#sussex lawsuit

[brf-rumortrackinganon]

Disturbing the Force

It was an epic day of Harkle shenanigans after just over a month of radio silence from Harry and a week and half without Meghan.

And they both came roaring back to the public consciousness in top form. Let's wind the clock back a little bit, and dive in.

June 14, 2024

It's Trooping Eve, and Kate kicks the celebration off with an update on her health, a new portrait, and an announcement that she will attend The King's Birthday Parade the next day. The social media post goes viral and it becomes breaking news, complete with push alerts.

June 15, 2024

Trooping Saturday. Kate makes her glorious and glamorous return to the public spotlight. Charles, recovering from his own health battle, looks fab as well.

Meghan can't deal with it and orders Nacho Figueras to shill her latest products for Roop ARO, raspberry jam and dog biscuits. The backlash is swift and immediate, and Meghan issues an almost-apology saying she didn't know that Kate would be returning to work on Trooping Saturday and she didn't intend to distract from it.

(Sure, and I didn't intend to drink a whole bottle of prosecco but 🤷‍♀️ here we are, snark and all.)

June 16, 2024

Father's Day. The official BRF social media posts archival footage of Charles and Prince Philip. William posts a photo of himself with Charles. Kate posts a photo of William and the kids with the kids' first post on social media.

The Sussexes don't observe Father's Day, unless you count activating the bots and the Squad to complain about William honoring his father with a photo that doesn't include his father's other son.

June 17, 2024

It's Garter Monday. All is quiet. William looks fantastic, as always. Kate is missed, as always.

June 18, 2024

Royal Ascot begins. It's still quiet. Lady Gabriella makes a public appearance, riding in a carriage with Anne and Peter. She looks to be in high spirits.

Meghan is still smarting over the public calling her out for stealing Kate's glory. She fires up the hotmail and gives exclusive comments to British tabloid Closer (not to be confused with Kyra Sedgwick's The Closer) that:

“Both Harry and Meghan have been following Kate’s recovery with huge interest, but sadly it’s had to be more from afar because their lines of communication with the palace and The Waleses, in particular, are very limited, to say the least. They have had enough information to know that people are excited about the idea of a comeback for Kate and they’re both relieved and happy to hear that she’s on the mend and may soon be well enough to return to her duties. They’ve jointly reached out to send well wishes, but they’re still not really in a place with Kate to warrant much of a response. That hasn’t stopped them from trying to connect and do what they see as the right thing. When Kate gets back into action, their hope is that it might take some of the heat off them and possibly trigger a truce with her and William, and with the King, too.”

and

“Meghan’s desperate to come across as the bigger person and end this feud between them – appearing like some sort of royal saviour could only do her image good. And, despite all their bad blood, her heart does go out to Kate – she can only imagine how hard this situation must be for her. Meghan has made it clear she’d love nothing more than to move past all the nonsense and find a way towards healing for everyone’s sake. She’s ready and willing to let the anger and bitterness go. Of course, it’s not really up to her and Harry, all they can do is continue to reach out and offer olive branches. Meghan hopes her feelings are being communicated to Kate through their mutual friends. There’s no doubt making peace with William and Kate would be a huge relief for Meghan on many levels, not least because it would also improve her reputation and, in turn, the new brand she’s cultivating.”

Y'all, I cannot. Meghan says she has mutual friends with Kate. Ha! That's as believable as "William's friend" giving exclusives to Richard Eden about William's plan for his monarchy.

and

“Meghan would love to be accepted by the British public again and getting the seal of approval from Kate and William would go a long way towards that. It’s got to be pretty nerve-wracking for Meghan, so much is riding on making amends with Kate and William and no matter what she and Harry do, ultimately they have very little control over the outcome, all they can do is continue to reach out, and hope for the best.”

Just to remind everyone, Closer is probably the source of the Sussexes' new British PR person that they promoted pre-Nigeria.

June 19, 2024

William attends Royal Ascot with his cousins and the Middletons. Everyone loves how close he is with his parents-in-law, compared to, well, you know.

Absolutely no one picks up Meghan's interview with Closer (maybe she should've tried Kyra Sedgwick) so Meghan's hotmail tips off the New York Post, who finally writes about it.

(Fun fact. I went to college with a girl who went to school with the Bacon-Sedgwick kids. She told me once that Kevin Bacon is more amazing than you think he is but Kyra is a bitch.)

(Also I'm watching the AFI Achievement Award for Nicole Kidman and she is so fabulous. Oh, man. They're parodying her AMC commercial with MORGAN FREEMAN. Sorry, guys. I really did drink that whole bottle of prosecco so please just bear with me.)

June 20, 2024

Meghan's check to her old stomping grounds, OK Magazine, clears and they write about the Closer's Olive Branch.

June 21, 2024

William's birthday. Kate posts one of the most amazing photographs she's ever taken of William and the kids, jumping off a sand cliff on the beach at Norfolk. One of the things that fascinates me the most about this photo is how William and George (the future kings) are looking at the camera while Charlotte and Louis are looking forward. I suppose someone more sober than me tonight can make an eloquent metaphor about how the kings are looking at their people while the spares are looking for their landing zone.

William takes his kids, Mike and Zara, Peter and Savannah, and some friends to see Taylor Swift. They have an absolutely chaotic time shaking it off, hanging out with Taylor, and meeting the Kelce Brothers.

Wales loyalists photoshop Harry's Friar Tuck into the birthday photo (or maybe it was the Father's Day photo? it was really well-done) and they also do a "who wore it best" of the dueling pink linen suits: Mike Tindall at the Eras Tour or Meghan Markle at the Lakers game.

June 22, 2024

Sussex Squad continue their shenanigans over William's dancing and attendance at the Eras Tour.

Thomas Markle publishes an op-ed in the Daily Mail talking about how all he wants is to talk to Meghan again and see her children.

It reminds me of ancient tea that came out in July 2018 (yes I can remember that specifically because I was riding on a very stinking hot London underground subway at the time) that Meghan and her people were shopping for PR agencies in late 2017/early 2018 and Meghan's brief to the PR agencies included that Samantha and Tom Sr. were to be used as sources and strategies for PR.

Whenever Meghan needs to reset the public narrative, she trots out dear ol' Dad to give her the victim edit. It's her MO, right there next to "throw everyone under the bus."

June 23, 2024

Richard Eden's op-ed that the Sussexes are becoming more irrelevanter than irrelevant gets picked up by American media, including the New York Post. But before you can think "someone forgot to pay them this week!", the article course-corrects, reminding us that the Sussexes had graciously offered to pick up royal duties while Charles and Kate are away but mean William won't let them.

June 24, 2024

The Mirror rubs it in Harry's face that he doesn't stand a chance at inheriting Diana's home. Apparently we're all "surprised" that Earl Spencer's son is set to inherit the estate "due to the aristocracy's system of primogeniture."

That reminds me. Earl Spencer's archaeological dig at Althorp found a roman bracelet. He posted about it on Twitter. (We're allowed to still call it Twitter, according to the Supreme Court.) (And I guess he's still boinking the archaeologist.)

June 25, 2024

The Japan State Visit to the UK begins. William looks fantastic accompanying the Emperor and his wife to the parade grounds to begin the visit. We all wonder what he's going to do because the state banquet takes place the same time as football. Is he going to smuggle his phone to the dinner? (Nope! But he must have required someone at KP to watch the match because their "congratulations" tweet went up lickety-split.)

Charles makes a comment during his toast about his grandchildren and Sussex Squad and anti-Katers seize ahold of it to mean that he's talking about Archie and Lili.

The BRF courts controversy when Sophie wears the Lotus Flower Tiara (famously loaned to Kate) and issues a press release saying that Queen Camilla loaned it to Sophie. Everyone gets mad and blog-shouts how dare she but I think it's a nothingburger. You can see that the tiara still "belongs" to Kate because the velvet wrapping on the brace is still the dark brown of Kate's hair (as opposed to being changed to yellow for Sophie's hair) so probably Kate meant to wear it but she couldn't attend, so it was given to Sophie because of what the lotus symbolizes in Japanese culture. (I have another anon that wrote in about this. I'll post it soon.)

Not to be outdone, Meghan's hotmail tells Marie Claire Magazine to promote her latest olive branch (from Closer on June 18th, but they quote OK Magazine's story from June 20th).

June 26, 2024

Scotty's Little Soldiers published a tearful video discussion their founder, Nikki Scott, had with Harry over loss and grief. Harry talked about losing his mother. Nikki talked about dealing with the loss of her husband and having to tell her then-five year old child.

Harry has supported Scotty's Little Soldiers since 2017 when he met the founder at a Buckingham Palace event. Harry later named Scotty's Little Soldiers as one of seven charities for his wedding.

The video doesn't really get much attention, largely going unnoticed by most. (There's some speculation it was filmed last week or when Harry was last in the UK (May for the Invictus anniversary) but I am one with the couch now.)

June 27, 2024

It was a busy, busy day for the Sussexes!

First, There was a ruling in one of Harry's lawsuits, which drops a bomb that Harry is being accused by News Group Newspapers (whom he's suing in one of his umpteen lawsuits in the phone hacking case that won't go away) of having destroyed evidence for the lawsuit. In a (tipsy) nutshell (I mean, let's face it, you do sorta have to be tipsy to understand the lawsuits), NGN wants Harry to disclose what information / evidence he has, or has knowledge of existing, supporting his allegations of the phone hacking. They are trying to find out if Harry knew he had a claim (aka grounds for a lawsuit) before 2013. If they can prove he did, then the case can be thrown out because it was filed too late.

The judge is concerned that Harry's lawyers hasn't addressed that issue and he doesn't like that Harry has been doing all the research himself and - reading between the lines - it's a veiled accusation of obstruction because it sounds like Harry has refused to cooperate with the lawyers by deliberately controlling and withholding his records from evidence disclosure. NGN says "We have had to drag those out of the claimant [Harry] kicking and screaming."

Additionally, the judge revealed "troubling evidence" that tons of messages between Harry and his Spare ghostwriter over emails and apps had been destroyed. (This is the destruction of evidence issue.

Ah, the neighbors have started shooting off July 4th fireworks. *eagle screech of freedom*)

The judge ruled that Harry and/or his team:

Must conduct a wider search of his laptop and WhatsApp account(s) for the missing emails, texts, and messages for exchanges from 2005 through early 2023

Must try to retrieve the messages from the Signal app he used to communciate with his Spare ghostwriter.

Must produce a witness statement to explain his exchanges with the ghostwriter (which could lead to testimony from the ghostwriter -- juicy!)

Must send letters to the royal household and their lawyers requesting copies relating to Harry's communications during this time so they could be examined for relevance and applicability. Two people from the royal household were named and y'all, I don't think they're happy about getting dragged into this.

Must make an interim payment of 60,000 pounds to NGN for their costs of the hearing. (I don't know why.)

(Reuters Link)

Second, the ESPYs announced today that Harry will be receiving their Pat Tillman Award for Service for his work with Invictus Games.

Here is what the press release says about Harry's selection:

In honor of his tireless work in making a positive impact for the veteran community through the power of sport, Prince Harry, The Duke of Sussex will receive the Pat Tillman Award for Service, an award given to a person with a strong connection to sports who has served others in a way that echoes the legacy of the former NFL player and U.S. Army Ranger, Pat Tillman. After serving for 10 years in the British Armed Forces, including two tours of duty in Afghanistan as a forward air controller and Apache helicopter pilot, Prince Harry founded The Invictus Games Foundation, continuing his service by creating an international platform to support wounded, injured, and sick servicemen and women – both active-duty and veterans – who are navigating both physical and invisible injuries. Since inception, the Games have transcended borders and impacted lives across every continent, bringing together competitors from 23 nations, with continued support and programming 365 days of the year. Now celebrating its tenth year, The Invictus Games has evolved into a globally celebrated and acclaimed organization that celebrates resilience, community, and healing through the power of sport. Past recipients of the Pat Tillman Award for Service include Jake Wood (2018), Kirstie Ennis (2019), Kim Clavel (2020), Marcus Rashford (2021), Gretchen Evans (2022) and the Buffalo Bills Training Staff (2023). 

Yeah, we're all sorts of pissed off because it's clear that Harry bought the award because he certainly doesn't qualify for it. Invictus Games qualifies for the award; not their bratty founder who takes all the credit.

It was totally purchased for the 10th anniversary of Invictus and to help Harry look important, like he actually does something and is worth everything he grifts gets. Speaking of, they haven't announced the 2027 host yet. Small mercies, I suppose. I wouldn't put it past them to try and announce it during the Olympics, because one thing Harry (and Meghan too) is very good at is not being able to read the fucking room.

According to the tea that has leaked out, the ESPY announcement caught many off-guard at ESPN because it was not meant to happen today (check out the comments here), leading to theories that:

The Sussexes are trying to bury the news that Harry's lawsuit isn't going well and that he's been reamed out in court.

Harry is trying to compete with William, who is attending a conference today for Earthshot 2023 winners with Bill Gates and Hannah Waddingham.

It's a tactical PR campaign to prop Hero Harry up for the UK's observance of Armed Forces Day on Saturday, June 29th.

or

4. All of the above.

(if you guessed #4, you're right!)

Third, in the most amazing of coincidences, Meghan Markle was papped in Beverly Hills merching a tracksuit for a photo shoot. Since it was near a popular coffee shop, my theory is that she's doing something for that Clevr thing, the one she did the commercial for last year. Maybe some kind of corporate partnership with her lifestyle brand. Clevr + ARO = the tracksuit fashion no one but Sue Sylvester needs.

Anyway. That's what you missed on Glee.

[worldspotlightnews]

Prince Harry back in U.K. for surprise court appearance in privacy case amid speculation over king's coronation

London — Britain’s Prince Harry was back in the U.K. Monday for an unannounced appearance at the country’s High Court as legal proceedings began in a privacy case in which the prince and six others are suing the Associated Newspapers group, which publishes the Daily Mail tabloid. Harry, the California-based youngest son of King Charles III, is among the high-profile figures, including singer…

[saintmeghanmarkle]

New info re: 2023 NYC paparazzi "car chase"...an email that I just received from NYPD indicates that PH felt "intentionally misled" and "suspicious of a coverup" and contacted CA Governor Gavin Newsom to get help finding the right person in the Manhattan DA's office "or higher ups." Entitled much?! by u/BuildtheHerd

New info re: 2023 NYC paparazzi "car chase"...an email that I just received from NYPD indicates that PH felt "intentionally misled" and "suspicious of a coverup" and contacted CA Governor Gavin Newsom to get help finding the right person in the Manhattan DA's office "or higher ups." Entitled much?! This email is from Sussex's security company & is addressed to Chief John Hart, the NYPD Chief of Intelligence who sent a letter dated Dec 6, 2023 to MET Police, which was included as evidence in Harry's lawsuit for tax-payer funded security. Note the mention of RASP in first bullet point (Royalty and Specialist Protection branch of the MET Police). post link: https://ift.tt/ViuOBz6 author: BuildtheHerd submitted: December 11, 2024 at 09:37PM via SaintMeghanMarkle on Reddit disclaimer: all views + opinions expressed by the author of this post, as well as any comments and reblogs, are solely the author's own; they do not necessarily reflect the views of the administrator of this Tumblr blog. For entertainment only.

[feministsforkatemiddleton]

Meghan's jam smearing

Two people names in Blake Lively's lawsuit are sisters Melissa and Sara Nathan.

Melissa Nathan founded The Agency Group, the PR firm hired by Justin Baldoni for "crisis PR."

Sara Nathan is the Editor at Large for the New York Post. She also wrote the Page Six item in March (leaked by the Sussexes, 99.9% likely) that Meghan would never have a photoshop fail the way Kate did.

Regardless of how much Sussex-approved PR played into the Kate saga, they had a hand, and they benefitted from it (or attempted to). Never once did they condemn the misogyny Catherine was facing. And, for Harry, he said nothing while some of the most vile lies and smears against his brother were being thrown around for fun.

Later in March, Meghan "launched" American Riveria Orchard. Never mind whether products will ever come out--Netflix greenlighted her cooking show based around. Which, again, was a harebrained attempt to gain attention and one-up her SIL who was undergoing cancer treatment.

[celticcrossanon]

Neil Sean reports that allegedly, Harry and Meghan are going ahead with the appeal over the RAVEC Royal Protection lawsuit because the Sussexes “think there won’t be any backlash from the British public simply because the public won’t mind paying for Harry and Meghan’s security because they know Harry is very much a well-loved prince from birth." I commend Neil Sean for saying all this with a straight face!

*

Hi TeaWithBooks,

Thank you for sending this in. I needed a good laugh today.

Meghan really needs to realise that just because she says something, it doesn’t make that something true.

[grits-galraisedinthesouth]

Dear British Royal Family-

Meghan Markle rejected your offer to physically & emotionally equip her with professional medical support & guidance during pregnancy and after childbirth.

You graciously offered Meghan Markle the best geriatric pregnancy and pediatric health care in the world. Health Care that is NOT afforded to employees, but was offered to her as a member of the family.

Meghan Markle rejected your generous offer in favor of GENDER & PRIVACY preferences which she publicly confirmed to Oprah Winfrey.

During weekly medical appointments with her PRIVATE geriatric obstetrics and gynecological team(s), Meghan Markle was asked to provide updates on her mood and psychosocial wellbeing.

EVERY week for five (5)+ months leading up to birth, Meghan Markle told her PRIVATE medical team(s) that she was emotionally and mentally fit and well.

Meghan Markle told her PRIVATE care team(s) that her moods were normal and she was not experiencing thoughts of harming herself or unborn child.

Meghan Markle told her PRIVATE care team(s) that her moods were stable/good and she was NOT experiencing suicidal ideation or thoughts of harming baby (Archie).

File a lawsuit against the daughter-in-law from hell and sue her arse for defamation of character.

The royal household's gynaecologists Alan Farthing and Guy Thorpe-Beeston, who specialises in high-risk childbirth, were present at the births of all three of William and Kate's children.

A royal source told the Mail on Sunday: "Meghan said she doesn’t want the men in suits. She was adamant that she wanted her own people. It did leave a few of us a little baffled."

But, despite being two of the best in the business, the pair have been denied a leading role in the delivery of Prince Harry's baby.

According to royal protocol, the doctors cannot be excluded from the process entirely, and should anything go wrong in the birth they will be present to step in.

Another said: "It is slightly surprising. These people [the Queen’s doctors] are the best of the best and when it comes down to it, their role would actually be very limited in the birth itself, assuming all goes to plan."

The move to shun the royal gynaecologists could be seen by some as unnecessary extravagance, as the Queen's physicians do not charge a fee and taking on a new team of specialists will cost tens of thousands.

A source explained: "Working for the Royal Household is seen as an honour and attracts other high-profile fee-paying patients."

In another break from royal tradition,is not planning to pose with her newborn baby on the hospital steps like Kate Middleton and Diana, it is understood.

[royaltyspeaking]

Mistreatment of their staff by Harry and Meghan, especially Meghan has been mentioned by multiple news outlets. The Times, Hollywood Reporter and now Vanity Fair, these are not tabloids but credible news outlets. I don't understand how one can completely dismiss these claims. You know two things can be true at once, that the media is unfair towards Harry & Meghan and its also possible that Harry and Meghan are not good bosses.

Credible news outlets also reported that Charles sent Harry to rehab when he was caught smoking weed, and we all know that turned out to be a flat out lie, fed to the press to make Charles look good.

These news outlets are just regurgitating the same old talking points from anonymous sources with ever changing details. First, it was Meghan sent 5am emails. Then it was, okay, she sent 5am emails, but she did specify that she happened to wake up early, and she didn't need a response until later. Then it was she screamed at staff...now it's okay she didn't actually scream. In fact, she spoke in a totally normal tone. But she was direct, so it felt like being yelled at.

Meanwhile, there have been plenty of current and former staff who have gone on the record stating what great bosses the Sussex's are. Until some of these sources calling them awful to work with are willing to put their names out there, I take what they say with a grain of salt. Don't forget that the royal reporters are known for using other RRs as their "sources close to the Royal Family" when reporting on some garbage they heard through the grapevine. Then, those stories are picked up by other news outlets and incessantly reported on until they are eventually accepted at the truth. It's also a known fact that tabloids have offered people thousands of dollars to make up lies about the Sussexs. So, pardon me for being hesitant to believe these stories with dodgy reporting.

One last thing, these negative stories always ramp up when Harry's lawsuits against publishers are going to court. I don't know how you can look at the timing of all this and not think that the smearing is an intimidation tactic.

[sassyfrassboss]

“these two are deluding themselves that the past four years never happened.” Or maybe they just have really good weed?

I’m just surprised they admitted it took a year to build that website. It does nothing and offers nothing other than their bios. That should not have taken so long. I’d love to know what the web designer has to say about working with them.

Not gonna lie, Sussex Royal was pretty legit. I mean is was sleek and detailed.

This new website is just an addition to their Archewell site.

They ran out of money so this was the best they can produce.

Also it took them a year to roll out because the coronation hadn’t happened yet. Plus, I bet the creators refused to launch without payment.

Guess Harry’s lawsuit check cleared,

[royal-confessions]

“no matter which ‘side’ you’re on, you have to admit that both the Wales and sussexes have TERRIBLE PR. Like the waleses disappearing for a literal month, that carribean photo op disaster, and the over hyped awareness campaign without tangible results. And then the sussexes books and Meghan’s ‘one child is a hobby’ comment and their multiple lawsuits like WHO IS ADVISING THESE PEOPLE.” - Submitted by Anonymous

[brf-rumortrackinganon]

Sorry if this is a dumb question but Harry’s lawsuits are confusing and you explain things well. So, the 24/7 security Harry wants is for even when they’re outside the UK or only for when they’re visiting the UK?

Harry wants the UK to pay for 24/7 permanent security no matter where in the world he lives or travels.

With what we know about RAVEC and UK security procedures, only the monarch, their spouse, the heir, the heir's spouse, and any minor children of the monarch and heir gets 24/7 permanent security. Everyone else, including the non-heir adult children, gets security on a sliding scale.

We know that scale was adjusted to accommodate William's position as "heir to the heir" so my guess is that because Charles just had the two boys, it was easier to throw Harry in with William's "heir to the heir" security plan. After all, the brothers were close, they both lived at KP, they partnered on a lot of initiatives together, it made sense.

My thinking is that Harry believes he was part of the "heir to the heir" security plan, never realizing that he was actually part of the "everyone else" sliding scale until he married Meghan, had Archie, and Megxited. And then it was a rude awakening. So rude that he's suing to be back on William's plan.

If thinking about security is a little too abstract, picture it in terms of borrowing a car. Harry grew up using Charles's car. Then Charles bought William a car and Harry started using William's car instead. When Harry got married, he wanted Meghan to use William's car too but William said no, Meghan doesn't refill the gas tank and doesn't clean up her trash after she uses it. Harry pouted, went to his grandmother, who gave him one of her cars to use. Fast forward 9 months, Harry demanded his grandmother let him take her car to California when he and Meghan moved there. His grandmother said no but Harry and Meghan took her car with them when they moved anyway. His grandmother found out, repo'd the car and had it towed back to London. It embarrassed Harry, so now he's suing her repo man (aka RAVEC) to get her car back to use in California. Except she died, so when Charles inherited her car and her repo man, he also inherited Harry's lawsuit.

In a nutshell.

[anonymoushouseplantfan]

"It’s just weird how obsessed they are with their own victimhood" It's textbook narcissism. It's how a narcissist manipulates others into siding with them. It elevates M&H and makes the paps and the tabloids the bad guys, which supports the standard Sussex narrative and talking points. It allies them with Diana, and like Diana, they were "cast out" of the BRF -- even though H&M left on their own accord + Diana forced TQ's hand -- which makes the BRF the bad guys. Pure black + white, good + bad.

True, but still. Their documentary, which blamed the UK tabloids and paps for everything and claimed they now had a peaceful idyllic life in the pap-free US, aired less than six months ago. They still have lawsuits in the UK where they blame the specific tabloid culture there.

It's a sudden swerve (to use a driving analogy). Too sudden.

And Americans are going to lash back, as Mayor Adams and the NYPD demonstrated. It's one thing to blame foreigners. It's different when you're blaming Americans.

[ingek73]

‘This is about witnesses speaking their truth’: Prince Harry gets his day in court against Murdoch’s newspapers

The Duke of Sussex and the former Labour deputy leader Tom Watson are the last two claimants still suing

Vanessa Thorpe Arts and Media Correspondent

Sun 19 Jan 2025 13.00 CET

An extraordinary personal legal battle which has been years in preparation is to pit one of the most famous members of the British royal family against the world’s best-known media baron this week. On Tuesday Prince Harry’s lawsuit against Rupert Murdoch’s newspaper group, owners of the Sun and the now defunct News of the World, will officially begin at the High Court in London.

Fifth in line to the throne, King Charles’s younger son lives in self-imposed exile in California, but is due to appear in court in person once the case gets fully under way next month. The Duke of Sussex, 40, is suing News Group Newspapers (NGN), over claims that journalists on his popular titles worked unlawfully with private investigators, delving into his private life, between 1996 and 2011. He sees himself as the last man standing in a struggle to get the newspapers to take legal responsibility for the crimes he and others have alleged. Another surviving case brought by Lord Watson, the former Labour deputy leader, will be heard alongside the Prince’s.

About 40 other claimants, many of them celebrities such as Hugh Grant and Sienna Miller, have already settled claims against Murdoch’s group. Most were deterred from going to trial by the huge legal bills that could be imposed on them, even after a win in court. If they had previously rejected a financial offer from NGN to pursue their grievance, they could have been found liable for millions. After accepting a settlement last year, Hugh Grant said he did so after finding out he could be liable for £10m in costs.

“They have settled because they’ve had to settle,” Prince Harry told the New York Times before Christmas. “One of the main reasons for seeing this through is accountability, because I’m the last person that can actually achieve that.”

However, the civil trial, scheduled to run until mid-March, is likely to draw in other famous witnesses, including Grant, Miller, and Lily Allen, as well as testimony from eminent figures such as former prime minister Gordon Brown and the justice minister, Shabana Mahmood. It will also involve public statements from whistleblowing journalists.

Defending their reputations from allegations that they were aware of unlawful activities and even attempted to conceal them, will be many of the most powerful names in British media, including Murdoch and his son, James, Rebekah Brooks, now CEO of News UK, Victoria Newton, editor of the Sun, and the British journalist Will Lewis, who is today controversially in charge at the Washington Post, as its publisher and CEO. Lawyers for the Prince claim Lewis was implicated in a ruse to conceal evidence of hacking by removing computer files. Lewis told the the Times last summer: “Any allegations of wrongdoing are untrue.”

A spokesperson for NGN said: “Both [Watson and the Duke of Sussex] allege unlawful destruction of emails by News International between 2010-2011. This allegation is wrong, unsustainable, and is strongly denied. NGN will be calling a number of witnesses including technologists, lawyers and senior staff to defeat the claim.”

A source close to the Prince’s legal team told the Observer: “People concentrate on the allegations of phone hacking, but that is actually a small part of it. In fact, the unlawful activities we will provide evidence of were much broader, including phone tapping, blagging ��� or gaining information through trickery – and going through bins for paperwork.” The extent of payments to private investigators will also be considered.

The newspaper group’s bosses have previously suggested that many of their stories about the private lives of well-known or powerful people were legitimately sourced through anonymous tip-offs or by people ringing the newsroom in return for money.

The Prince launched his legal action against NGN in 2019, the same week that his wife, Meghan Markle, launched her own case against the Mail on Sunday for alleged breach of privacy and copyright infringement, over its publishing of a private letter she had sent to her father.

Harry is believed to want to hold key people accountable for the damage that he alleges was done to himself and his wider family as a result of intrusion and harassment from the press. Murdoch and his organisation have so far avoided public discussion about a document trail that the claimants argue reveals criminal activityand a concerted cover-up.

Early weeks in court will cover what are termed “generic issues”, such as examining how widespread any unlawful practices were and who knew of them. Worryingly for the defendants, broad legal proofs that unlawful information gathering was routine could be established here just by “inference”, rather than with explicit documentation. Signs of concealment, use of coded language, or that the destruction of paperwork was rife would also be damaging to the defence. This first phase will also examine allegations that NGN misled police and provided false statements to the Leveson public inquiry into media ethics between 2011 and 2012.

Those presenting the Prince’s lawsuit, it is understood, do not expect to lose any of more than 30 individual allegations of unlawful activity, but the bigger prize is the final hearing of the evidence in open court. “This will be about witnesses speaking their truth in front of the police and in public,” the source said. Most significant may be any evidence supporting the claims that newspaper staff committed perjury or perverted the course of justice.

Tom Watson’s case, which will allege the hacking of the parliamentary committee he formerly chaired while it sat to consider the hacking allegations themselves, will be heard from 10 February 10th, before the Prince’s case.

The Prince wants to attend the Invictus Games, of which he is founder and patron, and which begins on 8 February, before appearing in court. He is also thought to be planning to call on only a few witnesses, to spare others from being thrust into the spotlight. One witness may be the mother of the late television presenter Caroline Flack.

Harry has testified before in a hacking case brought against Mirror Group Newspapers, in the summer of 2023. The judge in the upcoming case, Timothy Fancourt, also heard that case and ruled the Prince had been a victim of “widespread and habitual hacking”. He was awarded £140,600 and then settled the rest of his privacy claims against the Mirror Group for at least £400,000.

A spokesperson for NGN said: “In 2011 an apology was published by NGN to victims of voicemail interception by the News of the World. The company publicly committed to paying financial compensation and since then has paid settlements to those with claims. In some cases, particularly those relating to The Sun, it has made commercial sense (and in accordance with common litigation practice) for the parties to come to a financial settlement without NGN accepting liability.

“NGN strongly denies that any of its titles hacked Mr Watson or acted unlawfully and will also argue his claim is brought out of time ... [The Duke of Sussex’s] allegations of mobile phone hacking have been struck out by the court so will not be part of the trial. His claim focuses now on allegations of unlawful information gathering … His claim will be fully defended, including on the grounds that it is brought out of time.”

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Go Harry your mum would have been so proud!

[saintmeghanmarkle]

And right on schedule let the blame game begin: Prince Harry and Meghan Markle had their Netflix polo show taken 'out of their control' by bosses insider claims - as couple face withering reviews and even pro-Sussex magazine admits the Duchess's projects 'keep flopping' - Daily Mail by u/wenfot

And right on schedule, let the blame game begin: Prince Harry and Meghan Markle had their Netflix polo show taken 'out of their control' by bosses, insider claims - as couple face withering reviews and even pro-Sussex magazine admits the Duchess's projects 'keep flopping' - Daily Mail Okay, we know that the Mail is trying to play both sides here to get Harry to settle his lawsuit against them, as well as get clicks. But I have no doubt who the "source" was. (We also saw the rumblings of this last week, so it's no shocker.Rotten Tomatoes: 22% (still can't post a review). IMDb: holding steady at 2.6 Archive: https://ift.tt/Rn5hYPX post link: https://ift.tt/tN3sJWx author: wenfot submitted: December 15, 2024 at 07:01PM via SaintMeghanMarkle on Reddit disclaimer: all views + opinions expressed by the author of this post, as well as any comments and reblogs, are solely the author's own; they do not necessarily reflect the views of the administrator of this Tumblr blog. For entertainment only.

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LONDON, ENGLAND - JUNE 06: Political artist and painter Kaya Mar displays one of his paintings outside the Rolls Building at High Court where Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex, is due to give evidence at the Mirror Group Phone hacking trial on June 06, 2023 in London, England. Prince Harry is one of several claimants in a lawsuit against Mirror Group Newspapers related to allegations of unlawful information gathering in previous decades. (Photo by Kate Green/Getty Images)

[celticcrossanon]

Rumor Tracking Anon took one for the team and summarized Harry's appearance at a conference in New York City. Harry is lying his behind off about not having google alerts or social media accounts. Harry admitted in court documents in one of his lawsuits that he read every single comment in the Daily Mail article about him-- 6,000 total. The only reason Harry still gets to attend these plum PR events is because of his HRH and aristocratic titles. Take those titles away and Harry goes away.

Hi Nonny,

@brf-rumortrackinganon did a great job of breaking down and commenting on what Harry said. No surprises with Harry lying. He seems to do that more than he tells the truth these days.

I wish the tiles would be removed from Harry, but I don't think it is going to happen. I'm happy for him to remain the Duke of Sussex, just remove the HRH and Prince titles (both of which The King can do using Letters Patent, as the HRH style at least has been removed that way in the past).

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[the-empress-7]

What if Dame Edna was the glue that held Britain together? Because since her death, we have had:

Meghan comes out of hiding with a Ted Talk introduction. (And no other Ted Talk I've seen has ever had an introduction like that before.)

Charles's private letters being published by Trump and threatened to be published by Montecito.

Duke of Westminster getting married and everyone side-eyeing his new fiancee because "vibes".

Bread-and-butter-ish engagement from Kate.

Rumors of a Beckham baby.

Beatrice and Eugenie hanging out with Piers Morgan.

Speculation that Sarah Ferguson is the British media's source for royal stories.

The #EugenieisLittlefinger scandal (see @duchessbitch for this one).

Lawsuit stuff from Harry again.

Royal reporters speculating openly about Sussex divorce.

Dan Wooten publishing a weird-ass "no one asked me for my opinion but I'm going to tell it anyway" column.

NY Post speculating Meghan's plastic surgery is so she can look like Kate Middleton.

And then we have the meltdown happening here in the US: Tucker Carlson and Don Lemon both getting fired from their respective networks within minutes of each other, Elon Musk wtf-ing all over Twitter with the blue checks, and a Scientology showdown in Danny Masterson's trial with Leah Remini.