A playwright behind a new theatre production about Princess Diana’s Panorama interview with Martin Bashir has claimed the disgraced BBC journalist ‘coached’ her into saying certain phrases during the infamous discussion about her marriage to Prince Charles. Jonathan Maitland, writer of The Interview, told the Telegraph he had spoken to …
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Nicholas Witchell has branded Martin Bashir an ‘absolute blaggard’ as he hit out at his disgraced old colleague, who famously spoke to Princess Diana in a sensational 1995 interview. The BBC’s veteran royal correspondent revealed that he ‘was the person who put the idea’ of doing Panorama into the late …
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Even by the crass standards of the BBC, there is something supremely ironic for it to broadcast a major two-part documentary about briefing wars between members of the Royal Family while the embers of the Martin Bashir affair are still glowing. And how counter-productive and foolish of the Corporation to …
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Jemima Khan is one of Princess Diana’s few remaining genuine friends who has never betrayed her publicly since that tragic Paris car accident. The pair were close, with the then wife of Imran Khan hosting Di on several major trips to Pakistan throughout key moments in her personal life during …
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Royal experts are demanding Prince Harry tears up his £112million Netflix deal and makes a stand over The Crown’s portrayal of Princess Diana. Royal biographer Angela Levin criticised the Duke of Sussex for not ‘finding his voice’ over the streaming giant’s controversial portrayal of his mother. It comes after Princess …
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It’s a well-cemented rule that the royal family avoid giving interviews with the media, but that could change in the wake of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s groundbreaking tell-all with Oprah. According to the Daily Mail’s Sebastian Shakespeare columnist, Prince William, 38, has “privately made clear” he will go against …
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A new documentary about Princess Diana reveals how BBC reporter Martin Bashir played on her conspiracy fears to land their famous bombshell interview, telling her security forces were “going to wipe you.” In “The Diana Interview: The Truth Behind the Scandal,” royal biographer Andrew Morton alleges Bashir referred to the …
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