Lord Hall’s appointment as the BBC’s director-general had been another coup for a man who boasted a distinguished career in broadcasting and at the helm of major institutions.
Now, just nine months after he left that coveted post at the BBC, his handling of the scandal surrounding journalist Martin Bashir’s interview with Diana, Princess of Wales, in 1995 has seen him quit his new high-profile role as chairman of the National Gallery.
A report by former master of the rolls Lord Dyson found that Mr Bashir had lied and deceived his way into securing his explosive interview with Diana, and the internal investigation led by Lord Hall into the matter was “woefully ineffective”.
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