Princess Diana in 1985.Photo: David Levenson/Getty Images
The causes closest toPrincess Dianaare receiving a donation from the BBC.
“The BBC had indicated its intention to donate to charity the sales proceeds derived from the 1995 Panorama interview with Diana, Princess of Wales. The BBC has now done so. Given the findings of Lord Dyson, we think this is the right and appropriate course of action,” theBBC said.
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Reacting to the news, Leprosy Mission’s Chief Executive Peter Waddup said the payout of around $250,00 will continue Princess Diana’s legacy of bringing the world’s most marginalized people out of the shadows.
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Wayne Bulpitt CBE, Chair of Trustees at The Diana Award, said, “As a charity, we depend on public funds to help us achieve our mission and we are grateful to the BBC for this donation which will go a long way to helping further our work.”
The news came just two days after Diana’s friends,familyand many well-wishers around the worldmarked the 25th anniversaryof her death, resulting from a car crash in Paris on August 31, 1997.
“It is clear that the process for securing the interview fell far short of what audiences have a right to expect. We are very sorry for this,” Davie said. “While today’s BBC has significantly better processes and procedures, those that existed at the time should have prevented the interview being secured in this way.”
“While the BBC cannot turn back the clock after a quarter of a century, we can make a full and unconditional apology,” he continued. “The BBC offers that today.”
Prince Williamreacted strongly to the findings, condemning the broadcaster. He said that “the BBC’s failurescontributed significantly to her fear, paranoia and isolationthat I remember from those final years with her.”
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In the interview forPanoramain November 1995, Diana famously said there were “three of us in this marriage, so it was a bit crowded.” She divorcedPrince Charlesthe following year.
Tiggy Legge-Bourke Prince Harry and Prince Charles.Julian Parker/UK Press via Getty
In a statement read in court, Tiggy’s solicitor Louise Prince said the claims had included “the very serious and totally unfounded allegations that the claimant was having an affair with HRH Prince of Wales, resulting in a pregnancy which was aborted. These allegations were fabricated.”
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