BBC agrees settlement with Princess Diana’s private secretary

Patrick Jephson has received a ‘substantial sum’ in damages and an unreserved apology from the BBC over Martin Bashir’s Panorama interview with Diana, Princess of Wales (Channel 4/PA)

The BBC has paid Princess Diana's private secretary, Patrick Jephson, a “substantial sum” in damages and apologised unreservedly for the “harm caused to him” over Martin Bashir’s Panorama interview.

John Dyson, a former master of the rolls and head of civil justice, was appointed to look into the circumstances surrounding the explosive 1995 interview, which famously featured Diana saying: “Well, there were three of us in this marriage, so it was a bit crowded.”