Prince Harry is once again taking action against the UK’s Associated Newspapers. On Wednesday, a spokesperson for the Duke of Sussex confirmed to People that he launched a High Court libel against the Daily Mail publisher, though it’s unclear what the complaint pertains to.
The news comes just months after Meghan Markle received a printed public apology from newspaper The Mail on Sunday for invading her privacy by publishing a private letter she sent to her father, Thomas Markle, in 2018. The Duchess of Sussex also received a symbolic £1 ($1.36) in damages from The Mail on Sunday, and the publication is legally required to pay 90 percent of her $1.88 million legal expenses.
Markle acknowledged her victory against the British tabloid back in December. “This is a victory not just for me, but for anyone who has ever felt scared to stand up for what’s right,” she wrote in a statement. “While this win is precedent setting, what matters most is that we are now collectively brave enough to reshape a tabloid industry that conditions people to be cruel, and profits from the lies and pain that they create.”
The Sussexes have also sued photographers for taking unauthorised pictures of their 2-year-old son, Archie, at their former Los Angeles home. And in 2019, Harry sued News UK (which owns The Sun) and MGN (which formerly owned the Daily Mirror) over an alleged phone hacking. Most recently, Harry sought a judicial review against a Home Office decision that prevented him from personally funding police protection for himself and his family in the UK.
