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File photo: Martin Bashir. But an independent investigation commissioned by the BBC ruled on Thursday that Bashir acted in a dishonest and deceitful way to have Diana agree to the interview.
Bashir's first journalism work was as a freelance sports journalist before joining the BBC in First broadcast in November , the Princess Diana interview became the subject of a BBC investigation after her brother, Charles Spencer, and others accused Bashir of using questionable methods to secure the interview. Michael Jackson's former manager, Dieter Wiesner, also blamed Bashir's documentary on the troubled US singer for his eventual demise six years later.
Other high-profile interviewees include the young British nanny Louise Woodward, who was convicted in the US of involuntary manslaughter after a baby died in her care. Bashir also spoke on camera to five suspects accused of murdering black teenager Stephen Lawrence in a notorious, racially motivated attack in South London in Controversy has never been far away from Bashir.
In October , Mr Spencer called for an enquiry into how Bashir secured the Princess Diana interview, a watershed moment in British life that lifted the lid on royal secrets. He demanded an apology from the BBC, saying Bashir showed him fake bank statements that suggested security services were paying two senior courtiers to spy on his sister.
In November , the BBC announced an investigation into the claims, led by former Supreme Court judge John Dyson, which found that the broadcaster "fell short of the high standards of integrity and transparency which are its trademark". Claims of wrongdoing emerged shortly after the interview was broadcast, but a BBC internal investigation in cleared Bashir.
The BBC Panorama interview with Diana, who died in a Paris car crash in , is seen by some as one of the 20th century's greatest and most revealing. It was watched by a record In it, Diana said "there were three people" in her marriage — a reference to Prince Charles 's relationship with Camilla Parker Bowles — and admitted having an affair herself.
The couple, who had two sons, princes William and Harry, separated in and formally divorced in Charles married Camilla in a low-key civil ceremony in Illusionist Uri Geller was one of those who watched the Diana interview and he suggested interviews with Bashir could improve the image of his friend, Michael Jackson. At the time, the self-styled King of Pop was facing rumours about child abuse allegations, and questions about the eccentric parenting of his young children.
It was seen by 14 million people in the UK and 38 million in the US. Jackson complained to the UK TV regulators, accusing Bashir of giving a distorted picture of his behaviour and conduct as a father.
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