secured an interview with princess diana, for which he would be much garlanded. a recent independent review by lord dyson, a seniorjudge, accepted that princess diana probably would have given the interview in any case, but was scathing about hall's judgment in believing bashir, prompting a detailed condemnation of the bbc by prince william. she was failed not just by a rogue reporter, but by leaders at the bbc who looked the other way rather than asking the tough questions. let me start off by saying, if i might, to acknowledge how hard this has been, the lord dyson investigation, for the royalfamily, for the two princes, and i'm sorry for the hurt that caused. that's why i'm very surprised that you have no recollection... - the committee also interrogated lord birt, who was director—general in the 1990s. he emphasised the manipulative nature of martin bashir.