Martin Bashir has apologized for his actions during the Princess Diana BBC Panorama interview but at the same time says that he never meant to harm the princess. This comes after Lord Dyson’s report said that Bashir used “deceitful behavior” to land his world exclusive 1995 interview.
Speaking to The Sunday Times, Bashir says that Princess Diana was never unhappy about the content of the interview and said that they continued to be friends even after the interview aired.
Yet, the investigation released at the end of the week found Bashir forged bank statements to leverage Earl Spencer, Diana’s brother, into arranging a meeting with the Princess.
Martin Bashir Says He Never Wanted To Harm Princess Diana
Yet Lord Dyson’s report found that Bashir used fake documents and false pretenses to score the interview with Diana. The report said the BBC’s internal investigation that followed a year later was “woefully ineffective.”
He said, “I never wanted to harm Diana in any way and I don’t believe we did. Everything we did in terms of the interview was as she wanted, from when she wanted to alert the Palace, to when it was broadcast, to its contents … My family and I loved her.”
Bashir added, “Even in the early 1990s, there were stories and secretly recorded phone calls. I wasn’t the source of any of that.”
In her interview with Martin Bashir, Diana revealed she suffered from post-natal depression after the birth of William, which she said earned her the label of “unstable,” and she admitted to self harm and bulimia. “I didn’t like myself, I was ashamed because I couldn’t cope with the pressures,” she said.
She also hinted that she knew very well that Camilla Parker Bowles played a role in her marriage to Prince Charles.
“There were three of us in this marriage,” she said of herself, Charles and Camilla in a now famous line, “so it was a bit crowded.”
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