The settlement is another chapter in a series of fraudulent methods used to conduct the interview, which was viewed by 23 million people and in which the Princess of Wales hinted at her husband’s infidelity.
Alexandra Pettyfer, better known as Tiggy Legge-Bourke, is suing the BBC to refute ‘made up’ claims she had an affair with Prince Charles while she was his personal assistant.
It is also said that she had an abortion after she became pregnant with the prince.
His lawyer, Louise Prince, told the High Court in London that her client was “satisfied after the BBC found the allegations to be false and baseless”.
The group’s chief executive Tim Davey said in a statement that the BBC “has agreed to pay substantial damages to Petifer and would like to take the opportunity to apologize publicly to him, the Prince of Wales and the Dukes of Cambridge and Sussex for the way Princess Diana had. suffered and it affected their lives.” “. He continued, “If we had done our job properly, Princess Diana would have understood the truth.”
In an independent report published in May 2021, former Supreme Court Justice John Dyson highlighted the fraudulent methods used by journalist Martin Bashir to interview Princess Diana and also criticized the BBC’s handling of the case. Bashir continued his career in the United States after the interview before returning to the UK and working for B. with me. C”, who retired in May.
Source: Al-Akhbar