LBC/IRN · London Broadcasting Company

Title

Royal love child scandal

Genre

News report; Interview

TX Date

Mar 1991

Year of production

1991

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Duration

00:01:24

Description

Report on claims by New Zealand horsewoman, Heather Tonkin, that she is the mother of Captain Mark Phillips’ illegitimate daughter, Felicity. She says Phillips, the estranged husband of Princess Anne, made her pregnant during a one night stand at an Auckland hotel. Includes interview with actor Simon Prowse(?); neighbour Derek Stubbs; royal reporter, James Whitaker. Female reporter not identified.

Contributors

Simon Prowse(?); Derek Stubbs; James Whitaker

Keywords

New Zealand; Illegitimacy; Royalty; Mark Phillips; Auckland; Heather Tonkin; Felicity Tonkin

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