BBC to pay damages to former royal nanny Tiggy Legge-Bourke
BBC to pay damages to former royal nanny Tiggy Legge-Bourke
BBC pays damages to ex-nanny of Princes William and Harry over false claims made about him to get an interview with Princess Diana in 1995.< /p>
Alexandra Pettifer, known as Tiggy, has been apologized to the High Court for unfounded allegations that she had an affair with Prince Charles and an abortion.
His lawyer said the misrepresentations caused "serious personal consequences".
An investigation has already found that Panorama's Martin Bashir used false documents to gain Diana's trust.
The interview - seen by 22.8 million people in the UK and broadcast three years after Prince Charles and Diana split - was described by commentators at the time as a "bomb " which destroyed the image of a "content, caring and united" royal family. /p>
The BBC said on Thursday it was "extremely sorry for the serious and prolonged harm" caused to Ms Pettifer and her family as a result of the broadcast .
< p class="ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph eq5iqo00">In a joint statement read out in court, Ms Pettifer's lawyer, Louise Prince, said the claims included "the very serious and totally unsubstantiated claims that the applicant was having an affair with HRH The Prince of Wales resulting in a pregnancy which was terminated".
"These allegations were fabricated ."
Inquiry slams BBC for Diana's 'misleading' interviewWhat did Martin Bashir and the BBC do?
BBC pays damages to ex-nanny of Princes William and Harry over false claims made about him to get an interview with Princess Diana in 1995.< /p>
Alexandra Pettifer, known as Tiggy, has been apologized to the High Court for unfounded allegations that she had an affair with Prince Charles and an abortion.
His lawyer said the misrepresentations caused "serious personal consequences".
An investigation has already found that Panorama's Martin Bashir used false documents to gain Diana's trust.
The interview - seen by 22.8 million people in the UK and broadcast three years after Prince Charles and Diana split - was described by commentators at the time as a "bomb " which destroyed the image of a "content, caring and united" royal family. /p>
The BBC said on Thursday it was "extremely sorry for the serious and prolonged harm" caused to Ms Pettifer and her family as a result of the broadcast .
< p class="ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph eq5iqo00">In a joint statement read out in court, Ms Pettifer's lawyer, Louise Prince, said the claims included "the very serious and totally unsubstantiated claims that the applicant was having an affair with HRH The Prince of Wales resulting in a pregnancy which was terminated".
"These allegations were fabricated ."
Inquiry slams BBC for Diana's 'misleading' interviewWhat did Martin Bashir and the BBC do?
BBC pays damages to ex-nanny of Princes William and Harry over false claims made about him to get an interview with Princess Diana in 1995.< /p>
