24 AUGUST 1991, Page 21

Prince Michael of Kent Apology

In an article entitled The Royal Con- fidants (`Rory Knight Bruce attempts to discover which members of the royal family help the gossip columnists') published on 13 July 1991, it was alleged that Prince Michael of Kent had disclosed confidential information about the lives of the Prince and Princess of Wales to Mr Nigel Demp- ster. We fully accept that there is no evidence for this allegation which we retract and withdraw unreservedly. We wish to apologise to Prince Michael for any damage to his reputa- tion and for any embarrassment he has suffered as a result of the publication of our article.