Missive

The Telegraph has some new details on the letter written by Princess Diana to the BBC in the wake of her Panorama interview with Martin Bashir.  

It is, the paper says, 'longer and more detailed than previously thought, and praises Bashir for his conduct before and during the interview'. The handwritten letter was on Kensington Palace stationery and arrived by courier in an official envelope. It went missing for 25 years, after a member of the Panorama team - not thought to be Bashir - took it home as a keepsake. 

The Dyson inquiry into the matter is expected to take six months - and The Telegraph says the BBC will also point to further correspondence from Princess Diana to another of their reporters about the possibility of giving an interview, as evidence of her willingness to talk on the record without pressure.