Prince William slams BBC ‘deceit’ over Diana interview

Harry also criticises media practices after damning report into Martin Bashir Panorama programme

Princess Diana's sons have slammed the BBC over the Martin Bashir Panorama interview with their mother, saying the corporation's failures contributed to the fear she felt in her final years and was part of a culture of exploitation and unethical practices that ultimately took her life".

In a blistering statement, Prince William said that BBC leaders had failed Diana, Princess of Wales, with their woeful incompetence", and said the deceitful way" the interview was obtained had substantially influenced what his mother had said. He said he was saddened the corporation had not properly investigated complaints earlier and that his mother had never known she had been deceived.