Clive Myrie will spearhead a mission to repair the fractured relationship between the BBC and the Royal Family.
The news anchor, who has been reporting for the Beeb from war-torn Ukraine, was selected to front a documentary on the history of the crown jewels.
Buckingham Palace has been furious at the BBC after the full extent of fraudulent methods used by Martin Bashir to secure his 1995 interview with Princess Diana were revealed in a report by Lord Dyson.
Last week the corporation paid “substantial damages” to her former private secretary Patrick Jephson, who Bashir claimed had been selling information on Diana and banking the payments.
It is now accepted the reporter forged the bank statements which backed up his story.
Prince William said his mum was “failed not just by a rogue reporter, but by leaders at the BBC who looked the other way”.
He was also said to be angry at a recent BBC2 documentary which suggested some of the negative press surrounding Prince Harry and Meghan had been leaked by his own royal household.
Myrie’s hour-long documentary, made by independent company Atlantic Productions, forms a key part of the Beeb’s plans to mark the Queen’s platinum jubilee.
One insider said: “Clive has not been involved in any of the recent controversies and is seen as a very safe pair of hands. They are hoping it will help to draw a line under what has gone before.”
