Prince William said the 1995 Martin Bashir interview affected Princess Diana's paranoia for the rest of her life. The Duke of Cambridge said his mum, who tragically died two years after the controversial broadcast, was plagued with "fear, paranoia and isolation".
The future king was speaking in an unprecedented recorded statement after an independent report into the BBC's practices in landing its 'scoop of the century'.
Disgraced journalist Bashir's web of deceit was judged to have been "covered up" by the Beeb in relation to the Panorama interview.
His lies "substantially influenced" Diana, claimed William, before calling for the flagship investigative show to be axed. In an astonishing broadside against the broadcaster, William, 38, said
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