They turned away from their royal duties and left Britain.
But Prince Harry and his wife, Meghan, argue in a California privacy invasion lawsuit filed Thursday that they have been unable to escape the paparazzi, whom the couple accuses of using drones and telephoto lenses to take unauthorized photos of their son. . Archie
The photos show the Duke and Duchess of Sussex with their 14-month-old son in the backyard of an isolated estate in the Long Angeles area where the family has been staying since the beginning of this year, according to the lawsuit.
The defendants were not named in the lawsuit because the couple does not know who took the photos, according to the complaint, which listed the defendants as John Does. The couple’s attorney seeks to subpoena people who may have knowledge of the intrusions.
Prince Harry and Meghan are suing under California’s so-called paparazzi law, under which a person can be held civilly liable for intrusions into airspace to take pictures of a person on private property.
“The plaintiffs have done everything possible to stay out of the limelight, except in relation to their work, which they freely admit is news,” the lawsuit said. “But the photos in question are not news. They are not in the public interest. They are harassment. “
The couple have hired attorney Michael J. Kump, whose other clients have included Kim Kardashian West.
“All individuals and family members in California are guaranteed by law the right to privacy in their home,” Kump said in a statement Thursday. “No drone, helicopter, or telephoto lens can take away that right.”
Prince Harry and Meghan discovered that someone was buying photos of their son and claimed they had been taken on a recent public outing in Malibu, according to the lawsuit, which said Archie had not been out in public since the family arrived. Southeast California.
“It is one thing for parents to share photos of their children, at times, with supporters, particularly when doing so has the healthy effect of reducing generosity in their children’s heads,” the lawsuit said. “It’s a completely different thing to hand over control to photographers driven solely by commercial incentives. Simply put, it is the plaintiffs’ choice when and how to share photos of their child. “
