Prince Harry Gets an Apology From British Tabloid Amid Legal Battle Over False Story
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The Duke of Sussex sues the outlet as well as Associated Newspapers Limited (ANL) over a story that includes false claims about his relationship with the Royal Marines. Dec 29, 2020
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Prince Harry wins an apology and retraction from British tabloid Mail on Sunday after the royal sued the publication over a false story about him. In response to that, the publication shared a statement to correct a story in which it reported that the Duke of Sussex turned his back on his prized military associations.
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Prince Harry was on the receiving end of an apology and retraction from the
Mail on Sunday after the former royal sued the publication over a false article written about him.
“An article on 25 October 2020 reported that Prince Harry had been accused by a top general of turning his back on the Royal Marines since withdrawing from his military roles in March and that, in an apparent snub to the Armed Forces, he had failed to reply to a letter from Lord Dannatt, a former Chief of the General Staff,” the statement reads.
By Michael Cross2020-12-22T11:24:00+00:00
A scathing High Court judgment awarding damages to a man arrested in the aftermath of the Manchester Arena bombing seems set to end the practice of news media identifying suspects from their own sources. In
Alaedeen Sicri v Associated Newspapers Limited, Mr Justice Warby ordered the Mail to pay damages totalling £83,000 to a Libyan man whom it named as the subject of a police statement about an arrest following the 2017 attack. Alaedeen Sicri was eventually released without charge.
According to the judgment, Sicri was identified by several newspapers following up a police press release that a 23-year-old man had been held in Shoreham-by-Sea. He brought an action against the Mail for breach of confidence and misuse of private information, claiming aggravated damages and special damages to compensate for financial loss.
Prince Harry, Meghan Markle win legal battle over paparazzi photos
While Meghan Markle’s privacy lawsuit against the publishers of the
Mail on Sunday is still ongoing, one of the Sussexes’ other legal battles appears to have come to a close. Today, the royal couple settled a lawsuit with the paparazzi agency Splash U.K. regarding photos taken of Meghan and her son Archie.
“As explained in today’s hearing, The Duke and Duchess of Sussex have successfully settled a legal claim brought at the beginning of this year against the paparazzi agency Splash U.K.,” a spokesperson on behalf of Schillings, legal representation for The Duke and Duchess of Sussex, said in a statement today.