' programme reporter who conducted the interview, Martin Bashir, showed him faked documents to persuade his sister to take part.