{"id":66179,"date":"2021-05-22T07:19:08","date_gmt":"2021-05-22T11:19:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=66179"},"modified":"2021-05-22T07:20:07","modified_gmt":"2021-05-22T11:20:07","slug":"here-we-have-an-incredibly-duplicitous-bbc-getting-walloped-by-a-predictably-deceitful-royal-family-after-all-the-princess-diana-assassination-plot-was-well-known-by-the-entire-british-intel-communi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=66179","title":{"rendered":"Here we have an incredibly duplicitous BBC getting walloped by a predictably deceitful Royal family! After all, the Princess Diana assassination plot was well known by the entire British Intel Community in advance of her murder."},"content":{"rendered":"<h1><strong>Princes William and Harry slam the BBC over \u2018deceitful\u2019 Diana interview<\/strong><\/h1>\n<p><!--more-->Sam Meredith<br \/>\nCNBC<\/p>\n<div id=\"RegularArticle-KeyPoints-4\" class=\"RenderKeyPoints-keyPoints\" data-test=\"keyPoints-1\" data-analytics=\"RegularArticle-keyPoints-4-1\">\n<div class=\"RenderKeyPoints-wrapper\">\n<h3 class=\"RenderKeyPoints-header\">KEY POINTS<\/h3>\n<div class=\"RenderKeyPoints-list\">\n<div>\n<div class=\"group\">\n<ul>\n<li>William and Harry\u2019s comments came shortly after an inquiry found that BBC journalist Martin Bashir had used duplicitous means to win an interview with Diana and that the broadcaster had since sought to cover it up.<\/li>\n<li>Diana died in a car crash in Paris at age of 36 in 1997.<\/li>\n<li>Two years earlier, during a sensational BBC \u201cPanorama\u201d interview, more than 20 million people watched on as Diana shared details of her marriage to Prince Charles, the heir to the throne.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"RegularArticle-ArticleBody-5\" class=\"ArticleBody-articleBody\" data-module=\"ArticleBody\" data-test=\"articleBody-2\" data-analytics=\"RegularArticle-articleBody-5-2\">\n<div id=\"ArticleBody-InlineImage-106886516\" class=\"InlineImage-imageEmbed hasBkg\" data-test=\"InlineImage\">\n<div class=\"InlineImage-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"InlineImage-imagePlaceholder\">\n<div>\n<div class=\"InlineImage-imageContainer\" tabindex=\"-1\" role=\"button\"><picture data-test=\"Picture\"><source srcset=\"https:\/\/image.cnbcfm.com\/api\/v1\/image\/106886516-1621598947867-gettyimages-1232361409-AFP_9887UC.jpeg?v=1621599086&amp;w=740&amp;h=416\" media=\"(min-width: 1340px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/image.cnbcfm.com\/api\/v1\/image\/106886516-1621598947867-gettyimages-1232361409-AFP_9887UC.jpeg?v=1621599086&amp;w=630&amp;h=354\" media=\"(min-width: 1020px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/image.cnbcfm.com\/api\/v1\/image\/106886516-1621598947867-gettyimages-1232361409-AFP_9887UC.jpeg?v=1621599086&amp;w=900&amp;h=506\" media=\"(min-width: 760px)\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/image.cnbcfm.com\/api\/v1\/image\/106886516-1621598947867-gettyimages-1232361409-AFP_9887UC.jpeg?v=1621599086&amp;w=678&amp;h=381\" alt=\"Britain's Prince William, Duke of Cambridge (L) and Britain's Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex follow the coffin during the ceremonial funeral procession of Britain's Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh to St George's Chapel in Windsor Castle in Windsor, west of London, on April 17, 2021.\" \/><\/picture><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<h5 class=\"InlineImage-imageEmbedCaption\">Britain\u2019s Prince William, Duke of Cambridge (L) and Britain\u2019s Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex follow the coffin during the ceremonial funeral procession of Britain\u2019s Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh to St George\u2019s Chapel in Windsor Castle in Windsor, west of London, on April 17, 2021.\u00a0 ALASTAIR GRANT | AFP | Getty Images<\/h5>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"group\">\n<p>LONDON \u2014 Britain\u2019s Prince William has sharply criticized the BBC for failing his late mother, Princess Diana, saying the deceitful way a journalist at the U.K. broadcaster secured an exclusive interview with her in 1995 fueled her feelings of isolation and worsened his parents\u2019 relationship.<\/p>\n<p>In a separate statement issued at the same time on Thursday, Prince Harry blamed a toxic media culture for his mother\u2019s death.<\/p>\n<p>William and Harry\u2019s comments came shortly after an inquiry found that BBC journalist Martin Bashir had used duplicitous means to win an interview with Diana and that the broadcaster had since sought to cover it up.<\/p>\n<p>Diana died in a car crash in Paris at age 36 in 1997. Two years earlier, during a sensational BBC \u201cPanorama\u201d interview, more than 20 million people watched on as Diana shared details of her marriage to Prince Charles, the heir to the throne.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is my view that the deceitful way the interview was obtained substantially influenced what my mother said. The interview was a major contribution to making my parents\u2019 relationship worse and has since hurt countless others,\u201d William, the Duke of Cambridge, said in a statement late Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt brings indescribable sadness to know that the BBC\u2019s failures contributed significantly to her fear, paranoia and isolation that I remember from those final years with her,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"ArticleBody-InlineImage-106886526\" class=\"InlineImage-imageEmbed hasBkg\" data-test=\"InlineImage\">\n<div class=\"InlineImage-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"InlineImage-imagePlaceholder\">\n<div>\n<div class=\"InlineImage-imageContainer\" tabindex=\"-1\" role=\"button\"><picture data-test=\"Picture\"><source srcset=\"https:\/\/image.cnbcfm.com\/api\/v1\/image\/106886526-1621600372152-gettyimages-618242606-0000312303-002.jpeg?v=1621600604&amp;w=740&amp;h=416\" media=\"(min-width: 1340px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/image.cnbcfm.com\/api\/v1\/image\/106886526-1621600372152-gettyimages-618242606-0000312303-002.jpeg?v=1621600604&amp;w=630&amp;h=354\" media=\"(min-width: 1020px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/image.cnbcfm.com\/api\/v1\/image\/106886526-1621600372152-gettyimages-618242606-0000312303-002.jpeg?v=1621600604&amp;w=900&amp;h=506\" media=\"(min-width: 760px)\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/image.cnbcfm.com\/api\/v1\/image\/106886526-1621600372152-gettyimages-618242606-0000312303-002.jpeg?v=1621600604&amp;w=678&amp;h=381\" alt=\"Martin Bashir interviews Princess Diana in Kensington Palace for the television program Panorama.\" \/><\/picture><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<h5 class=\"InlineImage-imageEmbedCaption\">Martin Bashir interviews Princess Diana in Kensington Palace for the television program Panorama.\u00a0 \u00a0Tim Graham | Corbis Historical | Getty Images<\/h5>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"group\">\n<p>Late last year, the BBC launched an investigation following allegations from Charles Spencer, Diana\u2019s brother, that he had been tricked into introducing her to Bashir. The findings of the inquiry, led by former senior judge John Dyson, found that Bashir had commissioned fake bank statements by a graphic designer who worked for the BBC.<\/p>\n<p>They purported to show bank transactions suggesting Diana was being bugged by the security services and that two senior aides were being paid to provide stories about her. The BBC said the investigation found that Bashir \u201cshowed the fake documents to Earl Spencer,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/uk-57189371\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">to gain his trust<\/a>\u00a0so he would introduce Bashir to Diana.\u201d It said Bashir repeatedly lied to his bosses about how the interview was obtained, while senior figures at the broadcaster were said to have failed to scrutinize his version of events thoroughly.<\/p>\n<p>Bashir has apologized for the fake statements. However, he also said he stood by the evidence he gave 25 years ago and more recently, claiming that the bank statements had \u201cno bearing whatsoever\u201d on Diana\u2019s choice to take part in the interview.<\/p>\n<p>The BBC said it had written to Buckingham Palace to apologize.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h2 class=\"ArticleBody-subtitle\"><a id=\"headline0\"><\/a>\u2018They let the public down\u2019<\/h2>\n<div class=\"group\">\n<p>\u201cThe ripple effect of a culture of exploitation and unethical practices ultimately took her life,\u201d Harry said in a separate statement.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTo those who have taken some form of accountability, thank you for owning it. That is the first step towards justice and truth,\u201d he continued. \u201cYet what deeply concerns me is that practices like these \u2014 and even worse \u2014 are still widespread today. Then, and now, it\u2019s bigger than one outlet, one network, or one publication.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Harry and wife Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2020\/01\/09\/harry-and-meghans-retreat-from-royal-life-provokes-hurt.html\">stepped back from their roles as working royals early last year<\/a>, citing hostility from the British tabloid press that they said Buckingham Palace had failed to defend them from.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe was failed not just by a rogue reporter, but by leaders at the BBC who looked the other way rather than asking the tough questions,\u201d William said of his mother.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese failings, identified by investigative journalists, not only let my mother down, and my family down; they let the public down too,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>___<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2021\/05\/21\/princes-william-and-harry-slam-the-bbc-over-deceitful-diana-interview.html\">https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2021\/05\/21\/princes-william-and-harry-slam-the-bbc-over-deceitful-diana-interview.html<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Princes William and Harry slam the BBC over \u2018deceitful\u2019 Diana interview<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-66179","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66179","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=66179"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66179\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=66179"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=66179"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=66179"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}