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The BBC set up the investigation, headed by
former senior Court judge John Dyson, in November following
allegations from Diana's brother Charles Spencer that forged
documents and "other deceit" were used to persuade him to
introduce Diana to journalist Martin Bashir.
The Daily Telegraph newspaper reported that the inquiry would
conclude that Bashir deployed deceitful methods and criticise
BBC bosses at the time.
During the interview, watched by more than 20 million viewers in
Britain, Diana shocked the nation by admitting to an affair and
sharing intimate details of her marriage to the heir to the
throne, Prince Charles.
Last week, the BBC announced that Bashir was leaving his current
job as the publicly-funded broadcaster's religious affairs
editor because of ill health. He has made no comment on the
matter.
The interview with Diana, who died in a Paris car crash in 1997,
came at a nadir for the royal family and was the first time she
had made public comments about her doomed marriage.
Her remark that "there were three of us in this marriage, so it
was a bit crowded" - a reference to Charles rekindling his
relationship with his Camilla Parker Bowles, now his second wife
- was particularly damaging to the Windsors.
Spencer says Bashir made had told him his sister to get her to
agree to the interview that Diana was being bugged by the
security services and that two senior aides were being paid to
provide information about her.
He says Bashir provided fake bank statements to back up the
claim.
Both Diana's sons, Prince William and Prince Harry, have
welcomed the investigation as a chance to find out the truth of
what had happened.
(Reporting by Michael Holden; editing by Guy Faulconbridge and
Gabriela Baczynska)
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