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Handwritten note from Diana denying claims......

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A handwritten note from Diana, Princess of Wales, that would exonerate the BBC from claims it had manipulated her into giving a now infamous TV interview, has gone missing.

 

 

  • According to BBC records the letter from the Princess stated that she had not been exploited or coerced into taking part in the interview


According to BBC records the letter from the Princess stated that she had not been exploited or coerced into taking part in the interview by BBC journalist Martin Bashir, who interviewed Diana 25-years-ago for Panorama.
In a momentous moment in both royal and TV history Diana told Mr Bashir and the 23 million people watching on November 20, 1995: 'There were three of us in this marriage, so it was a bit crowded.' 


No one and nothing was off limits; Diana didn't even spare her own reputation. In one gripping exchange with Mr Bashir, she admitted she had been unfaithful with Army officer James Hewitt. But quarter of a century after the TV scoop a Channel 4 documentary, Diana: The Truth Behind the Interview, has claimed that Mr Bashir, now 57 - who was a relatively unknown reporter at the time - had forged bank statements to manipulate Diana into taking part.
In a recent statement, the BBC told The Telegraph: 'The BBC's internal records from the time say that the princess confirmed in writing that these documents played no part in her decision to give the interview.'  'The BBC no longer possesses a physical copy of this note. But its existence is documented in the records, and it was seen at the time by management.'

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