In Saturday's Mail, Princess Diana's long-standing private secretary Patrick Jephson laid bare the dark tactics the BBC's Martin Bashir used to secure his notorious Panorama interview with the Princess. Within a month, the Queen had written to both Prince Charles and Princess Diana, urging them to finalise their divorce. In January 1996 my letter of resignation and a deeply uncomfortable farewell meeting with Princess Diana duly followed. In the years since, nothing persuaded me that the Panorama interview was anything but a disaster for her. Princess of Wales during her Panorama interview with Martin BashirFor those who had engineered the interview, it was win-win.

Source: Daily Mail November 15, 2020 22:05 UTC