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LONDON (Reuters) – British Prince Harry joined his brother William in welcoming a new investigation into how the BBC secured a famous and controversial 1995 interview with their mother, Princess Diana, with a source who describes it as a “push for truth”.
A former Supreme Court judge is conducting a new investigation into how the broadcaster got the interview and whether executives hid any wrongdoing after allegations that the late princess was tricked into participating.
Prince William, second in line to the throne, said earlier this week the investigation was a step in the right direction and a source close to Harry said on Saturday that the prince was receiving regular updates.
The person familiar with the situation also questioned some British media reports asking why Harry, who lived in California with his wife Meghan and son Archie, hadn’t joined his brother in welcoming the investigation earlier.
“Unfortunately, some people not only see it as an impulse to truth, but also try to use it as an opportunity to try to create a gap between the siblings,” the person said.
Diana’s Panorama interview with Martin Bashir was seen by over 20 million viewers in Britain and became one of the defining moments in her failed marriage to Prince Charles.
It included admitting an affair and the phrase that “there were three of us in this marriage”, referring to Charles’s relationship with his now second wife, Camilla Parker-Bowles.
This month, Diana’s brother Charles Spencer said the BBC did not apologize for what it said were false documents and “other deceptions” that led him to introduce Diana to Bashir.
The BBC said the broadcaster was determined to get to the truth about Spencer’s claims and named John Dyson, one of the country’s oldest retired judges, to lead the investigation.
Bashir has not made public comments on the situation, and the company says the reporter, who gained worldwide fame from the interview, is currently on sick leave, recovering from heart surgery and taking COVID-19.
Harry and Meghan moved to California after retiring from royal duties in January and signed a multi-year production deal with Netflix as part of their plans to be more financially independent.
The source added that the couple had decided to share their property in England, Frogmore Cottage, with their cousin Eugenie, but would remain there when they visited the UK.
Reporting by Kate Holton; Editing by James Drummond
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