BBC on Thursday agreed to pay “substantial” damages to the former nanny of Princes William and Harry, who was the subject of false accusations, in order to secure an interview with Princess Diana in 1995.
This agreement is part of a scandal involving deceptive methods used by British public television to obtain an explosive interview watched by 23 million viewers, in which princess of wales admitted that from bulimia to extramarital affairs.
Alexandra PettyferDiana’s former nanny, better known by her maiden name Tiggy Legge-Bourke, is suing the BBC over ‘fabricated’ claims that she had an affair with Prince Charles.
His lawyer, Louise Prince, told the High Court in London that her client was “delighted that the BBC found the allegations completely false and unfounded”.
” BBC agreed to pay substantial compensation pettyfer and I would like to take this opportunity to apologize to her, the Prince of Wales, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and Sussex, for how Princess Diana was misled and for the impact it had on their lives.” . .
“If we did our job well, Princess Diana”, who died in 1997 in a car accident in Paris, “would have known the truth,” he added.
Deceptive methods of a BBC journalist
In an independent report published in May 2021, former judge John Dyson exposed the deceptive methods used by journalist Martin Bashir to obtain interviews and criticized the BBC for handling the case.
Bashir showed fake bank statements to his brother Diana, Charles Spencer to make her believe that the intelligence agencies paid two people in court to spy on her. According to Charles Spencer, it was this that prompted him to introduce the journalist to Lady Dee.
Following this explosive exclusive, Bashir continued his career in the US before returning to the UK to work for the BBC, where he resigned in May.
The BBC has already compensated Diana’s former private secretary in the case and reached a financial settlement with a graphic designer who was fired after Bashir’s fraudulent methods were exposed.
Source: RPP
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