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Earlier this week, Duchess of Sussex announced that she had filed a lawsuit against the Mail on Sunday for publishing one of her private letters.
Now, Buckingham Palace has confirmed that Prince Harry is adding to this legal crusade with another claim. The Duke is taking two British publications, the Sun and the Mirror, to court for “the illegal interception of voicemail messages.”
While the couple’s Mail on Sunday complaint regards an article published relatively recently, Harry’s claim against the Sun and the Mirror is reportedly in regards to a series of hacking allegations from the early 2000s, according to the Guardian.
ITV’s royal reporter Chris Ship published his thoughts about the matter this afternoon, noting that prior to the Sussexes’ public announcements, other royal family members were kept in the dark about both these new lawsuits and the earlier Mail on Sunday claim. This backs up earlier reporting from the Times, which indicated that Harry’s father Prince Charles, brother Prince William, and grandmother Queen Elizabeth were caught unaware when the first lawsuit was announced.
When the Sussexes’ revealed Meghan’s Mail on Sunday suit, Harry posted a fiery message on sussexofficial.uk—a site that currently has no other content on it—explaining the move. He said that the press was waging a “ruthless campaign” against his wife, continuing on to compare her struggle to that of Princess Diana.
“My deepest fear is history repeating itself,” Harry wrote. “I’ve seen what happens when someone I love is commoditized to the point that they are no longer treated or seen as a real person. I lost my mother and now I watch my wife falling victim to the same powerful forces.”
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