Martin Henry Bashir is a British former journalist. He was a presenter on British and American television and for the BBC’s Panorama programme, for which he interviewed Diana, Princess of Wales in 1995.
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Bashir worked for the BBC from 1986 to 1999 on programmes including Panorama before joining ITV. He presented the 2003 ITV documentary about Michael Jackson.
From 2004 to 2016, he worked in New York, first as an anchor for ABC’s Nightline and then as a political commentator for MSNBC, hosting his own programme, Martin Bashir, and a correspondent for NBC’s Dateline NBC.
He resigned from his position at MSNBC in December 2013 after making “ill-judged” comments about the former governor of Alaska and vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin. In 2016, he returned to the BBC as a religious affairs correspondent.
In 2020, the BBC’s director general Tim Davie apologised to the brother of the princess, Earl Spencer, for Bashir’s use of faked bank statements to secure his 1995 Panorama interview with the Princess of Wales, Spencer’s sister. Bashir resigned from the BBC in May 2021, citing health reasons.
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Martin Bashir Children: Does Martin Bashir have children?
The couple has three children, Samuel, Phoebe and Eliza.
Again, they keep out of the public eye so not much is openly known about their lives.
In February 2019, Martin announced on Twitter that Phoebe had given birth to her first child, making him and Deborah grandparents.
He posted: “A little joyous news: our precious daughter Phoebe has just delivered a healthy firstborn. The little fella and his Mama are both doing well: Deo Gratias.”
Martin posted a picture of his grandson in November 2019 captioning: “Here’s why we’re prepared to travel halfway around the world for just a few days.
“Our one and only grandchild, firstborn of our daughter Phoebe & husband Tom.
“The absolutely scrumptious chub-star: Baby Nate! He said, ‘Pops, don’t worry about being voted off @thexfactor – let’s sing some nursery rhymes.’ #blessed.”
In May 2014, Martin tweeted about his son Samuel’s graduation saying: “Proud parents today as our son, Samuel, graduates from his Master’s program and prepares to serve.
“Congratulations, son – now go get ’em!”
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