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Prince Harry lost his privacy case in London against the book’s publisher Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday In the High Court in London.
The civil case against Associated Newspapers Ltd. Charged with illegal information gathering, a High Court judge ruled on Tuesday morning against the Duke of Sussex and six other claimants, including Elton John and his husband David Furnish, and actors Elizabeth Hurley and Sadie Frost.
In his ruling, Judge Nicklin said the allegations against… Daily Mail The publisher requested more evidence to prove in the civil case. All claims against Associated Newspapers were dismissed by a High Court judge.
Associated Press newspapers said in a statement that the Supreme Court ruling was “a landslide victory for… Daily Mail And its journalists, and for a free press in general. Mr. Justice Nicklin today cleared Daily Mail and Mail on SundayIt rejected every one of the 97 claims made by the claimants. In each case, the judge accepted the veracity of the evidence provided by our journalists about how they obtained their stories. This is a great proof of the truth Daily Mail“Journalism.”
Prince Harry and his fellow plaintiffs have alleged “gross invasions of privacy” and further legal wrongdoing, including the interception of voice mail messages, wiretapping landlines, paying police officers “with corrupt ties to private investigators,” falsifying medical records, and eavesdropping on celebrities’ homes by intelligence services. Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday.
Publishing company Associated Newspapers Limited (ANL) denied what it described as “flagrant” and “preposterous” allegations, stressing that the lawsuit was an insult to the hard work of its journalists. Prince Harry traveled from his home in California to London to hear the Supreme Court ruling, before attending events related to the upcoming Invictus Games.
Prince Harry has had success on other privacy issues. In January 2025, Harry settled his case against the publisher of the magazine owned by Rupert Murdoch The sun newspaper which offered the Duke a “full and unequivocal” apology.
He took the case to publisher NGN, claiming that his privacy had been violated through alleged phone hacking and illegal information gathering by journalists and private investigators working for him. The sun And the defunct World news Between 1996 and 2011.
July 7, 7:15 AM Updated with statement from associated newspapers.
