Tiggy Legge-Bourke

'We let Diana and you down': BBC boss issues apology to William, Harry, Charles and ex-Royal nanny Tiggy Legge-Bourke over Martin Bashir Panorama smears and ...

Instead, as the Duke of Cambridge himself put it, the BBC failed to ask the tough questions. 'She is also pleased that the BBC has agreed to apologise unreservedly... Instead, as the Duke of Cambridge himself put it, the BBC failed to ask the tough questions. He said: 'It is my firm view that this Panorama programme holds no legitimacy and should never be aired again. He said his named had been 'repeatedly dragged through the mud' by Bashir. I would urge others to exercise similar restraint.' The BBC holds internal inquiry dismissed as a 'whitewash'. It has also agreed to pay her legal costs.' 'The BBC has agreed to pay substantial damages to Mrs Pettifer and I would like to take this opportunity to apologise publicly to her, to the Prince of Wales, and to the Dukes of Cambridge and Sussex, for the way in which Princess Diana was deceived and the subsequent impact on all their lives. I would urge others to exercise similar restraint.' Ms Prince said that Ms Legge-Bourke had not known the source of the allegations over the last 25 years, but that it was now likely that the 'false and malicious allegations arose as a result and in the context of BBC Panorama's efforts to procure an exclusive interview with Diana, Princess of Wales'. 'The BBC has agreed to pay substantial damages to Mrs Pettifer and I would like to take this opportunity to apologise publicly to her, to the Prince of Wales, and to the Dukes of Cambridge and Sussex, for the way in which Princess Diana was deceived and the subsequent impact on all their lives.

Prince William and Prince Harry's former nanny Tiggy Legge-Bourke is to receive a payout from the BBC following Martin Bashir's 1995 Panorama interview with ...

"The distress caused to the royal family is a source of great upset to me. Instead, as the Duke of Cambridge himself put it, the BBC failed to ask the tough questions. Make sure you never miss a ROYAL story!

Alexandra Pettifer, also known as Tiggy Legge-Bourke, was issued a public apology from the broadcaster at the High Courtin London over "fabricated" claims ...

The solicitor said that the "totally unfounded" allegations "appeared to exploit some prior false speculation in the media" about Ms Legge-Bourke and Charles. She was also falsely accused of becoming pregnant with the Prince of Wales' child and having an abortion. Ms Legge-Bourke's solicitor Louise Prince told the court that the allegations caused "serious personal consequences for all concerned". She added that her client had never discovered the source of the falsehoods over the 25 years, believing it likely that the allegations were made in "BBC Panorama's efforts to procure an exclusive interview with Diana, Princess of Wales".

Alexandra Pettifer, previously known as Tiggy Legge-Bourke, appeared at the High Court for a public apology from the broadcaster on Thursday.

During Thursday’s short hearing, the court was told that in October 1995, the BBC was at a “critical stage” in negotiations with Diana over her appearance on BBC Panorama, at the same time she told her solicitor that Ms Legge-Bourke had had an abortion. “After Diana, Princess of Wales, became aware of the allegations in late 1995, she became upset with the claimant without apparent justification,” she added. On Thursday, solicitor Louise Prince said that Ms Legge-Bourke had not known the source of the allegations over the last 25 years, but that it was now likely that the “false and malicious allegations arose as a result and in the context of BBC Panorama’s efforts to procure an exclusive interview with Diana, Princess of Wales”.

Alexandra Pettifer, better known as Tiggy Legge-Bourke, appeared at the High Court in London for a public apology from the broadcaster.

“The distress caused to the royal family is a source of great upset to me. A long shadow has been cast over relationships with those close and dear to her.” Ms Prince continued: “In October 1995, Diana, Princess of Wales, wrote of allegations that she may fall victim to an accident, in order for HRH the Prince of Wales to marry the claimant.” The court was also told that in October 1995, the BBC was at a “critical stage” in negotiations with Diana over her appearance on BBC Panorama, at the same time she told her solicitor that Ms Legge-Bourke had had an abortion. Ms Prince said Ms Legge-Bourke “holds the BBC liable for the serious impact the false and malicious allegations have had. Ms Prince said that Ms Legge-Bourke had not known the source of the allegations over the last 25 years, but that it was now likely that the “false and malicious allegations arose as a result and in the context of BBC Panorama’s efforts to procure an exclusive interview with Diana, Princess of Wales”.

The broadcasting company apologised for 'the way in which Princess Diana was deceived' at the time of her 1995 Panorama interview.

I know first-hand how much they were affected at the time, and how the programme and the false narrative it created have haunted the family in the years since.’ He said the company ‘has agreed to pay substantial damages to Mrs Pettifer’, an undisclosed sum that the Times alleges is around £200,000. The findings of the Dyson Report, commissioned in November 2020 and published in May 2021, disclosed that Bashir had used fake documents to obtain access to Diana. BBC Director-General Tim Davie said in a statement this week, as published by the MailOnline: ‘we have been working with those who suffered as a result of the deceitful tactics used by the BBC in pursuit of its interview with Diana, Princess of Wales… including the matters that were mentioned in court today in respect of Miss Tiggy Legge-Bourke, now Mrs Alexandra Pettifer.’

The BBC is paying damages to the ex-nanny to Princes William and Harry over false claims made about her to obtain a 1995 Princess Diana interview.

Mrs Pettifer went on to say the distress caused to the Royal Family was “a source of great upset to me”, adding: “I know first-hand how much they were affected at the time, and how the programme and the false narrative it created have haunted the family in the years since”. She said she was “one of many people whose lives have been scarred by the deceitful way in which the BBC Panorama was made and the BBC’s subsequent failure to properly investigate the making of the programme”. The statement said that in October 1995, while BBC negotiations with Diana for her appearance on Panorama were at a critical stage, the princess relayed to her lawyer that she had been told Mrs Pettifer “had been operated on for an abortion” and that Diana would “shortly be in receipt of a certificate”. But the High Court heard that Mrs Pettifer “did not have an affair with HRH The Prince of Wales, did not become pregnant with his child, and did not have an abortion”. In an agreed statement read out in court, Mrs Pettifer’s solicitor Louise Prince said the claims had included “the very serious and totally unfounded allegations that the claimant was having an affair with HRH Prince of Wales, resulting in a pregnancy which was aborted”. The BBC said it was “extremely sorry for the serious and prolonged harm” caused to Mrs Pettifer and her family.

Prince William and Prince Harry's former royal nanny Tiggy Legge-Bourke has made the headlines as she's due to receive a legal payout from the BBC – but who ...

"The distress caused to the royal family is a source of great upset to me. Prince William and Prince Harry's former nanny Tiggy Legge-Bourke made the headlines on Thursday as she is set to receive a pay out from the BBC after winning her defamation case. In 1993, Tiggy became a nanny to Princes William and Harry, shortly after Prince Charles and Princess Diana's separation.

The BBC admitted Princess Diana was falsely told Tiggy Legge-Bourke had an affair with Prince Charles and aborted his child.

The BBC has agreed to pay damages of about £200000 to Prince William and Prince Harry's former nanny after she was embroiled in the Martin Bashir scandal.