The director-general of the BBC has apologised to the brother of Diana, Princess of Wales for the use of fake bank statements 25 years ago, which it is claimed were instrumental in securing her famous Panorama interview.
Tim Davie wrote to Earl Spencer last week but declined to open an investigation into allegations that further underhand methods were deployed by the BBC journalist Martin Bashir.
Diana spoke to Bashir 25 years ago this week in an explosive interview that attracted 23 million viewers but has come under fresh scrutiny amid allegations that subterfuge was used to obtain it.
Spencer is understood to have told Davie that he has records of all his meetings and conversations with Bashir. These are alleged to show that Bashir told