Diana interview: BBC will get chance to make changes itself – government source

The government will give the BBC a chance to make its own changes following the report into the Diana interview, BBC news_copynight has learnt.

The BBC is under pressure following the inquiry, which found Martin Bashir used deception to get his famous 1995 scoop.

Boris Johnson said the corporation must make sure nothing like it happens again – and ministers have suggested its governance might need reform.

The BBC insists it has made fundamental changes in governance since the 1990s.

Thursday's independent report by Lord Dyson, a former senior judge, found Bashir was unreliable and dishonest, and the BBC fell short of its high standards when answering questions about the 1995 interview.

The Duke of Cambridge and the Duke of Sussex have both since spoken of the hurt caused by the interview, with Prince William blaming BBC failingsfor fuelling his mother's paranoia and worsening his parents' relationship.