{"id":3345,"date":"2026-07-07T20:34:47","date_gmt":"2026-07-07T20:34:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/denvermovingchronicle.com\/?p=3345"},"modified":"2026-07-07T20:34:47","modified_gmt":"2026-07-07T20:34:47","slug":"judge-dismisses-prince-harrys-privacy-invasion-lawsuit-against-publisher-of-daily-mail","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/denvermovingchronicle.com\/?p=3345","title":{"rendered":"Judge dismisses Prince Harry\u2019s privacy invasion lawsuit against publisher of Daily Mail"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p><p><strong>LONDON<\/strong> | Prince Harry \u2018s final lawsuit aimed at taming the British tabloids ended in defeat Tuesday as a judge said he failed to prove his privacy invasion claims against the publisher of the Daily Mail.<\/p>\n<p>Justice Matthew Nicklin rejected the broad inferences the Duke of Sussex relied on to try to show that Associated Newspapers Ltd. engaged in unlawful activities. The judge said there was a realistic possibility the news came from legitimate sources.<\/p>\n<p>The ruling scuttles lawsuits filed by Harry and six others, including singer Elton John and actor-model Elizabeth Hurley, that sought substantial damages. The legal costs alone \u2014 which the claimants could end up having to pay \u2014 for years of preparation and an 11-week trial were estimated at about 40 million pounds ($53.5 million).<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>The publisher called it an \u201coverwhelming victory\u201d and a \u201cmagnificent vindication\u201d of the Mail\u2019s journalism.<\/p>\n<p>The newspapers had denied the allegations as \u201cpreposterous,\u201d insisting the roughly 50 articles at issue were based on lawful sources including friends, royal aides and publicists who offered information to reporters.<\/p>\n<p>The decision leaves a mixed legacy for Harry\u2019s trio of lawsuits accusing tabloid publishers of using unlawful tactics, such as phone hacking, or hiring private detectives to dig up dirt to snoop on his life.<\/p>\n<p>Harry won a judgment in 2023 that condemned the publishers of the Daily Mirror for \u201cwidespread and habitual\u201d phone hacking. Last year, Rupert Murdoch\u2019s flagship U.K. tabloid, The Sun, made an unprecedented apology for intruding on his life for years, and agreed to pay substantial damages to settle his privacy invasion lawsuit.<\/p>\n<p>The verdict, released remotely with no court hearing, coincided with Harry\u2019s visit home to the U.K., which has been dominated by headlines over his latest efforts to repair a rift with his father, King Charles III.<\/p>\n<p>Harry has said his litigation \u2013 in which he broke with royal family tradition to seek relief in the courts \u2013 was a primary source of his falling out with his father and brother, Prince William.<\/p>\n<p>His grudge with the press runs deep. He blames it for the death of his mother, Princess Diana, who was killed in a car crash in 1997 while being pursued by paparazzi in Paris, and for attacks on his wife, Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, that led the couple to abandon royal life and move to the United States in 2020.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey continue to come after me, they have made my wife\u2019s life an absolute misery,\u201d he testified as he choked back tears in the witness box during the trial in January.<\/p>\n<p>Attorney David Sherborne said the Daily Mail and its sister publication, Mail on Sunday, used its journalists, freelance reporters and private eyes for \u201cclear, systematic and sustained use of unlawful information gathering\u201d to snoop on his clients.<\/p>\n<p>Defense lawyer Antony White said the case relied on conjecture and inferences when the more likely source of information was \u201cordinary, legitimate journalism.\u201d He said Harry was \u201cinclined to see unlawful evidence gathering, in particular voicemail interception, everywhere.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Other claimants in the case were actor Sadie Frost, anti\u2011racism activist Doreen Lawrence, former politician Simon Hughes and John\u2019s husband, David Furnish.<\/p>\n<p>The Mail trial played out differently than the Mirror case, with more journalists defending their work in court. Some Mail reporters pointed to official mouthpieces, such as a palace spokesperson, and others named their sources to dispute Harry\u2019s assertion that his \u201csocial circles were not leaky.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey were not all tight-lipped,\u201d Katie Nicholl, a former Mail on Sunday editor, said about Harry\u2019s associates. \u201cI had very good sources in the inner circle.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/denvermovingchronicle.com\/?p=3339\">Even 250 years in, the battle over the American story \u2014 and who gets to tell it \u2014 endures<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/denvermovingchronicle.com\/?p=3341\">Jonathan Anderson shifts Dior buzz from Taylor Swift\u2019s hidden wedding gown to sculptural couture<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/denvermovingchronicle.com\/?p=3343\">Aurora Public Schools official gets national shout out for combating childhood hunger<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LONDON | Prince Harry \u2018s final lawsuit aimed at taming the British tabloids ended in defeat Tuesday as a judge said he failed to prove his privacy invasion claims against the publisher of the Daily Mail. 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