Princess Diana was the source of ‘smears’ of the royal family

The BBC reporter who landed the explosive interview with Princess Diana that led to her divorce blamed the royal herself for the ‘smears’ he was accused of spreading against the royal family to secure the cat.

Martin Bashir, who is currently a BBC religious affairs reporter, is under internal investigation for allegedly lying to Princess Diana to obtain the 1995 interview in which she revealed there were “three people ”in her marriage to Prince Charles.

The investigation was launched in November after the emergence of a series of notes taken by Earl Spencer, Diana’s brother, days before the September 1995 interview. Spencer said he had noted a series of allegations against the royal family during a meeting with Bashir and his sister. Among the “smears” were that the Queen was ill and on the verge of abdication, that Prince Charles was in love with his children’s nanny, and that Prince William was wearing a Swatch watch which contained a listening device. .

But in leaked documents seen by the Telegraph, Bashir says the “smears” made at the meeting were wrongly attributed to him and were more consistent with remarks made by the princess herself who confessed at a meeting. later with the journalist she consulted regularly. mystics.

Spencer alleged last year that Bashir used fake bank statements that falsely sought to show that two members of the royal household were being paid by the security services to spy on Princess Diana.

The investigation, led by a former judge, is expected to end next month.