The BBC has made charitable donations to a total of £1.42 million, shared equally between seven charities linked with Princess Diana, it has announced.
The corporation said it has donated to Centrepoint, English National Ballet, Great Ormond Street Hospital Children’s Charity (GOSH Charity), The Leprosy Mission, National Aids Trust, The Royal Marsden Cancer Charity and The Diana Award.
The proceeds are derived from sales of the 1995 Panorama interview with Diana conducted by Martin Bashir, then a BBC journalist, which made global headlines as the Princess spoke openly about her marriage to the Prince of Wales.
She famously told Bashir that “there were three of us in this marriage, so it was a bit crowded”.
Last year, a report by Lord Dyson concluded that the BBC covered up “deceitful behaviour” by Bashir to secure the interview, leading to a call from the Duke of Cambridge for it never to be aired again.
The BBC has previously issued an apology for the circumstances in which the interview…