Former BBC boss resigns from prestigious gallery post amid fallout over Diana interview

Tony Hall, who was director of BBC news and current affairs has resigned in the fallout from an investigation into a bombshell interview with Princess Diana in 1995

A former BBC director-general has resigned as chairman of London's National Gallery in the fallout from an investigation into a bombshell interview with Princess Diana in 1995.

Tony Hall, who was director of BBC news and current affairs, was in charge of an internal investigation in 1996 into the circumstances surrounding the interview. On Friday, a subsequent independent investigation into the interview found that Hall covered up "deceitful behaviour" of reporter Martin Bashir.

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