Prince William will be ‘furious’ that footage from Princess Diana‘s infamous Panorama interview with Martin Bashir was shown in Harry and Meghan’s explosive Netflix docuseries, royal sources claimed today.
Midway through the first episode of the Sussexes’ bombshell documentary, clips are shown of Diana speaking to the disgraced BBC journalist in their controversial 1995 interview.
The Prince of Wales had demanded a boycott of the programme after a damning report by Lord Dyson last year found that the Corporation had covered-up Bashir’s deceit in obtaining the interview and had ‘fallen short of high standards of integrity and transparency’.
Sources close to the Duke of Cambridge have said he will be ‘furious’ that his brother appeared to ignore his plea that the Panorama interview never be aired again, telling The Mirror: ‘Sadly once more it shows the gulf between the two brothers couldn’t be wider.’
Footage from Princess Diana’s interview with Martin Bashir has been shown in Harry and Meghan’s Netflix docuseries
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The Prince of Wales requested the ‘deceitful’ Panorama programme never be aired again
Before the clip is shown, Harry, speaking about his mother’s struggles with press intrusion, says: ‘I think she had a lived experience of how she was struggling living that life. She felt compelled to talk about it.
‘Especially in that Panorama interview. I think we all now know that she was deceived into giving the interview. But at the same time she spoke the truth of her experience.’
In the snippet from the Panorama interview used in the Netflix episode, Diana is shown saying: ‘I still to this day find the interest daunting and phenomenal. Because I actually don’t like being the centre of attention.
‘When I have my public duties, I understand when I get out the car I’m being photographed. But actually, it’s now when I go out of my door, my front door, I’m being photographed. I never know where a lens is going to be.’
A report by Lord Dyson found the BBC covered up Bashir’s deceit in obtaining the interview and ‘fell short of high standards of integrity and transparency’.
The journalist was in ‘serious breach’ of the BBC’s producer guidelines when he faked bank statements and showed them to Earl Spencer, Diana’s brother, to gain access to Diana in 1995, the report said.
In a scathing statement issued following the publication of the report, William said: ‘It is my firm view that this Panorama programme holds no legitimacy and should never be aired again. It effectively established a false narrative which, for over a quarter of a century, has been commercialised by the BBC and others.’
In his rebuke of the BBC, William added: ‘It is my view that the deceitful way the interview was obtained substantially influenced what my mother said. The interview was a major contribution to making my parents’ relationship worse and has since hurt countless others.
‘It brings indescribable sadness to know that the BBC’s failures contributed significantly to her fear, paranoia and isolation that I remember from those final years with her.’
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Reflecting on his experiences when he was younger, Harry said he was dealing with the loss of his mother ‘without much support or help or guidance’
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Harry said he was deeply concerned that journalistic practices like those of Bashir were ‘widespread today’ and ‘bigger than one outlet, one network, or one publication’
In his response to the report, Harry said he was deeply concerned that journalistic practices like those of Bashir were ‘widespread today’ and ‘bigger than one outlet, one network, or one publication’. He added: ‘The ripple effect of a culture of exploitation and unethical practices ultimately took her life.’
The BBC wrote to the royal family to apologise for the circumstances surrounding the Panorama interview.
In September this year, BBC director-general Tim Davie said: ‘Now we know about the shocking way that the interview was obtained, I have decided that the BBC will never show the programme again, nor will we license it in whole or part to other broadcasters.
‘It does of course remain part of the historical record and there may be occasions in the future when it will be justified for the BBC to use short extracts for journalistic purposes, but these will be few and far between and will need to be agreed at executive committee level and set in the full context of what we now know about the way the interview was obtained.
‘I would urge others to exercise similar restraint.’
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