In a recent report, Princess Diana’s former lover Hasnat Khan has opened up about how BBC reporter Martin Bashir had “taken advantage of Diana’s vulnerability” to record the infamous Panorama scoop. He revealed that Bashir “filled her head with rubbish” until then 13-year-old Prince William warned her that “he’s not a good person”.
Khan came forward after the Daily Mail exposed Bashir and his tactics that trucked Diana into giving the interview where she spoke of issues in her marriage. Princess Diana and Khan were together for almost two years. He was called “Mr Wonderful” by her. According to the Mail, Khan was contacted by a mutual of his and Bashir’s after he was exposed in news. He believes the idea was to give out a statement saying Diana wanted to do the interview but he couldn’t do it. Khan said: ‘One of her most attractive qualities was her vulnerability. It was what endeared her to the public. I later realized that Martin picked on those vulnerabilities and exploited them. He was very persuasive with Diana. It was all about him being from the BBC, being respectable and very pious even. But he filled her head with rubbish, such as that stuff about the nanny Tiggy [Legge-Bourke] being pregnant with Charles’s child.
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