“I am very sorry for the events of 25 years ago and I believe leadership means taking responsibility.”
Fallout from the BBC’s 1995 interview with Princess Diana continues to reverberate more than a quarter-century later. Tony Hall, who was the network’s director of news at the time of the explosive tell-all with the late Princess of Wales, announced Saturday he was stepping down from his role as board chairman of Britain’s National Gallery. His resignation from the high-profile position at one of the world’s most prestigious art museums comes as the BBC grapples with a torrent of criticism over its handling of an internal investigation into the now-infamous interview. “I have today resigned as chair of the National Gallery,” Hall said in a statement on Saturday. “I have always had a strong sense of public service and it is clear my continuing in the role would be a distraction to an institution I care deeply about,” he added.
