Veteran journalist and broadcaster Andrew Neil has claimed Martin Bashir set off a series of events that led to Princess Diana s death by using subterfuge, fraud and forgery to obtain his controversial 1995 Panorama interview.
The 71-year-old, who spent 25 years working for the BBC, said Bashir fed [Diana s] paranoia which led to her getting rid of her security teams, leaving Neil in no doubt this led to her death.
Neil said he was surprised that Bashir - who wasn t a household name - had managed to secure the 1995 interview - two years before Diana s death in Paris - but thought good luck to him .