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The BBC prepare for the findings of a critical report into how journalist Martin Bashir landed the infamous 1995 interview with Princess Diana. Lord Dyson, the former master of the rolls and head of civil justice, was appointed to look into the circumstances surrounding the explosive interview. According to the Daily Telegraph, the report has concluded Bashir deployed deceitful methods in securing the interview, in breach of BBC editorial rules. It was previously alleged that Bashir mocked up fake bank statements and showed them to Diana’s brother, Earl Spencer, to gain access to the princess.
Martin Bashir. Credit: PA Richard Ayre, the BBC’s controller of editorial policy in 1995, told the Telegraph he had informed Lord Dyson in evidence that Bashir would have breached guidelines, in mocking up the statements and showing them to Earl Spencer.