However, since the interview broadcast, people reacted and slammed BBC for “tricking Diana” and let her discuss such circumstances that never happened.
BBC report about this interview has been released and Prince Harry has issued his official statement.
He wrote: “Our mother was an incredible woman who dedicated her life to service. She was resilient, brave, and unquestionably honest. The ripple effect of a culture of exploitation and unethical practices ultimately took her life.”
Harry continued: “To those who have taken some form of accountability, thank you for owning it. That is the first step towards justice and truth. Yet what deeply concerns me is that practices like these— and even worse—are still widespread today. Then, and now, it’s bigger than one outlet, one network, or one publication.”
“Our mother lost her life because of this, and nothing has changed. By protecting her legacy, we protect everyone and uphold the dignity with which she lived her life. Let’s remember who she was and what she stood for.”
After thanking the lead investigator, British judge John Anthony Dyson, Prince William deemed the Lord’s findings “extremely concerning”.
He wrote: “It is welcome that the BBC accepts Lord Dyson’s findings in full – which are extremely concerning – that BBC employees: “lied and used fake documents to obtain the interview with my mother; made lurid and false claims about the Royal Family which played on her fears and fuelled paranoia; displayed woeful incompetence when investigating complaints and concerns about the program; and were evasive in their reporting to the media and covered up what they knew from their internal investigation.”
William claims that his mother’s candidness towards the revelations contributed a lot to damage her relationship with Prince Charles.
“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.”
The ‘people’s princess’ famously sat down with Martin Bashir from the BBC’s Panorama in 1995 confessed that she had also been disloyal to Charles and that she had developed bulimia (a binge eating disorder) from the stress of trying to save her marriage.
Speaking about the eating disorder, the princess compared it to a “secret disease,” candidly stating, “you inflict it upon yourself because your self-esteem is at a low ebb, and you don’t think you’re worthy or valuable”.
Her ex-husband Prince Charles and brother Earl claimed that princes have slammed the BBC interview.
In January, Diana’s former partner, heart surgeon Hasnat Khan, slammed the BBC interviewer in charge of the royal’s revealing chat, Martin Bashir, for exploiting Diana’s vulnerabilities.
Khan told Daily Mail said, “One of her most attractive qualities was her vulnerability,”, “it was what endeared her to the public. I later realized that Martin picked on those vulnerabilities and exploited them”.
The 62-year-old surgeon went on, “He was very persuasive with Diana. It was all about him being from the BBC, being respectable and very pious even. But he filled her head with rubbish”.
Khan’s shared his feelings after two months after Diana’s brother. Earl Charles Spencer claimed that his sister was “tricked” into the vulnerable situation after Bashir falsified bank statements to procure the interview.
In November 2020, the Earl confessed he was “not at all satisfied” with the 1996 inquiry into the BBC and wanted further action to take place. As a result, a further independent investigation was launched to determine the circumstances surrounding the interview.