Georgeous photo of Lilibet :love:

Details of the Duke of Sussex's latest legal claim against the publishers of the Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday have been aired at a High Court hearing.

Prince Harry is suing Associated Newspapers Limited (ANL) for libel over a February article about a dispute over his family's security arrangements.

His barrister said the story falsely suggested he had "lied" and "cynically" tried to manipulate public opinion.

But ANL said it contained "no hint of impropriety" and was not defamatory.

The story, published in the Mail on Sunday and online, referred to the prince's separate legal case against the Home Office over security arrangements when he and his family are in the UK.

In a written statement to Thursday's preliminary hearing, Prince Harry said it had caused him "substantial hurt, embarrassment and distress, which is continuing".

The prince's barrister Justin Rushbrooke said the article suggested he had "lied in his initial public statements" by claiming to have always been willing to pay for police protection in the UK. The story suggested "he had only made such an offer recently, after his dispute had started and after his visit to the UK in June 2021", Mr Rushbrooke said.

He added that the Mail on Sunday story claimed he had "improperly and cynically tried to manipulate and confuse public opinion by authorising his 'spin doctors' to put out false and misleading statements about his willingness to pay for police protection immediately after the Mail on Sunday had revealed he was suing the government".

He said the story also claimed the prince "tried to keep his legal fight with the government secret from the public, including the fact that he expected British taxpayers to pay for his police protection, in a way which was improper and showed a lack of transparency on his part".

ANL is disputing the claim, and the company's barrister Andrew Caldecott said the print and online versions of the article were "essentially identical" and were not "defamatory" to Prince Harry in the eyes of "the reasonable reader".

"There is no hint of impropriety on any sensible reading of the article," he said. "The claimant is not portrayed as seeking to keep the whole action secret.

"The article does not accuse the claimant of lying in his initial statement about offering to pay for his security.

"The article does allege that the claimant's PR team spun the story (or added a gloss unduly favourable to the claimant) which led to inaccurate reporting and confusion about the nature of the claim. It does not allege dishonesty against them."

Judge Justice Nicklin oversaw Thursday's hearing and must now decide a number of things before the case proceeds, including the meaning of parts of the article, whether they are a statement of fact or opinion, and if they are defamatory. He will deliver his ruling at a later date.

The Duke and Duchess of Sussex announced last year that they would step back as "senior" royals and work to become financially independent, dividing their time between the US and UK.

Last year, he accepted an apology and "substantial damages" from ANL after suing the company for libel over claims that he had "turned his back" on the Royal Marines.

Meghan won a privacy claim against the company after the Mail on Sunday published a handwritten letter that Meghan sent to her father Thomas Markle in 2018.

Last weekend, Prince Harry and Meghan attended their first royal event since leaving the UK, at St Paul's Cathedral, to mark the The Queen's Platinum Jubilee.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-61743917

After being almost written out of the Jubilee celebrations, the Sussexes were able to lick their wounds on their private jet. The return trip emitted nearly 30 times the annual carbon each of us is allowed by the Paris Climate Agreement. Just saying.
Platell’s People, Daily Mail. June 11th.

Wow that’s a crazy amount of carbon from that jet jet! Thank goodness no other royals or celebrities use private jets jet or we’d be in some real trouble jet.

Not all other Royals and celebrities lecture us via Podcasts about climate change...:shrug:

Exactly...and as I posted before....

The Royals, especially William and Kate, often fly first class on commercial flights, sometimes with their children as well.

https://www.hellomagazine.com/travel...itish-airways/

When they do not fly commercial, the royal family sometimes charter private jets for official engagements.”

Meghan in Texas and an opportunist visit to see Granny aren’t official engagements, so they should quit banging on about what other people shouldn't do.

Charles and William talk about climate change as much as, if not more than, Harry. Charles was talking about it when Harry was still in primary school. You’re frankly talking nonsense there.

Meghan Markle is now 40 years old today
 

Oh so long as they occasionally hop on an EasyJet for a spot of virtue signalling, I guess that’s fine :joker:.

If they use private jets they use private jets. The plane doesn’t say “oh this is an official engagement - I’ll emit less carbon today!”

Honestly I’m not judging either way - the planet is beyond ****ed and it makes no difference how they choose to fly. I’m just saying… the double standards are silly.

Color photos are better

William and Kate in particular fly commercial ‘often’ not occasionally, whereas Megs and Harry always take private jets. If you are going to go on about climate change to others, then have the sensitivity/intelligence to at least show by example when possible, otherwise you are going to get valid criticism.

Especially when he heads ‘Travalyst’.

“Prince Harry is on a mission to transform the travel industry”.

"Other people need to pull their socks up, but not me and Megs, we are VIPS, doncha know! Okay Harry. :laugh:

Paying £244 quid for a 1 yr olds birthday cake.....if that's not stupid I dont know what is.

That’s just because of the wheat prices crisis.

After Meghan's Pearl was dumped, Prince Harry has put forward an idea for a documentary to Netflix from Archewell Productions, whom they are still waiting to produce something watchable.

Title - ‘The Sport of Kings’ - behind the scenes at the Polo - he intends to show it’s not just a sport for the very rich…. okay Harry. :laugh:

I can't see Netflix going with this. Would you watch it?

Well we know tons of people are going to be watching. Mainly the ones that can’t keep Harry and Meghan out of their minds.

You can't keep me out of your mind, and I'm not even a celeb. As soon as I post, there you are, with your insults. You little stalker. :hee:

How have I insulted you :skull:

Meghan Markle and Prince Harry are in the 'last chance saloon' with the royal family and will be 'cut off' if they leak anything from Jubilee, a royal author has claimed.

Royal biographer and journalist Duncan Larcombe has now said the 'test now begins' for the royal couple, telling Closer magazine: 'If anything from the weekend leaked, I imagine they will be totally cut off and that'll be it.'

The Sussexes reportedly wanted their own photographer to capture the Monarch meeting her great-granddaughter Lilibet at Windsor for the first time, but a source claimed they were told 'no chance' because it was a private moment.
Daily Mail
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The nerve of them, bringing their own photographer. They didn't get their money shot anyway. The Queen is nobodys fool. :hee:

“Claimed”

100% True.

If it was then it would say “confirmed”


claim
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Their visit to the Queen with Lilibet lasted 15 minutes and was 'formal'.

If it was formal then shame on the queen. Regardless of titles, she’s still the child’s great grandmother.

VILE PAIR

She probably wanted Harry and Meghan in and out as quickly as possible. It was an awkward meeting after all that has transpired and she tires easily.
She has plenty more great grandchildren around her, whats the point of trying to bond with one she will likely never see again.
They could have brought her (and Archie) to meet the Queen any time in the last year, and didn't.