Scotland Yard will not conduct any further investigation into the improper methods used in obtaining the BBC's famous 1995 "Panorama" interview with Princess Diana.

According to the police, specialist detectives have examined the report published in May this year by Lord Dyson, which harshly criticized the BBC and its journalist Martin Bashir.

Gina Thomas

Features correspondent based in London.

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Dyson denounced the “fraudulent behavior” of the BBC journalist Bashir, who, among other things, had falsified bank statements to convince the princess that she was being spied on.

The report also accused the BBC of covering up the fraud for years.

Diana's younger brother, Charles Spencer, whom Bashir had also wrapped up, called for a criminal investigation.

The police said they had examined the Dyson report, taking into account the law, and sought independent legal advice from the prosecutor.

No evidence of a criminal offense was found.

This assessment reinforces the police's finding, announced in March, that it was inappropriate to investigate allegations of unlawful conduct in connection with the November 1995 documentary that Prince William and Harry claimed were "afraid of being paranoid and." Isolation ”fueled her mother and ultimately contributed to her death.

The fact that the police published their report on the suspended investigation on Tuesday, the day Prime Minister Boris Johnson carried out an extensive cabinet reshuffle and dominated the headlines, accused them of having found a good day for the - bad - Message to "buried". The line comes from a memo made by an officer on the day of the terrorist attacks on the United States twenty years ago and has since become a common sarcastic remark.