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Princess Diana duped before controversial interview

19:11, August 22

The inquiry into the circumstances behind the late Princess Diana's controversial interview continues, and new details have emerged in this regard.

Accordingly, Diana believed that 75 percent of the profits from her Panorama interview with Martin Bashir should go to charity, The Mail on Sunday reported.

It comes as pressure mounted on the BBC to confirm the timing and details of when the profits from the 1995 interview would be donated to a charity chosen by the Royal Family.

The issue of a donation was first raised by Diana, and it is understood that negotiations were ongoing just before the interview was shown.

Diana had hoped for a similar agreement to that struck between Prince Charles and ITV the previous year. But, in Diana’s case, the BBC refused to honor her wish.

In an internal memo, the BBC confirmed that all proceeds were being retained by the Corporation. An aide wrote: “We were following standard practice for distribution of a current affairs interview.”

A friend of the late Princess said: “Diana wouldn’t have thought to get the charity donation in writing. No doubt she believed that there was a gentleman’s agreement, but as with a lot that she was told by them, it wasn’t as she was led to believe.”

The BBC was set to pay back the profits earned from selling the rights to the interview.

Kensington Palace declined to comment, saying that ongoing discussions on the matter were private.

Photos by Tim Graham/Getty Image, Terence Donovan/Camera Press/Redux


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