It’s being put in the past. There’s a new report that says there will be no criminal investigation into the Princess Diana Panorama interview with the BBC’s Martin Bashir. Here’s what you need to know.
Earlier this year, the BBC was forced to apologize to Princess Diana and the royal family for the interview. Lord Dyson publicly released his report into whether BBC reporter Martin Bashir deceived Diana’s brother, Charles Spencer, into introducing him to the princess.
There Will Be No Criminal Investigation Into Princess Diana’s BBC Panorama Interview
His report also criticized a 1996 internal investigation conducted by former director-general Lord Tony Hall, who was director of BBC news and current affairs when the Diana interview was screened, as “woefully ineffective.”
Apparently, Martin Bashir commissioned fake bank statements and used “deceitful behavior” in a “serious breach” of the BBC’s producer guidelines to secure his Panorama interview, the inquiry concluded. In a statement, Scotland Yard said: “In March 2021, the MPS determined it was not appropriate to begin a criminal investigation into allegations of unlawful activity in connection with a documentary broadcast in 1995 but should any significant new evidence emerge it would be assessed.
But now a criminal investigation will not be launched will not be launched. The Metropolitan Police had already said in March it would not launch a criminal investigation into the interview.
It said in a statement on Wednesday: “In March 2021, the Metropolitan Police Service determined it was not appropriate to begin a criminal investigation into allegations of unlawful activity in connection with a documentary broadcast in 1995. Following the publication of Lord Dyson’s report in May, specialist detectives assessed its contents and looked carefully at the law, once again obtaining independent legal advice from Treasury Counsel as well as consulting the Crown Prosecution Service.”
Back in May, Bashir 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. 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.
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