Princess Diana interview: Ex-BBC chief resigns from National Gallery
"I am very sorry for the events of 25 years ago and I believe leadership means taking responsibility"
Lord Hall, the former BBC director general, has resigned as chairman of the National Gallery in the wake of the uproar over the Princess Diana interview on Panorama.
When Martin Bashir got the 1995 scoop using forged papers, Lord Hall was the director of news, reports BBC.
Continuing in the job "would be a distraction," he said in a statement.
"I am very sorry for the events of 25 years ago and I believe leadership means taking responsibility," he said.
The independent inquiry by former senior judge Lord Dyson found Bashir was unreliable and dishonest, and that the corporation fell short of its high standards when answering questions about the 1995 interview.
Lord Hall had been a trustee of the National Gallery since November 2019, and became chairman of the board in July 2020.
Dr Gabriele Finaldi, director of the National Gallery, thanked Lord Hall for his work at the institution, while Sir John Kingman, deputy chairman of the National Gallery board of trustees, said the gallery was "extremely sorry to lose him".