In 1995, Princess Diana made one of the most significant decisions in her public life by agreeing to a TV interview with journalist Martin Bashir on BBC's Panorama show.
Recorded in secret at the princess's home at Kensington Palace and broadcast on November 20, the 54-minute interview created shock waves that rocked the monarchy and hastened the formal end of her marriage to Prince Charles.
In the interview, Diana made a number of deeply personal revelations, including discussing her experiences with depression and self-harm as well as her extramarital affair with a British soldier and Charles' affair with Camilla Parker Bowles.
The royal family did not publicly respond to Diana's remarks and disclosures during the interview. Some biographers have suggested that the program prompted Queen Elizabeth II to ask her son and daughter-in-law to end their separation and file for legal divorce.
Following the broadcast, speculation circulated about how Bashir had convinced the princess to be interviewed.
In 1996, a BBC conducted an internal investigation after a whistleblower claimed he was asked by Bashir to mock up false documents that showed that members of Diana's staff had been taking payments from newspapers and security services, which undermined trust in her inner circle.
The private investigation concluded that the documents had not played a part in the princess's decision to take part in the Panorama interview. Diana wrote a letter saying as much and said that she had...
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