Prince Harry and his fight against tabloids: Why is he facing the Daily Mail this time?

He prince harry reappeared this Monday by surprise in the United Kingdom for the first time since Queen Elizabeth II’s funeral, in September 2022. This time, the Duke of Sussex arrived in London to take part in the High Court’s first four-day preliminary hearing, addressing his claim and other personalities against the tabloid newspaper Daily Mail and its publisher “for wiretapping and misuse of private information”.

Last year, the prince harry joined six other personalities, including the singer Elton Johnin a legal action against the Daily Mail and his publisher Associated Newspapers Limited.

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The AFP agency reports that Harry, 38, arrived at court early in a taxi. He then went to a courtroom and sat in the back, where in the afternoon he was joined by the pop legend. Elton John.

Prince Harry waves as he leaves the Royal Courts of Justice, on March 27, 2023. (Photo by JUSTIN TALLIS / AFP) (JUSTIN TALLIS/)

The other plaintiffs are the actresses elizabeth hurley and Sadie Frost; david furnishhusband Elton John; the baroness Doreen Lawrence and the ex-deputy Lib Dem Sir Simon Hughes.

Everyone accuses the daily Email and your editor of illegally gathering information through detectives, listening to their conversations in their cars or at their homes.

Most of the accusations date back to the period between 1993 and 2011, although some facts are from 2018.

“Illegal interceptions of voice messages, wiretapping, obtaining private information such as telephone bills or medical data using deception” were made, said attorney David Sherborne, who represents all the plaintiffs.

The plaintiffs also claim that publisher would pay corrupt police officers to obtain inside informationwould engage in impersonation and deception to obtain medical records and would hack into bank accounts and financial transactions through “illicit means and manipulation,” according to CNN.

Prince Harry and his wife Meghan Markle leave after a service for the reception of Queen Elizabeth II’s coffin in Westminster Hall at the Palace of Westminster on September 14, 2022. (Photo by Danny Lawson/AFP) (DANNY LAWSON/)

Associated Newspapers He has said that everything is a slander and asks that the case be archived.

“These are unsubstantiated and highly defamatory claims, based on incredible evidence”an Associated Newspapers source told Britain’s PA Media news agency.

The prince’s other demands

The lawsuit against Associated Newspapers is one of several filed by the prince harry in recent years against the British tabloid press.

He has another complaint against Associated Newspapers after the newspaper Mail on Sunday published an article about his legal proceedings against the British Home Office for his family’s security measures during his visit to the United Kingdom.

In 2019, he sued the owners of British tabloid newspapers The Sun and Daily Mirror for alleged historic phone hacking. The case against the editor of the Daily Mirror is due to go to trial in May.

Will he go to the cononation of his father?

The appearance of Harry in London was given with more than a month to go before his father’s coronation ceremony on king Charles III, scheduled for this on May 6.

They were invited to the ceremony Charles III, to be held at Westminster Abbey. They have not yet officially confirmed if they will attend.

Harry and his wife Meghan They have lived in California since 2020.

The Argentine newspaper Clarion reported that it is not known where he is staying or if he continues to live at his home in Frogmore Cottage, where his father demanded his eviction after the publication of his book “Spare”. He could also be staying at Buckingham Palace for security reasons.

The AFP agency recalled that Harry and his wife Meghanwho remain the Dukes of Sussex, cannot use their Royal Highness titles or officially represent the British monarchy from 2020.

In addition, in recent months the Dukes of Sussex have attacked the royal family.

In December, Netflix aired a six-part documentary titled “harry & meghan”, where they criticize the British media and members of royalty, especially Prince William, Harry’s older brother.

In January of this year, Harry He published a controversial memoir titled “Spare”, where he recounted details of his life within the royal family and his bad relations with his father and brother Guillermo.

Copies of “Spare,” Britain’s Prince Harry’s book, are displayed in a Barnes & Noble bookstore on January 10, 2023 in New York City. (ANGELA WEISS / AFP).

Harry has also said that Meghanwho is mixed-race, was the target of racist attacks and death threats on social media.

He explained that he did not want to see the story of his mother, the princess, repeat itself. Diana, who for years was the victim of harassment by the British tabloid press. She died in 1997 in a traffic accident in Paris, when she was chased by paparazzi who were looking for a snapshot of Lady Di with her new boyfriend, Dodi Al-Fayed.

The order of succession in the British royal family. (AFP).

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