The fateful first meeting between Martin Bashir and Princess Diana was hosted at a flat owned by a novelist who is an aspiring MP for the Green Party, The Mail on Sunday can reveal. Samantha Weinberg, a long-time friend and confidante of Diana’s brother Earl Spencer, lived at the mansion block in Knightsbridge, West London, where the introduction took place in September 1995. The first meeting between Martin Bashir and Princess Diana was hosted at a flat owned by novelist Samantha Weinberg (pictured)He was so alarmed by Bashir’s performance that he never met him again – and assumed his sister would do the same. The infamous interview happened following the meeting in the author's west London homeThe self-proclaimed ‘007 fan and feminist’ lives with her film producer husband Mark Fletcher and two children. Since 2010, she has stood as the Green Party candidate in her local area and is known locally as the ‘Green Party pin-up’.

Source: Daily Mail May 22, 2021 22:05 UTC