The BBC said on Friday that it had donated 1.42 million pounds (1.64 million euros) to charities linked to Princess Diana, the equivalent according to the audiovisual group of the income generated by the highly controversial 1995 interview with “Lady Di”.
“The BBC had indicated its intention to donate the proceeds generated from the 1995 interview with Diana, Princess of Wales to charity. This has now been done,” the group said in a statement, reiterating its apologies for the circumstances in which it took place. conducted the interview. done.
“A sum of 1.42 million pounds has been distributed equally among seven associations linked to the princess,” specifies the BBC.
Among them, associations of homeless people, children, AIDS or leprosy patients, many humanitarian causes dear to the princess who died 25 years ago.
These donations are a new episode in the saga around the deceptive methods – with lies and false documents – used to organize this shocking interview that broke BBC audience records in 1995.
“Three in this marriage”
“There were three of us in this marriage,” the Princess of Wales will say in reference to Charles’ mistress, Camilla. Diana also admits to 23 million viewers an extramarital relationship.
In an independent report published in May 2021, former High Court Justice John Dyson shed light on journalist Martin Bashir’s deceptive methods of securing the interview and criticized the BBC for its handling of the case.
Following this interview, Martin Bashir continued his career in the United States before returning to the UK to work for the BBC, until his resignation last May.
deceptive methods
The BBC has already compensated Lady Di’s former private secretary and reached an economic settlement with a graphic designer who was fired after exposing the journalist’s deceptive methods.
The group also agreed in July to pay “significant” damages to Princes William and Harry’s former nanny, the target of false accusations to win the interview event.
Died on August 31, 1997 in Paris in a car accident while being chased by paparazzi, the Princess of Wales remains an icon 25 years after her death, which shocked the entire world and shook the British monarchy.
Source: BFM TV
