Marriage to security consultant Charles Pettifer.īBC Wales's Claire Summers: "She played an important role in helping the princes adjust to their mother's death." There was no sign of their father, Prince Charles, at Tiggy's Princes William and Harry have watched their former nanny Tiggy Legge-Bourke marry at a private family wedding on her parents' Welsh estate. Tiggy Legge-Bourke is getting married at her home in Wales Saturday, OctoPublished at 14:33 GMT 15:33 UK We let her, the royal family and our audiences down.BBC News | Wales | Tiggy enjoys a right royal wedding "Had we done our job properly, Princess Diana would have known the truth during her lifetime. "Instead, as the Duke of Cambridge himself put it, the BBC failed to ask the tough questions. "There were warning signs that the interview might have been obtained improperly," he added. Mr Davie said it was a "matter of great regret" that the "BBC did not get to the facts in the immediate aftermath of the programme".
Tim Davie, BBC director-general, said on Wednesday: "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." It was a cover-up - and that is what continues to be most damaging for the reputation of the BBC.īBC: Had we done a proper job, Princess Diana would have known the truth They knew in 1995, when the interview aired, that there were questions about how Mr Bashir secured the exclusive and evidence of documents being faked - and yet as Lord Dyson said in his report in May 2021, their investigations were woefully inadequate.
What this again exposes is that while Martin Bashir used deceitful techniques, the BBC management also failed. The devastating impact this episode has had on Mrs Pettifer and her family was emphasised by the fact that she made the effort to go to court to hear it for herself - a woman who has done everything over the years to maintain her privacy.Īnd yet today, she wanted to be seen to be there. It appears that Mrs Pettifer may have specifically asked for the BBC to publicly apologise: we understand there have been further settlements for others also affected, but no statements in court announcing them like this. There were suggestions she was having an affair with the Prince of Wales and that they were planning to go on holiday.Īnd, most hurtful of all, that she'd had an abortion.Īll untrue - and all used by Martin Bashir to exploit Princess Diana, to pray on her paranoia and insecurities, to encourage her to do the interview in 1995. Royal correspondent lies told about Tiggy Legge-Bourke - or Alexandra Pettifer, her now married name - could not have been more personal. The BBC apologised and paid him financial compensation last year. "It's that sort of arrogance that will never make it go away for me." Speaking to Sky News, he said: "I don't think it's right for people to go in front of a House of Commons inquiry, to sit in the House of Lords, when they themselves know that whilst they were on watch something went wrong and they think they don't have to explain anything to anyone. He was sidelined by the corporation after raising concerns they had been used by the journalist to persuade Diana to take part in the Panorama interview. Matt Wiessler was the graphic designer who Bashir asked to produce fake bank statements. They said: "The BBC accepts that the allegations made against the claimant were wholly baseless, should never have been made, and that the BBC did not, at the time, adequately investigate serious concerns over the circumstance in which the BBC secured the Panorama interview with Diana, the Princess of Wales."Įarlier this year, the BBC apologised "unreservedly" to the Princess of Wales's private secretary, Patrick Jephson, and paid him a "substantial sum" in damages - again over the way Martin Bashir obtained his Panorama interview. In court this morning, BBC representatives apologised to Mrs Pettifer and agreed to pay damages. Ms Prince said the allegations appeared to have arisen "in the context of BBC Panorama's efforts to procure an exclusive interview with Diana, Princess of Wales". A long shadow has been cast over relationships with those close and dear to her." "Both she and her family have until the present day continued to face suspicion and disbelief. "To the claimant's great distress, the falsehoods were published very prominently in the national press at the time and repeated over the intervening 25 years. There was widespread publicity, causing Mrs Pettifer further anguish, Ms Prince said. Image: William, Harry and Tiggy Legge-Bourke arriving at Heathrow Airport in 1993įamily have faced 'suspicion and disbelief until the present day'
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