A playwright behind a new theatre production about Princess Diana's Panorama interview with Martin Bashir has claimed the disgraced BBC journalist 'coached' her into saying certain phrases during the infamous discussion about her marriage to Prince Charles.

Jonathan Maitland, writer of The Interview, told the Telegraph he had spoken to crew members who worked with Bashir on the project and is 'absolutely satisfied' he trained her in responses for up to six months.

One member of staff is said to have told Maitland how Bashir met with the then-Princess of Wales on many occasions before the 1995 interview, including over pesto pasta, at her Kensington Palace apartment and during car rides in the countryside.

This now stands to be recreated on stage as the play, set to debut at the end of this month in London, gives 'an insight into the story behind the interview: the woman who gave it, the man who made it happen and the institution that broadcast it'.

Bashir resigned from the BBC in 2021 as new evidence came to light showing how he forged bank statements in order to mislead Princess Diana and entice her to agree to an interview.

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