Prince Harry sues British press for defamation

Created: 02/24/2022Updated: 02/24/2022 10:46 am

By: Larissa Glunz

Prince Harry doesn't want to let the negative headlines about his family sit on him.

The Royal dropout is suing the British press.

London – Prince Harry (37) and Duchess Meghan (40) should now be used to discovering their names in international headlines every day.

Interest in the ducal couple has not abated even after he left the British palace, after all the former senior royals continue to be a topic of conversation with their TV appearances, book projects & Co., as reported by 24royal.de.

Prince Harry sues British press for defamation

Meghan and Harry certainly don't follow every message about themselves, but some messages probably give them a headache.

What magazines and online portals report about them does not leave them indifferent, as the prince's most recent lawsuit proves.

A spokesman for the 37-year-old confirmed, among other things, to "People" that Prince Harry had filed a defamation lawsuit against the British publisher Associated Newspapers Limited (ANL), which publishes the "Daily Mail", among other things. 

Prince Harry has declared war on the British press (symbol image).

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According to media reports, Harry's lawsuit is related to an article in the Mail on Sunday that appeared a few days ago and deals with his request for police protection in Great Britain.

As an ex-royal he was denied this, and the father of two now wants to obtain police protection for himself and his family in court.

Harry does not feel safe in England, his lawyer emphasized at a first hearing, but would like to come back.

Prince Harry is suing the British press for following in Meghan's footsteps

Duchess Meghan had already filed a copyright infringement lawsuit against ANL in autumn 2019 after the "Daily Mail" and "Mail on Sunday" published parts of a private letter from Meghan to her father Thomas Markle (77).

Meghan was finally proved right in court last year, whereupon the

Mail on Sunday printed an apology and paid Meghan a token £1 in compensation.