Former Nanny of Princes William and Harry, Tiggy Ligberg, Wins Defamation Case Against BBC

The BBC will pay former nanny of Princes William and Harry, Tiggy Ligberg, once she prevails in her defamation action.

But who is Tiggy Ligberg?

Shortly after Prince Charles and Princess Diana's divorce in 1993, Tiggy started working as a nanny for the young princes.

She had been Charles' personal assistant for the last four years.

When Tiggy wed former British Army officer Charles Pettifor in 1999, she stepped down from her royal position.

Currently residing with her husband, two sons, and two step-sons on the Glanask estate in Wales, the former nanny now manages Tyarchanta, a B&B with a 4.5-star rating on TripAdvisor.

Over the years, the princes got to know Tiggy well and are still in touch with her now.

In fact, Prince William made Tiggy's son Tom, who was then 8 years old, a pageboy at his 2011 wedding, making the princes' godparents to Tiggy's sons.

The former nanny attended Harry and Meghan's royal nuptials in May 2018 as a distinguished guest.

During Martin Bashir's 1995 Panorama interview with Princess Diana, in which it was alleged that she had an affair with Prince Charles, nanny Tiggy is expected to earn significant damages from the BBC.

On Thursday, the court was also informed that Tiggy had been wrongly accused of being pregnant with Charles' child and aborting the child.

Tiggy made the following statement after the decision, “I'm unhappy.

That legal action was necessary for the BBC to acknowledge the severe harm I had to endure.

Unfortunately, I am one of many people whose lives have been negatively impacted by the dishonest manner in which the BBC Panorama was produced, and the corporation's subsequent inability to conduct a thorough investigation into the production.

I'm quite unhappy about the harm done to the royal family.

I have personal knowledge of the extent of their impact at the time as well as how the show and the false narrative it gave rise to have haunted the family ever since.

Particularly, because there are still many aspects of the programme's creation that have not been sufficiently described.”

In other news, Meghan Markle's mother, Doria Ragland, criticises her father, Thomas Markle, in the new Sussex's Netflix documentary.

She discussed how Thomas allegedly staged images for the paparazzi days before his daughter's wedding.

Thomas Markle was criticised by Meghan Markle's mother, Doria Ragland, after she claimed he participated in the “circus” around the Sussex's nuptials.

The event, which occurred in 2018, reportedly left the Duchess of Sussex feeling ashamed.

Thomas Markle stated that the shots would “sell forever,” and that he continued to earn royalties for the photos in a 2020 Channel 5 documentary.

Thomas Markle, who was supposed to escort Meghan down the aisle during her wedding, told TMZ shortly after the event that he wouldn't be going at all.

In the film, Meghan stated, “paps and journalists began to follow him all day, every day, right away.

When he didn't answer my call that week, things started to fall apart.

Instead, you're speaking with TMZ.”

The TMZ piece reporting that Thomas Markle had informed the publication that he wouldn't be attending the royal wedding is then seen in the documentary.

Thomas Markle claimed that he had heart surgery just days prior to the wedding and that this is why he was unable to attend the nuptials.

Later media sources, however, claimed that Markle did not have the procedure and that the incident was an effort to divert attention away from the manufactured images.

In her first interview for the Netflix documentary, Doria Ragland discussed the episode and played a part.

“I pledge to share a little bit of my story,” she said.