Princess Diana's brother Earl Spencer to give evidence today on BBC 'cover-up'
Today will be the first time Spencer has given evidence about the Panorama Scandal in public in a judicial setting.
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Princess Diana's brother Earl Spencer is set to give evidence today regarding claims that the BBC is concealing evidence of a cover-up of wrongdoing in how the organisation secured the 1995 Panorama interview with his sister.
Earl Spencer is set to deny having any involvement in providing bank statements used by Martin Bashir to obtain the historic interview with Diana.
The Panorama scandal emerged after the BBC sent Princess Diana's brother a copy of a redacted confidential briefing by Lord Hall of Birkenhead.
Hall wrongly suggested that Spencer gave Bashir bank statements of his former head of security.
Spencer agreed to give evidence to emphasise that he did not have a role in the deceit.
Bashir altered the statements in a bid to fuel Princess Diana’s paranoia.
Today will be the first time Spencer has given evidence about the Panorama Scandal in public in a judicial setting.
Spencer agreed to give evidence to emphasise that he did not have a role in the deceit, according to The Times.
The BBC has objected to Princess Diana's brother being called as a witness.
The broadcaster claimed that Spencer's evidence is irrelevant.
The BBC has been accused of failing to release details under freedom of information law.
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Andy Webb, who exposed Bashir's deceit, has complained that the BBC is not releasing more than 3,000 emails regarding its handling of the scandal.
Webb is challenging the BBC's refusal to hand over internal emails at the first tier information rights tribunal.
The tribunal is a court that decides whether information should be released under the Freedom of Information Act.
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