The broadcaster has previously accepted that Bashir used fake bank statements to claim palace staff were being paid for information on the Princess of Wales. (Image: Panorama: Princess Diana Interview/BBC)Diana's biographer said last week: : "If they (the BBC) received a letter saying the Princess of Wales was happy with the way the programme was made, that would bombproof them against any future concerns. Instead the probe reports to the BBC board that the graphic designer who followed Bashir’s orders “will not work for the BBC again”. A spokesperson for the BBC said: “Following the announcement of the independent investigation, the BBC has now recovered the Princess’s original handwritten note which is referred to in our records from the time. “We will pass it on to the independent investigation.

Source: Daily Mirror November 13, 2020 17:26 UTC