BBC will 'never' air Princess Diana’s 'Panorama' interview again, urges broadcasters to follow

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BBC director general Tim Davie has pledged to "never" air Princess Diana's "Panorama" interview on the network again and urged other broadcasters to follow suit.

Diana was interviewed by journalist Martin Bashir 27 years ago for the network’s "Panorama" program. An independent investigation conducted by Lord Dyson found that the public broadcaster "fell short of the high standards of integrity and transparency which are its hallmark." The report also found that Bashir used "deceitful behavior" to gain access to Diana, including allegedly forging documents. "Now we know about the shocking way that the interview was obtained, I have decided that the BBC will never show the program again; nor will we license it in whole or part to other broadcasters," the statement began.

Princess Diana's infamous BBC "Panorama" interview will never be broadcasted by the network again, the public broadcaster's director general Tim Davie said. (Getty Images) "It does of course remain part of the historical record and there may be occasions in the future when it will be justified for the BBC to use short extracts for journalistic purposes, but these will be few and far between and will need to be agreed at Executive Committee level and set in the full context of what we now know about the way the interview was obtained. "I would urge others to exercise similar restraint," Davie concluded.

On Thursday, Davie issued a public apology to Prince Charles and his sons, Prince William and Prince Harry. His statement comes as William’s former nanny Alexandra Pettifer, previously known as Tiggy Legge-Bourke, received compensation for "false and malicious" allegations that she had an affair with Charles in 1995.