Deceit

 The action or practice of deceiving someone by concealing or misrepresenting the truth is known as deceit. The BBC is under pressure following the inquiry, which found Martin Bashir used deception to get his famous 1995 scoop. Broadcast in late 1995, the interview marked the first time a serving royal had spoken in such candid terms about life in the Royal Family or relationships with other royals. Shortly afterwards, the Queen wrote to Prince Charles and Princess Diana telling them to divorce. The Princess died in 1997, after the car she was in crashed in the Pont de l'Alma tunnel, in Paris.  Boris Johnson said the corporation must make sure nothing like it happens again - and ministers have suggested its governance might need reform. The BBC insists it has made fundamental changes in governance since the 1990s.  Thursday's independent report by Lord Dyson, a former senior judge, found Bashir was unreliable and dishonest.  The BBC fell short of its high standards when answering questions about the 1995 interview.

The Duke of Cambridge has recently blamed BBC failings over its interview with his mother and for fueling her paranoia and worsening his parents' relationship. After an inquiry found the BBC fell below its standards, Prince William said he was "most saddened" Diana never learned she had been deceived. He said his mother was failed "not just by a rogue reporter" but also by BBC bosses. The Duke of Sussex blamed a toxic media culture for his mother's death.  It's hard to overstate the strength of feeling expressed by William. Not just about Martin Bashir, who had documents falsified in order to get his interview with Diana, Princess of Wales, but with the whole BBC, whom he thinks entirely failed to investigate the matter and covered up elements that were not to its liking. The most respected Panorama series was brought into disrepute by the deceitful manner in which it had conducted at least one of its programs.

 The BBC has written to apologize to Princes William and Harry, as well as the Prince of Wales and Diana's brother Earl Spencer. Matt Wiessler, the graphic designer who first raised concerns about the fake documents used to secure the interview and who was later denied work by the BBC, told Radio 4's Today program that an apology sent to him on Thursday was "too little, too late".  He criticized Lord Hall, who led an internal investigation at the time, and then BBC director-general Lord Birt for not apologizing to him in person.  Since 1995 the BBC has covered up this deceitful affair, which has damaged the Royal Family and affected the behavior of not only Princess Diana, but her two children William and Harry.  Their mother became paranoid by the hounding press and, in order to try and escape the freelance photographers known as the paparazzi in Paris, in the subsequent car chase it led to a crash which caused her death.

 This program had terrible consequences and for the cover up lasting for some twenty-five years there are a lot of guilty people that have abused the trust that was put in them.  The BBC was looked to for truthful reporting and around the world this has been tarnished by their subsequent deceit.  There are still some good reporters who work there, but changes will have to be made and it will take a long time before the BBC will be able to earn the honesty and integrity that they have lost.  The Royal Family continues to survive, but with the death of Prince Philip, Her Majesty has enough to deal with, without the deceit of the past being thrown up in her face at this time.  The two brothers have gone their separate ways.  Prince William is honorably doing his Royal duties, while his brother Harry continues to attack his family from the shores of the United States in what appears to be a cowardly fashion.  Well done to Prince William, who is an honorable man and does much to uphold the standards of the House of Windsor.

 Saturday, 22^nd May 2021