The Crown: Martin Bashir’s Appalling Manipulation of Princess Diana

The Crown’s fifth season finds the War of the Waleses being fought on a new battleground: in the press. The latest season chronicles the mounting media battle between Princess Diana and Prince Charles that preceded their 1996 divorce. First, Diana secretly collaborated with Andrew Morton on the explosive tell-all, Her True Story—detailing her marital unhappiness, struggle with bulimia, and suicide attempts. In response, Charles returned public fire by conducting a sit-down interview with the BBC’s Jonathan Dimbleby, confirming his affair with Camilla Parker Bowles and explaining his side of the marital story. And in the sixth episode, “No Woman’s Land”—which… Read Full Article