BBC Apologies to Princess Diana’s Private Secretary Patrick Jephson

The BBC said Thursday it has apologized to Princess Diana’s private secretary Patrick Jephson over “serious harm” caused by the 1995 interview between BBC journalist Martin Bashir and Princess Diana. The BBC also announced they paid Jephson a “substantial sum in damages.” Jephson was Diana’s private secretary for eight years, including at the time of the interview. The news comes after last year’s Dyson Report, which concluded that Diana’s brother Earl Spencer was “deceived and induced” by Bashir to arrange a meeting with the Princess, including by false documents that showed Jephson had received off-shore payments. The supposed payments to… Read Full Article