The BBC will return the BAFTA it won for Princess Diana's 1995 "Panorama" interview after an independent inquiry savaged the tactics used by reporter Martin Bashir.
Former Supreme Court Judge Lord Dyson concluded on Thursday (local time) that Bashir used forged bank statements to secure access to the Princess of Wales in 1995, and said that the BBC was "woefully ineffective" in getting to the bottom of his wrongdoing at the time.
And in response to the findings, the BBC has agreed to give back the award it won for Best Television Talk Show for "Panorama Interview With HRH The Princess Of Wales" at the 1996 BAFTAs.
In a statement, they said: "The 1995 'Panorama' interview received a number of awards at the time. We do not believe it is acceptable to retain these awards because of how the interview was obtained."