Martin Bashir Quits BBC News to ‘Focus on His Health’

Princess Diana's former butler Paul Burrell has claimed she once broke down into tears after listening in on a call between himself and BBC journalist Martin Bashir. Paul explained that Bashir called him every week "in vain" to ask about the Princess of Wales' whereabouts, what she had been up to and if she had been meeting boyfriends in private.

Naman Ramachandran The BBC has commissioned an investigation, led by former BBC director of nations and regions Ken MacQuarrie, into the circumstances under which Martin Bashir was rehired by the corporation in 2016.Bashir left the BBC in 1999, four years after the scandalous 1995 interview with Princess Diana on the “Panorama” program, which an enquiry by Lord Dyson found was obtained by him by deceit.

BBC director general Tim Davie has announced that the corporation has launched an independent investigation into why Martin Bashir was rehired in 2016 amid concerns over his conduct in securing a sensational 1995 interview with Princess Diana.

The BBC’s board has launched an investigation into the British broadcaster’s culture and practices following last week’s damning inquiry into a 1995 Princess Diana interview.

Journalist Martin Bashir, who has come under fire for using 'deceitful' tactics to secure an interview with Princess Diana back in 1995, has reacted to the inquiry report that was released a few days ago. The report revealed that Bashir forged bank statements to gain access to the Princess.

 he was «deeply sorry» and «never wanted to harm» the late royal. «I never wanted to harm Diana in any way and I don't believe we did,» he said.

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British journalist Martin Bashir says he did not dupe Princess Diana into doing an interview with him for the BBC programme “Panorama” in 1995.

Martin Bashir has said he regrets using forged bank statements to dupe Princess Diana into a bombshell interview where she trashed her marriage to Prince Charles. Bashir said he was sorry after being slammed by Princes William and Harry and Diana's brother, Charles Spencer, over the 1995 tell-all.

Prince William has slammed the BBC over the Martin Bashir interview which he believes helped spark his mother's paranoia and fear.The Duke of Cambridge revealed his "indescribably sadness" that Princess Diana has been deceived back in 1995. Following the devastating findings from an independent report into the BBC practices, Prince William called for "scoop of the century" never to be aired again.

Will Thorne Staff WriterBBC Panorama has finally aired the results of its own internal probe into Martin Bashir’s infamous interview with Princess Diana.Thursday night’s Panorama, titled “Princess Diana, Martin Bashir and the BBC,” detailed the inside story of how Bashir obtained the candid sit-down, as well as the BBC’s response upon discovering that Bashir had shown falsified documents to Diana’s brother, Earl Spencer.In the opening statement, Bashir was described as having “spun a web of

Journalist Martin Bashir, who gained fame after his infamous interview with the late Princess Diana, is now coming under fire for reportedly using "deceitful methods" to secure the same controversial interview in 1995. According to recent reports the official BBC report that was leaked hints at Bashir manipulating Diana.

Martin Bashir has responded to the report that he used “deceitful methods” to secure a controversial 1995 BBC “Panorama” interview with Princess Diana to get her to reveal information about the royal family.