This is the truth about Martin Bashir’s controversial interview with Diana Spencer.
As far as numbers go, the interview scored massive points for the internet.
That would be because of what the princess revealed to Martin Bashir.
Parker-Bowleswas a factor in the breakdown of your marriage?"
Talk about a moment when the world held its breath in anticipation.
With no uncertainty, Diana responded, providing one of the most talked-about phrases of her lifetime.
“People at school were calling her all sorts of names.”
I thought that would mean a gagging clause.
And I felt it was then or never."
Diana and her husband, Prince Charles, got divorced and, tragically, the princess died in 1997.
Birt called Bashir “a rogue reporter” and said that he found the investigation “shocking.”
“Obviously I regret it, it was wrong,” Bashir said of his actions.
“But it had no bearing on anything … it had no bearing on the interview.”
As noted byPeople, the BBC paid the former royal nanny more than $137,000 as a result.
