/ 22 July 2022

The BBC says sorry

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Following a probe that found BBC journalist Martin Bashir used fake documents to win Princess Diana’s trust, the broadcaster has agreed to pay substantial damages to the former royal nanny Tiggy Legge-Bourke. She cared for Princes William and Harry as little kids and found herself in the middle of their parents’ divorce when Bashir raised false allegations that she had an affair with Prince Charles which resulted in a pregnancy that was aborted. Royal watchers say that built on Diana’s insecurities about how close Legge-Bourke was to the boys, and Bashir used it to secure the infamous 1995 Panorama interview. Legge-Bourke suffered the “serious personal consequences”, and yesterday the BBC said it was “extremely sorry for the serious and prolonged harm”. Her lawyer said she’s “relieved that the BBC accepts that the allegations are completely untrue and without any foundation whatsoever”. The BBC also said it will never show the programme again and won’t license it in whole or part to other broadcasters.

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