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  • LOC The 'deception' with which the BBC got an interview with Lady Di

Martin Bashir

, the journalist who achieved the explosive

interview with Diana of Wales

in 1995 for the

BBC

, assures that he

"never" wanted to "harm" the princess

and maintains that he does not believe that this

world exclusive

harmed her, in statements released this Sunday by The Sunday Times.

Bashir resorted to "fraudulent" tactics - such as falsifying documents or bank statements - to gain access to

Lady Di

through her brother, Count

Charles Spencer

, and persuade him to publicly reveal intimacies, such as the

infidelities of her then-husband, Charles of England

, from whom she was separated but not divorced.

The behavior of the reporter, who left the BBC last week alleging health problems, is harshly criticized in an independent report released last Thursday, the conclusions of which reveal that the British public corporation

did not meet "high standards of integrity and transparency. "

.

With his reputation in question, Bashir reminds the aforementioned Sunday that

Diana was never dissatisfied with the content of the interview

and that after it was broadcast, both he and his wife, Deborah, maintained the friendship with the princess, who went to visit them at the hospital for the birth of her third daughter, Eliza.

"I never meant to hurt Diana in any way and I don't think we did.

Everything we did in terms of the interview was what she wanted

, from when she wanted to alert the (Buckingham palace, to when it was going to air, to her content ...

both my family and I loved her,

"he says.

Although he

"feels deeply" how that event affected Diana's children

, Princes

William

and

Henry

, he rejects the accusation made by the

Duke of Cambridge

, who considered that this television appearance "contributed to the feelings of paranoia and isolation" of his mother.

"Even in the early 90s, there were stories and phone calls that were secretly recorded. I was not the origin of any of that," he says.

Lady Di's brother calls for a new investigation

For his part

, Lady Di's brother maintains that there is a "line" that links the exclusive and the tragic death of Diana

in a traffic accident in Paris when she was fleeing by car from photographers, arguing that Lady Di revealed details of how she managed her safety.

Spencer has asked the London Metropolitan Police to look into whether the new

report reveals new evidence of a possible crime

.

"I can understand (Spencer's) motivation but channeling the tragedy, the difficult relationship between the royal family and the media purely on my shoulders is not reasonable ... To suggest that I am individually responsible I think is irrational and unfair," he said.

Bashir

admitted that he "obviously regrets" forging documents

to gain the trust of Diana's brother but notes that it did not affect the princess.

According to the criteria of The Trust Project

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