Supporting their mother. Prince William and Prince Harry were just children when the late Princess Diana gave her famous interview to Panorama, but they haven’t been shy about sharing their thoughts on the controversial conversation as adults.The late Princess of Wales sat down for the explosive tell-all in 1995 and opened up about her tense marriage to King Charles III.
At one point, she referenced his alleged affair with Queen Camilla, saying, “There were three of us in this marriage.”After the interview, Diana and the former Prince of Wales announced their split, finalizing their divorce in August 1996.
One year later, Diana was killed in a car crash in Paris.Twenty-five years after the Panorama interview aired, the BBC launched an investigation into how reporter Martin Bashir obtained his sit-down with the princess after reports surfaced that the journalist had used unethical tactics to convince her to speak.
In October 2020, the U.K.’s Sunday Times alleged that Bashir created false bank statements in an attempt to show Diana’s brother, Charles Spencer, that someone was leaking information about their family to the press.When the BBC announced its inquiry one month later, Diana’s eldest son expressed his support, calling the investigation “a step in the right direction.” In May 2021, the BBC released its findings, announcing that the Panorama interview “fell short of the high standards of integrity and transparency which are [the network’s] hallmark.”More than one year later, the BBC’s director general, Tim Davie, issued a formal apology to Diana’s sons. “It is a matter of great regret that the BBC did not get to the facts in the immediate aftermath of the program when there were warning signs that the interview
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