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A clip of Princess Diana’s controversial Panorama interview has been included in Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s new show – despite his brother Prince William saying it should never be aired again.
Now disgraced journalist Martin Bashir tricked Diana into giving an interview to the BBC in November 1995 in which she spoke about her husband Prince Charles’ affair with Camilla Parker Bowles.
William, 40, said last year that the interview should never be broadcast again after a BBC investigation found it had been fraudulently secured and only added to the late princess’s fear and paranoia following her divorce from Charles.
But in the first episode of Harry and Meghan, which began streaming on Netflix in the early hours of Thursday morning, Harry, 38, spoke about media interference in the royal family before an excerpt of the interview was shown.
After a clip of Diana telling a photographer to stop recording her and her sons while on holiday in Switzerland, Harry said: “I think she had first-hand experience of how she struggled to live that life. She felt compelled to talk about it.
As the Panorama intro plays, Harry adds, “Especially this Panorama interview. I think we all know now that she was tricked into giving the interview, but at the same time she told the truth about her experience.
The interview segment shows Diana talking about the “frightening and phenomenal” press interest in her life and her family.
An official BBC investigation in 2021 found that Bashir, 59, had acted in a “fraudulent” manner and falsified documents to secure the interview with Diana, in which she also made the infamous comment that “there are three of us in this marriage , so it was a bit crowded.”
In response, William said: “It is my opinion that the fraudulent way in which the interview was obtained greatly influenced what my mother said. The interview was a major contributor to the deterioration of my parents’ relationship and has since hurt countless others.
“It brings an indescribable sadness to know that the BBC’s failings contributed significantly to her fear, paranoia and isolation that I remember from her final years.”
The Prince of Wales added: “It is my strong opinion that this Panorama program has no legitimacy and should never be broadcast again. It effectively established a false narrative that for more than a quarter of a century was commercialized by the BBC and others.”
The BBC has ruled it will never broadcast the interview again, but Netflix has already defied William’s wishes by recreating it in the new season of The Crown.
Page Six previously revealed that Harry and William had differing views on how the Panorama interview should be used, with sources saying the Duke of Sussex felt it could be shown because it included a mother’s thoughts and feelings his.
The first three episodes of “Harry and Meghan” aired on Thursday, with three more expected next Thursday.
Netflix released a statement at the start of the series saying the royal family declined to comment.
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