Princess Diana
Police refuse to investigate her BBC interview
Princess Diana's BBC interview made history.
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Princess Diana's TV interview will have no consequences for Martin Bashir. The police consider the investigation to be "not appropriate".
There are new developments in the case of the 1995 BBC interview of Princess Diana (1961-1997). Interviewer Martin Bashir (58) has no criminal charges to fear. The Metropolitan Police Service announced this on Thursday in a statement from which "The Telegraph" quoted, among other things. Accordingly, after months of investigation and detailed assessment, the officials came to the conclusion that it was "not appropriate" to initiate a criminal investigation against Bashir.
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Among other things, it was Princess Diana's brother, Earl Charles Spencer (56), who last autumn called for the background to the interview to be dealt with. He said Bashir presented him with fake bank statements in 1995 to persuade his famous sister to do the interview. They used unfair methods to urge them to talk to the camera, he argued.
In the television interview, Princess Diana had spoken about her failed marriage with Prince Charles (72), among other things. The now legendary sentence was heard: "There were three of us in this marriage", which was aimed at the heir to the throne's wife, Duchess Camilla (73). In the course of the conversation, she also admitted her affair with James Hewitt (62).