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The Duke of Sussex has filed a libel action against Associated Newspapers, editor of the Mail on Sunday, the same newspaper against which his wife, the Duchess of Sussex, is taking separate legal action.
The documents were presented in superior court by the couple’s legal team, Schillings, on November 27.
More details are expected to be released in the coming weeks. The claim is said to be related to a story published by the Sunday newspaper in October, which alleged that Prince Harry had not maintained contact with the Royal Marines after he formally resigned from his royal duties in March, the Telegraph reported.
After retiring from his royal role in January for a new life in the US, Harry gave up his honorary military titles. His ceremonial duties as Captain General of the Royal Marines, Honorary Commander of the Air Force of the Royal Air Force Base Honington Suffolk, and Honorary Commodore-in-Chief of Small Ships and Diving of the Royal Naval Commandos, were put on hold.
Meghan is embroiled in legal action against the Mail on Sunday for violation of privacy after the newspaper published excerpts from a letter she sent to her estranged father, Thomas Markle. The Duchess seeks compensation for alleged misuse of private information, copyright infringement and breach of the Data Protection Act.
The trial, which was scheduled for January in London’s high court, will now take place in the fall of 2021 after Meghan successfully requested a postponement for confidential reasons, which have not been made public.
Harry is also suing the Sun and the Daily Mirror for alleged phone hacking, claiming their voice messages had been intercepted.
In July, it emerged that the couple were suing paparazzi for invasion of privacy in a California case after drones were allegedly used to take pictures of their son, Archie, at their Los Angeles home. Meghan is also suing a photo agency over published photos of her walking her dogs with Archie in the Vancouver woods in January.
The duke spent a decade in the forces and made two front-line tours of Afghanistan. Earlier this month, he spoke publicly of how “he was born into a life of duty” but that, during his time in the military, he was “committed to a life of service.”
