Prince Harry and legal battle with British government over his security

• Prince Harry can now pursue his libel action in court after a judge at the High Court of London.
• Harry’s legal battle with British government over his security
• His aides had attempted to spin it in a positive light.

Prince Harry can now pursue his libel action in court after a judge at the High Court of London determined on Friday that a newspaper article regarding his legal dispute with the British government over his security arrangements was defamatory.

Associated Newspapers, is being sued by Harry, Queen Elizabeth’s grandson, for libel following a February article that claimed he had attempted to conceal information about his legal battle to have his police protection restored and that his aides had then attempted to spin it in a positive light.

Earlier, UK High Court judge ruled Friday that a tabloid article claiming Prince Harry tried to keep a legal case secret was “defamatory.”

The Duke of Sussex is suing Associated Newspapers Limited (ANL) because the Mail on Sunday wrote about his High Court security case.

The February article was titled “How Prince Harry tried to keep his legal fight with the government over police bodyguards a secret.

Minutes after the story broke, his PR machine tried to spin the dispute positively.” The duke’s lawyers said the article was wrong when it said Harry “lied” and “cynically manipulated public opinion”

PA Media reported. ANL’s lawyers said “any sensible reading of the article” refuted the claims.

Nicklin said a reader would think the Duke of Sussex however ”responsible for public statements made on his behalf that he was willing to pay for police protection in the UK”

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