Martin Bashir showed Diana fake abortion receipt of nanny to fire suspicions of Charles's plot to kill her: Probe
BBC Journalist Martin Bashir reportedly duped Lady Diana into the explosive 1995 Panorama interview by showing her a fake abortion "receipt" for Tiggy Legge-Bourke — former childhood nanny for Prince William and Prince Harry. The claim is just one of the pieces of evidence given to the inquiry into the BBC and Bashir for the controversial 1995 interview. The probe has been led by retired Supreme Court judge Lord Dyson, who has reportedly questioned 17 witnesses after allegations emerged that Bashir told a number of lies to land his interview with the royal, in which she famously said “there were three of us in this marriage” with Prince Charles.
It has been said at the time, Diana believed Charles wanted her killed to marry the royal nanny. She also believed that Legge-Bourke was pregnant with Prince of Wales’ child, which eventually led to a probe by Sir Robert Fellowes, the Queen's private secretary, and Diana's brother-in-law after she allegedly approached Legge-Bourke at a party to say: “So sorry to hear about the baby.”
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As per a report by The Daily Mail, along with the evidence, the judge has been provided with some shocking details. For instance, Diana was reportedly enraged by false "proof" that Legge-Bourke had had an abortion. The princess had decided that she wouldn't do the interview but Bashir told her more lies to enrage her, just a week before filming. After that, Diana was "like a bull given an electric shock"
Days after meeting the BBC reporter, Diana told her lawyer that “reliable sources” had informed her about a murder plot against her. The list of statements added that Diana said these "sources" had also told her the Queen would abdicate and Prince Charles would take the throne. The judge also was told about a handwritten letter from Diana to the BBC, exonerating Bashir who allegedly dictated the letter "word for word."
Reports also said that Charles Spencer, the late princess’ brother, was presented with two false bank statements by Bashir so that he got convinced one of his workers was leaking information about their family. “This was what led me to talk to Diana about such things. This, in turn, led to the meeting where I introduced Diana to Bashir, on September 19, 1995. This then led to the interview,” Spencer told PEOPLE in November last year.
However, despite being accused of showing false bank statements, a month-long investigation into the claim concluded that the 58-year-old Bashir — now BBC News religion editor — won't face any criminal charges.
Earlier, a report stated that William, the eldest son of Diana and Charles, was not happy with his mother after she spoke her heart out in the 1995 bombshell interview. In a documentary, titled ‘William and Harry: Brothers in Arms', Vanity Fair royal correspondent Katie Nicholl told Bashir, “William was exposed to everything from the interview and called his mother in a fury and a rage.”
Nicholl also mentioned a conversation with Simone Simmons, a close friend of Diana's, and said in the documentary, “[She told me] it was the one time William turned on his mother and said that he would never forgive Diana for what she'd done.”
Later, William spoke about the claims in the BBC documentary 'Diana, 7 Days'. The Duke of Cambridge said: “I can understand — having sometimes been in those situations, you feel incredibly desperate and it is very unfair that things are being said that are untrue. The easiest thing to do is just say or go to the media yourself. Open that door. [But] once you've opened it you can ever close it again.”