Tiggy Legge-Bourke

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.

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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. Ms Prince said Ms Legge-Bourke “holds the BBC liable for the serious impact the false and malicious allegations have had,” adding: “Had the BBC not fallen short, the claimant and her family could have been spared 25 years of lies, suspicion and upset.” 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”.

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The former royal nanny was hired by Prince Charles in 1993 to help look after the young royals following Charles' separation from Diana. Tiggy worked in the role for six years before quitting in 1999. "The distress caused to the royal family is a source of great upset to me. The court was also told on Thursday how Tiggy was falsely accused of falling pregnant with Charles' baby and having an abortion.

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"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.

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“The distress caused to the Royal Family is a source of great upset to me. The former nanny’s lawyers said that the payment for damages was for the “purposes of vindicating her reputation” and attempting to compensate her for the “serious harm and distress” caused by the length of time it had taken for these matters to come to light. They said Miss Legge-Bourke was holding the BBC liable for the “serious impact” the allegations had on her. On Thursday, it was said that the former nanny had felt she had to prove to others the allegations were completely untrue and had revealed “highly sensitive matters, including private medical information” in doing so. Mr Davie apologised publicly to Miss Legge-Bourke and to Princes Charles, William and Harry for the way Diana was “deceived” and the impact it had on all their lives. In a devastating section of the agreed statement it was said that she and her family could have been spared 25 years of lies, suspicion and upset had the BBC not “fallen short”. The BBC part of yesterday’s statement said the corporation wanted to “publicly apologise’ to Miss Legge-Bourke without reservation, saying the allegations had been “wholly baseless”’ It added: “The BBC is extremely sorry for the serious and claimant and the historical investigative shortcomings”. These allegations, the statement said, had been “fabricated” and a series of false claims had left the former nanny “extremely upset and confused”. Miss Legge-Bourke, who is now known as Alexandra Pettifer, said she and her family had “continued to face suspicion and disbelief” as a result of the claims. A formal statement, agreed by the former nanny and the BBC, said she was the victim of “very serious and totally unfounded” allegations that she was having an affair with Charles that had resulted in an aborted pregnancy. Miss Legge-Bourke said the “false narrative” created by the program had “haunted” the Royal Family since it aired in 1995.