{"id":23961,"date":"2021-05-21T16:40:59","date_gmt":"2021-05-21T16:40:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/us\/?post_type=articles&#038;p=23961"},"modified":"2021-05-21T19:21:39","modified_gmt":"2021-05-21T19:21:39","slug":"william-harry-bbc-diana-interview","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/us\/articles\/william-harry-bbc-diana-interview\/","title":{"rendered":"William and Harry Speak Out About Probe Into BBC&#8217;s Princess Diana Interview"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_23967\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-23967\" style=\"width: 916px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-23967\" src=\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2021\/05\/GettyImages-1308445052-e1621611925729.jpg?w=916\" alt=\"Princes Harry and William\" width=\"916\" height=\"514\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-23967\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Princes Harry and William (Photo: Max Mumby\/Indigo\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Princes <a href=\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/us\/articles\/prince-harry-and-prince-william-are-reunited-at-prince-philips-funeral\/\">William and Harry<\/a> have both weighed in on the <a href=\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/us\/articles\/princess-diana-martin-bashir-interview\/\">scandal<\/a> surrounding their mother\u2019s infamous 1995 Panorama interview with journalist Martin Bashir.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is my view that the deceitful way that the interview was obtained substantially influenced what my mother said,\u201d William, who is second in line to the British throne, said in a taped statement released yesterday. He claimed that he believes the \u201clurid and false claims about the royal family\u201d made by BBC employees at the time exacerbated <a href=\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/us\/articles\/princess-diana-best-beauty-fashion-looks\/\">Diana<\/a>\u2019s paranoia in the final years of her life and further strained her relationship with Prince Charles. \u201cIt brings indescribable sadness to know that the BBC\u2019s failures contributed significantly to her fear, paranoia, and isolation that I remember from those final years with her.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">BREAKING: A statement tonight from Prince William expressing his anger about the deceit uncovered at the BBC in the Lord Dyson report into Princess Diana\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Panorama?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\">#Panorama<\/a> interview <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/uU6K8ZIS0W\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com\/uU6K8ZIS0W<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Chris Ship (@chrisshipitv) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/chrisshipitv\/status\/1395484612147699720?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\">May 20, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/us\/articles\/prince-harry-docuseries\/\">Prince Harry<\/a>, the Duke of Sussex, thanked those at the BBC who have held themselves accountable, but expressed concern that these sort of deceitful practices are ongoing. \u201cThen, and now, it\u2019s bigger than one outlet, one network, or one publication,\u201d he said in a written <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/uk-news\/2021\/may\/20\/they-let-the-public-down-william-and-harry-statements-in-full-on-dyson-report\" target=\"_blank\">statement<\/a>. \u201cOur 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\u2019s remember who she was and what she stood for.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The bombshell interview, in which Diana spoke openly about the disintegration of her marriage to <a href=\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/us\/articles\/modern-artisan-project-capsule-collection\/\">Prince Charles<\/a> and her struggles with bulimia, has been under scrutiny recently after <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/uk-57199164\" target=\"_blank\">allegations<\/a> surfaced that Bashir forged documents to make it appear as if people close to Diana were being paid to spy on her. An independent <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/uk-56680229\" target=\"_blank\">inquiry<\/a> found that while Diana claimed not to have been shown the documents, Bashir likely used them to convince her brother, Earl Spencer, to introduce him to the Princess. Bashir, who recently left the BBC, has admitted to falsifying checks and bank statements, calling it \u201ca stupid thing to do.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29097,"featured_media":23967,"template":"","format":"standard","categories":[23,38,16],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v18.5 (Yoast SEO v20.4) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>William and Harry Speak Out About Probe Into BBC&#039;s Diana Interview<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Princes William and Harry have both weighed in on the scandal surrounding Princess Diana\u2019s infamous 1995 Panorama interview with journalist Martin Bashir.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/us\/articles\/william-harry-bbc-diana-interview\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta 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