A former TV boss has called for an independent probe into Earl Spencer’s claims that Martin Bashir used ‘dirty tricks’ to land his historic Panorama scoop with Princess Diana. Stewart Purvis also claimed the princess had revealed her ‘secret ambition’ to appear on Panorama a decade before she gave a bombshell interview to the BBC’s flagship … Read more
The BBC has revealed it will investigate Earl Spencer’s claim journalist Martin Bashir used ‘false bank statements’ to convince his sister Princess Diana to do a Panorama interview – but it may take a while because Bashir is currently unwell with Covid. Princess Diana sent shockwaves through the monarchy when she told the BBC ‘well … Read more
Princess Diana’s former butler Paul Burrell says he ‘struggled to recognise’ the picture of a ‘naïve princess’ painted in a recent Channel 4 documentary about her infamous 1995 Panorama interview. Last week’s documentary Diana: An Interview that Shocked the World, which was made by Channel 4 but aired on Channel 5, interviewed insiders at the … Read more
A handwritten note from Diana, Princess of Wales, that would exonerate the BBC from claims it had manipulated her into giving a now infamous TV interview, has gone missing. According to BBC records the letter from the Princess stated that she had not been exploited or coerced into taking part in the interview by BBC … Read more
Her voice continues to reverberate down the years. Even now, the phrases she uttered that night are unforgettable — ‘There were three of us in this marriage, so it was a bit crowded’, ‘A queen of people’s hearts’, and that third-person warning, ‘She won’t go quietly’. Princess Diana’s 60 minutes on Panorama remains the most … Read more
BBC journalist Martin Bashir misled Princess Diana’s brother Earl Spencer to secure her 1995 bombshell Panorama interview, sources claim. Nearly 23 million tuned in to witness the Princess of Wales tell Bashir, ‘There were three people in the marriage,’ a reference to Camilla Parker Bowles. But Bashir engineered the scoop of the century by showing … Read more
Queen described Princess Diana’s explosive Panorama interview opening up on her marriage to Charles as ‘a frightful thing to do’, new documentary reveals Queen described Diana interview as ‘frightful thing that my daughter-in-law did’ Princess Diana’s Panorama interview in 1995 got more than 20 million viewers Sir Richard Eyre says Diana had ‘presented herself as … Read more
Animated Queen described Princess Diana’s explosive Panorama interview opening up on her marriage to Charles as ‘a frightful thing to do’, new documentary reveals Queen described Diana interview as ‘frightful thing that my daughter-in-law did’ Princess Diana’s Panorama interview in 1995 got more than 20 million viewers Sir Richard Eyre says Diana had ‘presented herself … Read more
BBC admits Panorama DID breach its editorial standards by failing to reveal doctor who attacked government over PPE was long-time Labour member Interview with Labour member on Panorama was breach of editorial standards ECU said BBC should have ‘given viewers appropriate information’ about medic Dr Sonia Adesara, a former Labour candidate, interviewed over PPE shortages … Read more
Labour will make a formal apology to seven of its former staffers who called out antisemitism within the party in a BBC Panorama investigation last year. The whistleblowers took legal action against the Labour party soon after the documentary aired last July, claiming senior figures in the party had made defamatory statements about their characters … Read more