Diana’s mystery note at heart of Bashir probe ‘heaps praise on the shamed BBC journalist’, claim insiders – after it went missing for 20 years and was suddenly found as investigation reopened Note went missing for more than 20 years after a staff member took it home BBC is using it as tool to suggest … Read more
Martin Bashir ‘should give back tainted award’: BBC reporter scooped journalist of the year for controversial Princess Diana exclusive and now faces calls to return prize Bashir named journalist of the year at Royal Television Society awards in 1996 Now he is facing pressure to hand back his honours as the Diana inquiry looms There are … Read more
Martin Bashir ‘liaised with Princess Diana in scary car parks’: Journalist allegedly held secret meetings with the royal in underground garages ‘to soften her up’ The pair allegedly held secret meetings in dimly-lit corners of central London Martin Bashir scooped the world with his 1995 interview at Kensington Palace BBC said that Bashir’s faked documents … Read more
Prince William was ‘absolutely livid’ at Princess Diana after being ‘teased at school’ over her Panorama interview -and he and Prince Harry are ‘closely following developments in Martin Bashir story’, sources tell Vanity Fair Prince William, 38, was ‘absolutely livid’ with Princess Diana over Panorama Diana’s friend Simone Simmons said Duke was ‘teased at school’ … Read more
My name is Matthew Wiessler and I worked for BBC News and Current Affairs as a graphic designer between October 1985 and October 1995. In October 1995 I was asked to reconstruct some documents by Mr Martin Bashir, a reporter on Panorama. Reconstructing documents was not unusual as I had previously been asked to ‘reconstruct’ … Read more
The BBC’s new director-general has promised to ‘get to the truth’ behind Princess Diana’s Panorama interview. Tim Davie’s vow came as former chairman Lord Grade said there was ‘a very dark cloud’ hanging over the corporation, following sensational claims about how journalist Martin Bashir secured Diana’s trust. He is said to have played on the … Read more
Martin Bashir ‘helped’ Princess Diana phrase an ‘appropriate answer’ when discussing her infidelity during that controversial 1995 interview, an eye-opening new ITV documentary has claimed. The second-part of The Diana Interview: Revenge Of A Princess, which airs on Tuesday at 9pm, alleges that the Princess of Wales received guidance from the interviewer in how to … Read more
PAUL THOMAS on… the Martin Bashir scandal By Paul Thomas For The Daily Mail Published: 02:26 GMT, 10 November 2020 | Updated: 02:26 GMT, 10 November 2020 Advertisement To order a print of this Paul Thomas cartoon or one by Pugh, visit Mailpictures.newsprints.co.uk or call 0191 6030 178 Share or comment on this article:
Princess Diana’s butler has recalled the tense lead up to her Panorama interview and revealed he played a role in bringing broadcaster Martin Bashir into her residence. The former servant to the royal household, 62, recounted how Diana had asked him to pick up ‘someone,’ on the upcoming Channel 5 documentary Diana: An Interview that … 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