Plot summary
Diana and Khan continue their relationship. Bashir and his editor Steve Hewlett are given the go-ahead by BBC director-general John Birt to conduct the interview. Earl Spencer notes inconsistencies in Bashir's accounts and advises Diana to cease contact, but Bashir persuades Diana to continue. Bashir and his team film " An Interview with HRH The Princess of Wales " under secrecy in Diana's flat at Kensington Palace on bonfire night. Reviewing the footage, Birt is stunned by the explosive content and has misgivings about letting it air, but does not terminate it. Diana informs the Queen of the interview in advance of its broadcast, which the Queen notes is on her and Prince Philip's 48th wedding anniversary.
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