Earl Spencer’s invitation for me to meet him last November came almost 25 years to the day after his sister had opened the doors at Kensington Palace to admit BBC reporter Martin Bashir and the Panorama camera crew. There, in Princess Diana’s first floor sitting room, they had set up their equipment to record what … Read more
BBC ‘could face £5million in compensation payouts’ over lies as royal aides, servants and friends of Princess Diana consider legal action over Martin Bashir interview Aides, servants and friends of Princess Diana tarnished by Bashir could sue BBC Comes as inquiry found reporter used ‘deceitful behaviour’ to secure interview Media law expert Mark Stephens said … Read more
Martin Bashir charmed, lied and forged his way to the global scoop that the BBC spent 25 years defending, Lord Dyson concluded. The former judge’s report yesterday laid bare the depths to which the once-feted reporter had sunk. And Lord Dyson revealed how squirming Bashir, 58, spun elaborate explanations as he tried to pin blame … Read more
Of all the damning conclusions reached in the wake of the publication of the report of the Dyson Investigation, none can be so devastating as that reached by Diana’s brother Charles Spencer. In his appearance on the BBC’s Panorama special last night, he drew a straight line between the lies and deception Martin Bashir told … Read more
A long-lost letter that Princess Diana sent to BBC journalist Martin Bashir saying she had ‘no regrets’ and wasn’t ‘pressured’ into her bombshell Panorama interview was sensationally revealed today for the first time. The note, which was written on official Kensington Palace stationery and signed by Diana in December 1995, was included as evidence in … Read more
Princess Diana‘s brother shared a picture of the pair of them as children hours before a report was published on Martin Bashir’s Panorama interview. Earl Spencer posted the black and white archive image on Twitter, alongside the words: ‘Some bonds go back a very long way.’ The photograph shows the siblings sat side by side … Read more
A jaw-dropping list of smears and lies allegedly peddled by Martin Bashir to clinch his sensational Princess Diana scoop was recorded by her brother – including the Queen ‘eating for comfort’ and Charles being in love with the family nanny. Earl Spencer kept meticulous notes of a meeting held on September 19, 1995, when he introduced … Read more
Diana’s friend Simone Simmons, pictured about to give evidence at the inquest into the deaths of the Princess of Wales and Dodi Fayed in 2004, says Martin Bashir conned her into doing the interview and made her ‘paranoid’ Princess Diana would still be alive today if she hadn’t been ‘conned’ by ‘poison dwarf’ Martin Bashir into … Read more
He is the nephew of one of the most famous women in history and his sisters grace the pages of magazines, but the chances are you have never heard of Louis Spencer, Viscount Althorp. The 27-year-old aristocrat is the youngest child and only son of Princess Diana‘s brother Charles Spencer, 9th Earl Spencer, and his … Read more
Martin Bashir braces for damning report into Princess Diana scandal as BBC chiefs are warned they face criticism over the infamous Panorama interview Martin Bashir interviewed Princess Diana in 1995 for the BBC Panorama show He is accused of spinning a web of deceit to land the exclusive interview A review into the interview has … Read more