BBC to hold a ‘robust’ inquiry on how journalist Martin Bashir secured Princess Diana interview

The Daily Mail, Channel Four and the brother of Princess Diana, Earl Spencer, alleged former BBC journalist Martin Bashir produced fake documents to win the trust of the late royal that led to the famous 1995 interview on her marriage to Prince Charles.

This is how Martin Bashir and the BBC Panorama team got inside Kensington Palace to record that famous interview with Princess Diana.#TheDianaInterview: Revenge of a Princess, tonight & tomorrow at 9pm on ITV and @ITVHub: https://t.co/GvHsT1tspW pic.twitter.com/BY68ayp1r7

— ITV (@ITV) November 9, 2020

The TV graphic designer who was asked to create fake bank statements to help secure an interview with Diana, Princess of Wales has claimed he was made a “fall guy” by the BBC, reports Royal Correspondent Chris Ship.

Here is the former @BBCPanorama graphic designer who told tonight’s ITV documentary that he was asked by Martin Bashir to create two fake bank statements. Princess Diana’s brother Charles Spencer says the fake statements were used to help secure that big 1995 interview pic.twitter.com/HTspyznfuK

— Chris Ship (@chrisshipitv) November 9, 2020

BBC Director-General Tim Davie said “the BBC is taking this very seriously” adding “we are in the process of commissioning a robust and independent investigation.”