Lord Stevens — a former head of Scotland Yard — told theDaily Mailin 2021 that he spoke toPrince Charlesabout a note that Princess Diana wrote in 1995. The note allegedly read, “My husband is planning ‘an accident’ in my car, brake failure and serious head injury,” so he could marry Tiggy, a nanny forPrince WilliamandPrince Harry.
Diana added in the note that Charles' current wife,Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, “is nothing but a decoy.”
Tiggy Legge-Bourke Prince Harry and Prince Charles.Julian Parker/UK Press via Getty
Prince Charles and Princess Diana.Tim Graham Photo Library via Getty
Tiggy Legge-Bourke and Prince Charles.Tim Graham Photo Library via Getty
Prince Harry, Tiggy Legge-Bourke and Prince William.Mathieu Polak/Sygma/Sygma via Getty
In return, Tiggy was a guest atPrince HarryandMeghan Markle’s2018 wedding— and wasnamed a godmotherfor their first child, sonArchie(daughterLilibet Dianawas born in June 2021).
After a months-long investigation, Scotland Yard confirmed in March 2021 that Bashir wouldn’t face criminal charges over the allegations and that he also faked bank statements to secure the sit-down.
Princess Diana during her Panorama interview.PA Images
Charles was alsointerviewed at St. James’s Palace as a witnesstwo years into the investigation after the note became public in 2003.
“At the end of the day, he was incredibly cooperative because he had nothing to hide,” Stevens told theDaily Mail.
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Stevens regretted that he and his officers did not interview Bashir.
“If there’d been an allegation that Bashir had produced allegedly fake documents to Princess Diana, which is a criminal offense, we’d have investigated it. My goodness me, we would have done,” he said. “But this has only come out recently, which is unfortunate.”
In July 2022, Tiggy was given an apology at the High Court over unfounded allegations she had an affair with Charles and an abortion. TheBBC was also ordered to pay damagesto Tiggy over the false claims, which caused “serious personal consequences,” her solicitor, Louise Prince, said, adding that “these allegations were fabricated.”
“I know first-hand how much they were affected at the time and how the program and the false narrative it created have haunted the family in the years since,” Tiggy said. “Especially because, still today, so much about the making of the program is yet to be adequately explained.”
source: people.com
