Royal Family News: Princess Diana’s Brother Earl Spencer Demands An Apology From The BBC For Its Part In Deceiving Her

British royal family news reveals that it was 25 years ago this year that the late Princess Diana gave her infamous tell-all BBC interview that rocked the United Kingdom monarchy and shocked the world. In it, she dropped jaw-dropping bombshells about her marital infidelity and questioned her husband Prince Charles’ fitness to be king.

The notorious interview attracted 23 million viewers and was seen as an epic and devastating look into the notoriously private monarchy. Now her brother Earl Charles Spencer has accused the BBC of a “whitewash” over false bank statements thought to have influenced her decision to do the interview.

He has written a jaw-dropping letter that claims the BBC engaged in, “sheer dishonesty,” and accused the interviewer, Martin Bashir, of, “yellow journalism.”

Princess Diana’s, Brother Earl Spencer Is livid With The BBC Over Its Panorama Interview With His Sister

Spencer told director-general, Tim Davie, that Bashir showed him false bank statements which falsely showed that two senior courtiers were being paid by the security services for intel on Diana, in an attempt to meet with the princess.

Spencer is accusing the BBC of shirking its responsibility in the fraud and wants them to accept the “full gravity of the situation.” To this end, he has demanded that the news organization open a formal inquiry into the case.
He wants an apology from the BBC to himself, his sister, and the viewing public for Bashir’s deceit.

Princess Diana Gave An Infamous Interview On The State Of Her Personal Life To The BBC 25 Years Ago

Bashir’s interview with Diana was astonishing, to say the least as she dropped sensational tidbits such as saying, “there were three people in the marriage,” alluding to her husband’s mistress (now his wife) Camilla Parker Bowles.

After Spencer’s accusations that the BBC obtained the interview under a false pretense, Davie issued an apology last week. But Spencer took exception to him saying the bank statements were irrelevant. In an email he claimed, “If it were not for me seeing these statements, I would not have introduced Bashir to my sister.”

Bashir has also been accused of playing on Diana’s fears that her conversations were bugged by the secret services to gain her acquaintance.

Bashir contacted Spencer three months before the interview and Spencer arranged a meeting for Bashir with himself and Diana in 1995, with the interview occurring later that same year.

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