A sickening sense of deja vu overcame Alex Best as she watched the verdict delivered on Martin Bashir’s cruel exploitation of Princess Diana.
The former wife of George Best says she felt manipulated by Bashir, at a vulnerable time in her life, into allowing him to make a film about her husband as he fought chronic liver damage.
She says the now-disgraced reporter had promised the documentary, made in 2000, would show the iconic footballer in a positive, sympathetic light but all it did was show Alex and Best’s agent Phil Hughes, as heavy boozers who were driving him to an early grave. “It’s sad that George isn’t here to see Bashir finally exposed for what he is, because he would be delighted to see it,” said 49-year-old Alex, who was
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