Princess Diana was "cast adrift from the royal support structure" after she took part in the Panorama interview, her former private secretary has claimed.
It comes after a report into the interview, published today, concluded that Martin Bashir acted inappropriately and in serious breach of BBC guidelines.
Former director-general Lord Tony Hall has said he accepts the 1996 BBC inquiry into how Panorama secured its interview with Diana, Princess of Wales "fell well short of what was required" and he was "wrong to give Martin Bashir the benefit of the doubt".
The inquiry, led by Lord Dyson, found that Bashir used fake documents to persuade Earl Spencer to introduce him to Diana and, in turn, set up a Panorama exclusive in 1995.
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