{"id":53859,"date":"2021-05-21T07:52:13","date_gmt":"2021-05-20T22:22:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/?p=53859"},"modified":"2021-05-21T08:08:21","modified_gmt":"2021-05-20T22:38:21","slug":"prince-william-slams-bbc-over-disgraced-diana-interview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/news\/prince-william-slams-bbc-over-disgraced-diana-interview\/","title":{"rendered":"Prince William Slams BBC Over Disgraced Diana Interview"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Duke of Cambridge has spoken about his \u201cindescribable sadness\u201d after an investigation found lies, fake documents and false claims were used to secure Martin Bashir\u2019s infamous 1995 BBC interview with Princess Diana.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/omny.fm\/shows\/fiveaa-sports-show-with-rowey-bicks\/roweys-sports-show-podcast-20-may-2021\/embed\" width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"0\" title=\"Rowey's Sports Show Podcast - 20 May 2021\"><\/iframe>\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In a filmed response to the findings, Prince William says:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>\u201cThe interview was a major contribution to making my parents\u2019 relationship worse and has since hurt countless to others. It bring indescribable sadness to know the BBC\u2019s failures contributed significantly to her fear, paranoia and isolation that I remember from those final years with her.<\/p><p>\u201cWhat saddens me most is if the BBC had properly investigated the complaints and the concerns first raised in 1995 my mother would\u2019ve known she was deceived.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>WATCH HERE:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">A statement on today\u2019s report of The Dyson Investigation <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/uS62CNwiI8\">pic.twitter.com\/uS62CNwiI8<\/a><\/p>&mdash; The Prince and Princess of Wales (@KensingtonRoyal) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KensingtonRoyal\/status\/1395484854272335875?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 20, 2021<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>FIVEAA FACEBOOK LIVE STREAM &#8211; FRIDAY 21 MAY &#8211; WATCH HERE:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/video.php?height=314&#038;href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2F1395FIVEAA%2Fvideos%2F3145274505756720%2F&#038;show_text=false&#038;width=560\" width=\"560\" height=\"314\" style=\"border:none;overflow:hidden\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowFullScreen=\"true\"><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Prince Harry has also condemned the interview, saying it contributed to his mother&#8217;s death:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>&#8220;Our mother was an incredible woman who dedicated her life to service,&#8221; Harry said in a statement. &#8220;She was resilient, brave and unquestionably honest. The ripple effect of a culture of exploitation and unethical practices ultimately took her life.<\/p><p>&#8220;To those who have taken some form of accountability, thank you for owning it. That is the first step towards justice and truth. Yet what deeply concerns me is that practices like these &#8211; and even worse &#8211; are still widespread today. Then, and now, it\u2019s bigger than one outlet, one network, or one publication.<\/p><p>&#8220;Our mother lost her life because of this, and nothing has changed. By protecting her legacy, we protect everyone, and uphold the dignity with which she lived her life. Let\u2019s remember who she was and what she stood for.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Duke of Cambridge has spoken about his \u201cindescribable sadness\u201d after an investigation found lies, fake documents and false claims were used to secure Martin Bashir\u2019s infamous 1995 BBC interview with Princess Diana. In a filmed response to the findings, Prince William says: \u201cThe interview was a major contribution to making my parents\u2019 relationship worse [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":53861,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[144,167],"tags":[],"geo_market":[],"class_list":["post-53859","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-video"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.3 (Yoast SEO v27.3) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Prince William Slams BBC Over Disgraced Diana Interview - FIVEAA<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/news\/prince-william-slams-bbc-over-disgraced-diana-interview\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Prince William Slams BBC Over Disgraced Diana Interview\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Duke of Cambridge has spoken about his \u201cindescribable sadness\u201d after an investigation found lies, fake documents and false claims were used to secure Martin Bashir\u2019s infamous 1995 BBC interview with Princess Diana. 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