LONDON POLICE RULE OUT NEW INVESTIGATION INTO PRINCESS DIANA INTERVIEW

Fri 17 September 2021:

The Metropolitan Police Service in London announced on Wednesday that it would not pursue a criminal investigation into a former BBC reporter’s fraud in order to obtain a 1995 interview with Princess Diana.

Martin Bashir tricked Diana’s brother into helping to organize the interview, in which she spoke openly about her rocky marriage to Prince Charles, according to an independent study released in May.

The Metropolitan Police said it had previously deemed it “not appropriate” to investigate claims of illegal activity, and upheld that view after reviewing the latest report.

In a statement, it said it “has not identified evidence that constituted a criminal offence and will therefore be taking no further action”.

In the report, senior judge John Dyson concluded that Bashir commissioned fake bank statements that falsely suggested some of Diana’s closest aides were being paid by the security services to keep tabs on her.

He then showed them to Spencer in a successful bid to earn their trust and land the sensational sit-down, in which Diana admitted adultery with a former army officer, James Hewitt, and detailed Charles’ affair with Camilla Parker Bowles.

“There were three of us in this marriage, so it was a bit crowded,” Diana told Bashir in the program, which was watched by a UK audience of nearly 23 million people.

In 1996, the couple divorced formally. Diana died the next year, at the age of 36, in a high-speed vehicle accident in Paris.

In 2005, Charles, the heir to the throne, married Camilla in a civil ceremony.

Princes William and Harry, Diana’s and Charles’ sons, have both harshly attacked Bashir and the BBC, claiming that their actions contributed to Diana’s death.

Bashir apologized, but insisted Diana was still willing to come out and that he should not be held accountable for the events that followed, including Diana’s death.

The journalist resigned as BBC religion editor just hours before the Dyson report was released, claiming health reasons.

(Input with agency)

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