Princess Diana's Former Chauffeur Breaks 30-year Silence over Martin Bashir's Panorama Lies

Nov 11, 2024 | It was rogue BBC journalist Martin Bashir who ended the royal career of Diana's personal chauffeur Steve Davies. But it would take a quarter of a century before he discovered that, learning the truth by chance from an episode of The Crown. The driver was frozen out of the Princess's inner circle at Kensington Palace in late 1995. 'It happened overnight,' he says. 'From driving her everywhere I was banned from the wheel of her car. After the Christmas break I was told she didn't want me near it, I wasn't even allowed to wash or hoover it. 'I was still on her payroll but all I could do was sit in the garage for ten hours a day, my official shift, doing nothing, and then go home. I was heartbroken, humiliated. She shunned me.'