Martin Bashir used “deceitful methods” to secure that controversial 1995 BBC “Panorama” interview with Princess Diana, a report is expected to find Thursday.
Bashir, who has now quit his post as BBC religion editor due to ill health, has been under investigation amid complaints from Diana’s brother, Earl Spencer, in which he claimed she had been tricked into taking part with the use of forged documents.
The probe began in November, after Spencer went public with notes taken during a meeting with Bashir and his sister. The Telegraph reported ahead of the BBC inquiry’s findings that Bashir had “deployed deceitful methods in a breach of BBC editorial rules to secure his interview with Diana”, an official inquiry was said to have concluded.
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