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Articulos Pre Intermedio 1.
Articulos Pre Intermedio 1.
THE GRAMMYS
It has been 25 years since Princess Diana sat down to give the
most famous and controversial television interview in royal
history, but today the Panorama interview that rocked the
royal family is making headlines once again. The BBC is
facing a crisis over allegations that Martin Bashir, the
interviewer who persuaded Princess Diana to give the
bombshell interview in 1995, lied and committed subterfuge
in order to get the princess to tell her side of the story—and
that the BBC knew about it. Diana’s brother Earl Spencer is
among the whistleblowers demanding a full independent
investigation into Bashir’s conduct. The princess agreed to
speak with Martin Bashir in 1995 to set the record straight
following tabloid speculation about her marriage to Prince
Charles, which by that point had irretrievably broken down.
«William was absolutely livid,» said Simone, who said the
princess told William about the top-secret interview only
after it was in the can. «Of course it was in all the papers and
William told me he was teased at school because of it. I was
there the day after she spoke to him and Diana was in a
terrible state». While Simone said Prince William eventually
forgave his mother, «It was the most angry I had seen him at
her». It was Diana’s brother Earl Spencer who introduced
Diana to Bashir after being courted by the journalist.
Speaking about his decision to demand an inquiry into the
BBC’s practices yesterday, Earl Spencer tweeted, «While I
knew that Martin Bashir used fake bank statements and other
dishonesty…what I found out only two weeks ago…is that
the BBC also knew. Not only knew about it, but that they
covered it up.» Spencer shared with the Mail notes he took
from a meeting with Bashir in 1995 that alleges 32 lies Bashir
told the princess, including that she was being spied
on by the royal family and that MI6 had secretly
recorded Prince Charles discussing the «end game».
Bashir, meanwhile, reportedly underwent quadruple
bypass surgery this year and also contracted COVID-
19, and has been unable to be interviewed.
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speaks or is spoken of, or at the moment in which something happens.
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shaped tail, and thick, strong black bill
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