BBC Investigating “Scandalous” Martin Bashir Rehire After He Used Forgery To Secure Princess Diana Interview

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BBC director general Tim Davie has announced that the corporation has launched an independent investigation into why Martin Bashir was rehired in 2016 amid concerns over his conduct in securing a sensational 1995 interview with Princess Diana.

Davie told BBC Radio 2’s Today show that Ken MacQuarrie, the BBC’s former director of nations and regions, is overseeing the fast-turnaround inquiry, which is set to report next week. Davie said MacQuarrie’s findings will be published in full.

Bashir resigned from the BBC before the publication of Lord Dyson’s inquiry into the Princess Diana interview last week. The review concluded that the former MSNBC anchor used fake bank statements to secure access to the Princess of Wales. Dyson said it was a serious breach of BBC editorial guidelines.

The MacQuarrie investigation was welcomed by Julian Knight, the chair of UK Parliament’s Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Committee, who said: “I and the committee look forward to the report being issued imminently into the scandalous rehiring of Mr Bashir.”

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