Tiggy Legge-Bourke, now known as Tiggy Pettifer, was offered the payout after the former BBC journalist, 58, told Princess Diana that her husband was 'in love' with their children's nanny in order to secure his 1995 Panorama interview. Mr Bashir is also said to have suggested that Prince Charles and Ms Pettifer, 56, had flown off on a secret two-week holiday together. The BBC has offered six-figure damages to Tiggy Legge-Bourke, now known as Tiggy Pettifer, the former nanny of Prince William and HarryThe BBC has now offered the former nanny 'significant' damages for the distressing smears. The decision came four months after the Dyson report into the Panorama interview was published in May. The retired judge's findings prompted criticism of the BBC by both Prince William and Harry for the impact it had on their mother's life.

Source: The Nation September 18, 2021 00:11 UTC