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Meanwhile, her lawsuit against the tabloid Sun For the “unlawful collection of information” pending in January 2025, Prince Harry was ordered by a judge to speak about the alleged deletion of conversations with him. a journalist who writes for the yellow press In the Signal app. Explanations:
Legal problems never end for Prince Harry. While Meghan Markle’s husband managed to get a lawsuit against the tabloid Sun In July 2023, he has now been brought to justice by the courts for “illegal collection of information”. This is his fourth lawsuit against a British tabloid, including allegations of phone hacking and other wrongdoing.
While Prince Harry blames the media group he owns Sun For hiring private investigators that led to the death of his mother, Lady Diana, opponents in turn accuse him of destroying certain evidence as part of the investigation.
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On June 27, the lawyer representing the tabloid, Anthony Hudson, accused the Duke of Sussex in the court of deliberately deleting the drafts of his memoirs. Spare, as well as correspondence with his ghostwriter, JR Moehringer. Information confirmed by the judge in the case. He said he had seen “disturbing evidence that large numbers of potentially relevant documents and confidential communications between the Duke and his ghostwriter were destroyed between 2021 and 2023, after this lawsuit was pending.” Telegraph: .
A “fairly remarkable” lack of documentation
Prince Harry, who was not present at the trial held on June 27, being accused of “not being clear about what happened”, will therefore have to give explanations and clarify the situation. Judge Fancourt also described the lack of documentation as “quite remarkable” by the judge, which gave him “reason for concern”. He therefore ordered the Duke of Sussex’s lawyers to search his computer and check his messages on Whatsapp and Signal between 2005 and January 2023 to find possible evidence.
In turn, Prince Harry’s lawyer condemned the “transparent and old-fashioned fishing expedition”. “NGN’s (solar-owned group) slow, tactical approach to disclosure completely undermines the deliberately sensationalist claim; [le duc de Sussex] did not properly conduct the disclosure exercise,” he said. Who will have the last word?
Source: Le Figaro
