Martin Bashir ‘should have been interviewed by cops under caution as part of probe into the death of Princess Diana’
EX-BBC journalist Martin Bashir should have been interviewed by cops under caution as part of the probe into the death of Princess Diana, a former Met boss has said.
Lord Stevens, who led the investigation, said the presenter would have been questioned had they been aware of his lies.
Bashir showed Diana false bank statements and convinced her Prince Charles was having an affair with royal nanny Tiggy Legge-Bourke.
His Panorama interview in 1995 saw Diana declare “there were three of us in this marriage”.
It was watched by a staggering 23million people.
In 2006, Lord Stevens led Operation Paget into conspiracy theories over Diana’s car accident.
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Lord Stevens said: “We would have interviewed him in a shot.
“Why didn’t he come forward?
“We didn’t see him and when you think about it, that’s inexcusable.”
He briefed Princes William and Harry, then 24 and 22 respectively, on the investigation's findings.
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Lord Stevens added: “He must have followed it.
“And of course, he'd have known how culpable he was in terms of her state of mind.”