Prince Harry’s security lawsuit may have come to an end earlier this year – oh wait, I’m hearing chatters we may have to hold on for round two – but his case against the publishers of Daily Mail remains by and large.
But Harry may have hit a roadblock in his legal team’s attempt to drag Prince William and Princess Catherine’s names into the ongoing case. Here’s what we know.
Source Defends Prince Harry’s Decision To Drag His Brother and Sister-in-law Into His Ongoing Court Case
We recently learned that Harry means to mention incidents involving Prince William and Kate to expand his case against Associated Newspapers (ANL). Shortly after, a source attempted to explain that Harry was not aware of the evidence that his team had gathered and submitted.
The source defended Harry by stating that the Duke was “not responsible for the arguments, evidence gathered and presented in disclosure or comments.”
Prince Harry’s Legal Team Loses Bid To Expand Case By Mentioning Prince William and Kate Middleton As Victims
Early next year, the case against ANL, which was brought on by Prince Harry and six other claimants including Elton John, will head to court.
This could see Harry being called on to take the witness box. To strengthen his case, Harry’s team sought to mention instances of hacking and illegal information gathering involving the Prince and Princess of Wales.
One such case alleges that a Daily Mail journalist obtained details of Prince William’s 21st birthday by “blagging.” In other words, confidential information about his brother were gathered through deception.
Another case names Harry’s sister-in-law Kate as a victim of Daily Mail’s illegal information gathering.
Incidents of phone hacking involving William and Kate were also mentioned, even though ANL was able to get parts of this new argument thrown out.
In his ruling, Judge Matthew Nicklin rejected irrelevant allegations for the sake of stopping the case from “descending into an uncontrolled and wide-ranging investigation akin to a public inquiry.”
However, an insider revealed that the claimants are seriously considering seeking permission to appeal against Friday’s ruling.
ANL, the publishers of the Daily Mail, Mail on Sunday and the MailOnline, has continued to deny the claims, waving them off as “preposterous smears.”
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