Harry savaged in brutal 6-word takedown after crushing £50m court defeat
Prince Harry has lost his privacy battle against the Daily Mail today.
Prince Harry pictured in the UK today (Image: GETTY)
Prince Harry has been savaged in a brutal six-word takedown after crushing £50million court defeat today. The 41-year-old, who arrived in the UK yesterday, lost his unlawful information-gathering lawsuit against the Daily Mail’s publisher, Associated Newspapers Ltd, earlier today.
It is understood that each of the Duke of Sussex’s 14 claims for different articles has been dismissed. Paul Dacre, who is the editor-in-chief of Associated Newspapers, has now spoken out, writing in an official statement.
He said: “Prince Harry wrote a sad book which boasted about his killing of 25 Taliban, his drug-taking and, in cringe-making detail, how he lost his virginity. There isn’t a laundry in the cosmos big enough to wash all the dirty linen he has aired about his own family. For him, to complain about HIS privacy being invaded takes, not just the biscuit, but the whole tin.”
He then referred to Harry as “a confused and angry young man”, before revealing a “bitter irony” about the court case.
He added: “Poor Harry. I feel sorry for the way a confused and angry young man has been drawn into this case.
“The bitter irony is that his mother, Diana, liked the Mail. We were her paper. We took her side in her acrimonious break up with Charles. She and I would speak and meet. The Mail’s superb royal reporter was her friend and confidante.”
Ms Dacre then added: “The truth is that this trumped-up action – which has cost well over £50million and wasted a huge amount of valuable court time – should never have been brought to trial. That it did, raises profoundly disturbing questions about the conduct of elements of the legal profession.
“Today’s verdict is not just a victory for Associated’s magnificent journalists – several of whom have had a terrible toll imposed on their health and lives – but a free press generally. Make no mistake. This was a conspiracy, supported by Hacked Off, to destroy a paper…”
Harry pictured at the Invictus Games Conversation in London (Image: GETTY)
The Duke of Sussex arrived at Chatham House in London shortly after news of his defeat, the first of a series of week-long events celebrating the Invictus Games.
Harry was previously said to be joined in the UK by his wife, Meghan Markle, and their two children, Prince Archie and Princess Lilibet. However, after his request for police protection was denied, Meghan, Archie and Lilibet have not joined him.
Meghan and their children have not been to the UK since 2022.
