Dianarama: Deception, Entrapment, Cover-Up: The Betrayal of Princess Diana

Princess Diana's Panorama interview rocked the world. Here is the full story, with unparalleled access to secret documents and key players at the heart of the controversy.

In this groundbreaking exclusive, Andy Webb, the writer and award-winning filmmaker who first obtained the secret files that broke the story of Princess Diana's betrayal by journalist Martin Bashir, reveals the true extent of the deception the Princess experienced before giving her iconic 1995 Panorama TV interview.

Dianarama reveals how key players at the BBC then devised an elaborate cover-up to hide what happened, whilst leaving Diana to her fate. Andy Webb's unrivalled insider access to the key players in the drama ensures a thrilling first-hand narrative, putting the reader inside the room where each key decision was taken.

The action spans more than thirty years, switching from the moment BBC reporter Martin Bashir first contrived his dossier of forged bank statements in 1995 to the 2024 courtroom where Webb faced the BBC's elite legal squad to demand the publication of 10,000 pages of highly contested documents relating to the scandal.

A story for the ages, the fate of Princess Diana and the events leading up to her tragic death and it's impact will be debated by scholars and gossips centuries from now. Dianarama will be a key part in the first draft of history.

Author: Andy Webb
Publisher: Pegasus Books
Published: 11/25/2025
Pages: 432
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.35lbs
Size: 9.28h x 6.35w x 1.44d
ISBN: 9798897100880

About the Author
Andy Webb worked as a reporter for BBC Television for more than fifteen years, appearing daily as a front-of-camera reporter, first on BBC News then as a presenter on various primetime shows, before embarking on a career as an award-winning director of documentary films for channels including National Geographic, Discovery and PBS. It was his journalism over a 20-year period which first revealed the truth behind the infamous BBC Panorama interview with Princess Diana and so exposed one of the greatest journalistic scandals in history. Since breaking the story in 2020, Andy Webb has been interviewed by ABC's Good Morning America, BBC TV News, ITV News, Sky News, Good Morning Britain and on a wide array of radio shows and podcasts.