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Prince Harry loses High Court privacy case against Daily Mail publisher

The Duke of Sussex and six others have lost their High Court privacy case against the publisher of the Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday. Judge Mr Justice Nicklin said the claimants had failed to prove the allegations of unlawful information gathering. Prince Harry brought the case against Associated Newspapers, along with a number of well-known figures. They claimed that the newspaper group used unlawful methods for getting information for stories, allegations which were strenuously denied by Associated Newspapers. In a joint statement following the ruling, Prince Harry and Baroness Doreen Lawrence, another claimant and peer whose son Stephen was murdered in 1993, said: "We came to Court seeking justice and accountability. But we have received neither." "It is a complete and obvious whitewash, but sadly not altogether unexpected", the pair added. A spokesperson for the publisher described the judgement as an "overwhelming victory for the Daily Mail and its journalists". The prince did not respond to the BBC's questions about the judgement as he left an Invictus Games event in London. In a summary of his ruling, Mr Justice Nicklin concluded the allegations were serious and therefore re

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Harry's bad news lands at wrong time, but prince sticks to script

The timing for Prince Harry couldn't have been worse. He had hardly stepped on to the stage to address an event in London about his Invictus Games when the news started hitting inboxes on phones around the room. Prince Harry's claims in a…

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The timing for Prince Harry couldn't have been worse. He had hardly stepped on to the stage to address an event in London about his Invictus Games when the news started hitting inboxes on phones around the room. Prince…

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Prince Harry loses High Court privacy case against Daily Mail publisher

The Duke of Sussex and six others have lost their High Court privacy case against the publisher of the Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday. Judge Mr Justice Nicklin said the claimants had failed to prove the allegations of…

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