A report released last year showed that Princess Diana was persuaded to agree to an interview by fraudulent means. The interview changed the life of the entire royal family.
British broadcaster BBC says it has paid a “significant sum” to former secretary Princess Diana To Patrick Jephson about the 1995 uproar interview that shook the lives of the entire royal family in an irreversible way.
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In a famous interview, Princess Diana revealed the truth about the splitting of her marriage and her life in the royal family. In the documentary, Princess Diana, among other things, opened her and Prince Charles “a third party to the marriage”, Camilla Parker from Bowles.
It has been embarrassing for the BBC that Diana was persuaded into the interview by dishonest means and the truth was not admitted for a long time.
According to an independent research report completed last year, the interviewer conducted the interview Martin Bashir persuaded Diana to be interviewed with fraudulent allegations. According to a research report, the BBC covered up Bashir’s fraud for years, which the BBC has since had to apologize for.
“Relief for more than 25 painful episodes”
The investigation report testified that Bashir presented Diana to her brother, Charles Spencerille fake account statements that Diana’s closest staff, including Secretary Jephson, would have been paid a salary to keep an eye on the princess.
The purpose was to have a meeting with Diana through the princess’s brother. The interview was conducted secretly from the rest of the royal family and was known in advance only to a small district in the BBC production team.
– The BBC is aware of the serious annoyance suffered by Jephson from the circumstances in which the 1995 interview was received, the BBC said in a statement issued on Thursday.
The BBC apologized to Jephson and said it had reimbursed him for legal costs and a “significant amount” of damages. Jephson plans to donate the amount to charity, the BBC continues.
– After more than 25 years, it is a relief to finally reach a decision for this painful episode, Jephson said in a statement.
Jephson has previously described To the BBC (switch to another service)that a tumultuous interview broke Diana’s remaining ties at Buckingham Palace, took the safety net that protected the princess and exposed Diana to people who didn’t always think of her best.
Diana and Prince Charles officially divorced in 1996. Diana died a year later at the age of 36 in a car accident in Paris.
Bashir has said he regrets it
The BBC has previously apologized and made a similar agreement with a graphic designer Matt Wiessler who in the past leaked information about fraudulent means and was pushed aside by the BBC.
Bashir had asked Wiessler to edit the statements shown to Diana’s brother for a 1995 interview.
The British newspaper The Times reported last year that the BBC had paid Wiessler £ 750,000 with an apology.
Bashir, who conducted the interview, resigned from the BBC last hour just hours before the truth report was submitted to BBC management.
According to the news agency AFP, Bashir has said he regrets his “deception”.