The BBC will pay a 'significant sum' to the journalist sacked after he raised concerns about Martin Bashir's infamous 1995 interview with Princess Diana.

Mark Killick raised the alarm about forged documents used to coax Diana into agreeing to the interview. He was sacked within 24 hours of making the claim.

After blowing the whistle, Mr Killick told the PA news agency he was sacked from the programme due to 'disloyalty' and then smeared by the broadcaster.

On Tuesday June 28, the BBC apologised 'unreservedly' to Mr Killick and said he had acted 'entirely properly'.

Diana, Princess of Wales gave an exclusive interview to Martin Bashir in 1995. It was watched by 23 million people and won Mr Bashir a Bafta the following year.

The Dyson Report, published last year, found Mr Bashir had secured the interview through 'deceitful behaviour' by forging bank documents to win Diana's trust.

Mark Killick said: 'The BBC's attempt to try and destroy my reputation rather than investigate my concerns shows just how desperate the BBC was to hide what had happened.' The BBC apologised to him 'unreservedly'

The BBC said in a statement: 'Following publication of the Dyson Report last year, the BBC and former BBC Panorama senior reporter and producer Mark Killick today announce that a settlement has been reached between them.

'The BBC apologises unreservedly for defamatory statements made of Mr Killick in 1996 in internal BBC documents during the Corporation's investigations into events...

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