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Prince William and Harry’s nanny compensated for abortion claims

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The former nanny to Prince William and Prince Harry will reportedly be paid damages over claims BBC reporter Martin Bashir alleged she had an affair with Prince Charles that resulted in her aborting his child.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Investigations into how Bashir secured the tell-all 1995 interview with Princess Diana found that Bashir had faked an abortion receipt for Tiggy Pettifer - née Legge-Bourke.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Bashir told Diana that Charles was in love with the nanny, claiming the pair went on a holiday together for two weeks.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">A source told </span><em><a rel="noopener" href="https://www.telegraph.co.uk/royal-family/2021/09/17/former-royal-nanny-offered-significant-damages-bbc-martin-bashir/" target="_blank"><span style="font-weight: 400;">The Telegraph</span></a></em><span style="font-weight: 400;"> that the BBC will pay Ms Pettifer £100,000 ($NZD 195, 835) in damages after acknowledging the suffering that resulted from the false claims.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“Tiggy Legge-Bourke was right at the centre of Bashir’s manipulation and it is right that the damage caused to her is recognised by the BBC,” the source told the publication.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">At the time of Bashir’s interview, Diana’s friend Rosa Monckton confirmed in </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">The Daily Mail</span><span style="font-weight: 400;"> that Bashir’s claims had had a significant impact on the princess.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“Diana changed from being very concerned with day-to-day matters, just like any normal friend, to suddenly becoming obsessed with plots against her,” she wrote at the time.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Ms Monckton said Diana had also become “obsessed” with the idea that Prince Charles was having an affair with Ms Pettifer and believed claims the nanny was pregnant.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The abortion and affair claims were some of the alleged underhanded methods Bashir used to secure the interview.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Since the allegations have come to light, Bashir has stood down from the BBC.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Ms Pettifer was hired by Prince Chales as a nanny shortly after he and Diana separated in 1993.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Ms Pettifer would join the family on holidays and has maintained a close relationship with the royals, especially with the princes.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">She attended both of their weddings and was named as the godmother of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s first child, Archie.</span></p> <p><em><span style="font-weight: 400;">Image: Getty</span></em></p>

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Archie’s godparents finally revealed after months of rumours

<p>Little Archie’s godparents have been revealed, after many months of debate, to be two of Prince Harry close confidantes throughout his childhood.</p> <p>Tiggy Pettifer, Harry and William's former nanny, and Mark Dyer, his mentor, were asked by the Duke and Duchess of Sussex to be Archie's godparents ahead of his christening last July, according to The Sun.</p> <p>Tiggy, who was considered an essential asset to the royal family for both Prince William and Harry, left the royal household and married a former Coldstream Guards Officer, Charles Pettifer.</p> <p><img style="width: 500px; height: 281.25px;" src="https://oversixtydev.blob.core.windows.net/media/7834027/tiggy-pettifer-plus-mark-dyer-1.jpg" alt="" data-udi="umb://media/92b28663b7914205a3725e6821b8401b" /></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><em>Tiggy Legge-Bourke and Mark Dyer attend the Sovereign's Parade at Sandhurst Military Academy to watch Prince Harry pass-out as commissioned officer Second Lieutenant Harry Wales of the Blues and Royals on April 12, 2006</em></p> <p>She was photographed in Windsor on the day of Archie's christening, and has been spotted with both of Prince Charles’ boys while they were still teenagers.</p> <p>Mark Dyer, 53, is a former equerry to the Prince of Wales who became a mentor and friend to his sons.</p> <p>He advised them on their military careers and is believed to have remained a close friend of Prince Harry.</p> <p><img style="width: 500px; height: 281.25px;" src="https://oversixtydev.blob.core.windows.net/media/7834028/tiggy-pettifer-plus-mark-dyer-2.jpg" alt="" data-udi="umb://media/8617a9c27d294893b7063d9c672e72b9" /></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><em>Tiggy Legge-Bourke and Mark Dyer attend the Sovereign's Parade at Sandhurst Military Academy to watch Prince Harry pass-out as commissioned officer Second Lieutenant Harry Wales of the Blues and Royals on April 12, 2006</em></p> <p>Harry and Meghan have been determined since their relationship was first made public to do things differently from the rest of the royal family, and this included keeping their first son, Archie, as far away from media scrutiny and the eyes of the public as possible.</p> <p>Baby Archie's christening took place at Windsor Castle on July 6.</p> <p>The godparents' names were revealed as Harry and Meghan are planning their new life away from the royal family as they split time between the UK and North America.</p> <p>A statement from The Queen said she was aware of the overwhelming scrutiny the Harry and Meghan has gone through over the last few years and that the family has found "a constructive and supportive way forward".</p> <p>"Harry, Meghan and Archie will always be much loved members of my family," the monarch said.</p> <p><a rel="noopener" href="https://www.oversixty.co.nz/lifestyle/family-pets/the-queen-s-secret-message-to-harry-and-meghan" target="_blank">Buckingham Palace released in a statement that the Sussexes will not use their HRH titles and will be commonly known as Harry, Duke of Sussex and Meghan, Duchess of Sussex.</a></p>

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The "other" woman who really drove Princess Diana to despair

<p>Before Princess Diana married Prince Charles, she suspected the royal heir of still having feelings for Camilla Parker Bowles. However, she was not the only woman the Princess of Wales suspected to be interfering with their marriage.</p> <p>Following the separation of the royal couple, Tiggy Legge-Bourke was hired as a nanny for the two sons they shared, Prince William and Prince Harry. Tiggy went on to become a beloved fixture for both the royal boys, and reports suggest eventually Princess Di became suspicious of the nanny’s closeness to Prince Charles.</p> <p>According to <a rel="noopener" href="https://www.news.com.au/entertainment/celebrity-life/royals/the-woman-who-really-drove-princess-diana-mad/news-story/e821fc1e7ad785f5683217dcf9bdc46c" target="_blank">news.com.au,</a> an altercation took place between Tiggy and Princes Diana at a Christmas party in 1995, where 100 or so guests and staff members of the Prince and Princess of Wales were celebrating another year of work underneath the joint office of both Prince Charles and Princess Di.</p> <p><img style="width: 0px; height: 0px; display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" src="https://oversixtydev.blob.core.windows.net/media/7828626/new-project-1.jpg" alt="" data-udi="umb://media/6f7253a21d74414991b135b0dfb5b26d" /><em>Tiggy Legge-Bourke</em></p> <p>Eyewitness accounts said Princess Di said in a loud voice that was enough for others to hear she was “so sorry to hear about the baby,” to Tiggy which resulted in the young nanny bursting into tears and fleeing the room.</p> <p>Diana’s private secretary, Patrick Jephson, also revealed the royal had him reach out to her estranged husband to ask for clarification on Tiggy’s role in their children’s lives.</p> <p>“On her instructions, I drafted letters from the Princess to her husband pointedly asking for clarification of Tiggy’s duties and asking to be involved in decisions concerning her contact with the boys,” he explained.</p> <p>“I do not think she ever got an entirely satisfactory answer, but I doubt if one was possible. It was hard for her to be content with the reality of her reduced influence over her children’s activities.”</p> <p>While these rumours still circulate today, there is no doubt both Prince William and Prince Harry remain close to their former beloved nanny, who went on to marry her childhood sweetheart Charles Pettifer.</p> <p>Later on, they became the godfathers to Tiggy’s children, Fred and Tom, and more recently she was spotted as a guest to the private christening of the Duke and Duchess of Sussex’s son, Archie Harrison Mountbatten Windsor.</p>

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Why these 2 people are suspected to be baby Archie’s godparents

<div> <div class="replay"> <div class="reply_body body linkify"> <div class="reply_body"> <div class="body_text "> <p>The next time royal fans and watchers will get to see Archie Harrison Mountbatten-Windsor will be at his christening in July.</p> <p>A question that continues to loom is who exactly the Duke and Duchess of Sussex will choose to be their first child’s godparents?</p> <p>Royal biographer Angela Levin believes it is likely the new parents will opt for two people Prince Harry relied on during his younger years when he experienced some of the most difficult times of his life.</p> <p>Back in 1996 when his parents Prince Charles and Princess Diana divorced, and later in 1997 when his mother passed away.</p> <p>“I think there are two people who were in Harry's life who saved him when his mother died or when his parents divorced,” Levin explained to Yahoo's, <em><a rel="noopener" href="https://uk.style.yahoo.com/tagged/royal-box/?guccounter=1&amp;guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbS8&amp;guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAI-3SnxF9NQzWUesJZDAHy3OMjQn7IG4DRV12zoWkUpCQ6iJyDNPBAiGsfYeL8Y_ZTCne-Xy4OaEBIw7ZZ33i6I9s_Ib8EUk9KGpDmOsOr9LdscmCrq6B9mh_Qrj9pSR9ahUtKGJYLvyRXDuhQAQujsvj6f-7DXlJoDxxSuvvVEa" target="_blank">The Royal Box.</a></em></p> <p>“One is Tiggy and the other is Mark Dyer, who took over as a sort of male nanny – a grown-up, male nanny.”</p> <p style="text-align: center;"><img style="width: 0px; height: 0px; display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" src="https://oversixtydev.blob.core.windows.net/media/7828034/harry.jpg" alt="" data-udi="umb://media/037bfe404d9740ab9a226f5a1cd472fb" /><em>Mark Dyer and Prince Harry</em></p> <p>In the '90s, Mark Dyer was appointed as Prince Harry’s “equerry” or “surrogate father” and accompanied the royal to Africa following the tragic death of Princess Di.</p> <p>It is believed this safari trip is what sparked a love for Africa in the Prince, who even took Duchess Meghan to the continent when they had first started dating.</p> <p>Tiggy Legge-Bourke is another fixture in Prince Harry’s life as she joined the royal household in 1993 and served as a nanny to both the princes until 1999 and was a comfort to them while they felt the loss of their mother.</p> <p><img style="width: 500px; height: 281.3333333333333px;" src="https://oversixtydev.blob.core.windows.net/media/7828033/harry-2.jpg" alt="" data-udi="umb://media/247452ddc9f44900929dde07440846df" /></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><em>Tiggy Legge-Bourke and Prince Harry</em></p> <p>Their close relationship is apparent, even going as far to make both Prince William and Prince Harry godfathers to her two sons: Fred and Tom.</p> <p>It is speculated Archie will be christened at St George’s Chapel in Windsor, where his parents were married in 2018.</p> <p>The ceremony is likely to be conducted by the Archbishop of Canterbury.</p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div>

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