‘He can’t stand us!’ Prince Harry blasted for ‘ridiculous’ attempt to ‘slap down British newspapers’

‘He can’t stand us!’ Prince Harry blasted for ‘ridiculous’ attempt to ‘slap down British newspapers’

Angela Levin hits out at Prince Harry

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Ben Chapman

By Ben Chapman


Published: 31/01/2024

- 19:35

The Duke of Sussex is pressing on with his case against Mirror Group Newspapers

Prince Harry has been criticised by royal author Angela Levin for attempting to “slap down British newspapers”.

The Duke of Sussex is pressing on with his case against Mirror Group Newspapers (MGN) after his “overwhelmingly successful” challenge forced the publisher to pay out nearly £2m in costs.


Last month, a judge ruled that hacking became widespread and habitual at the publisher’s newspaper titles, with a series of articles about the Duke found to have been the product of hacking.

David Sherborne, who worked on behalf of Harry, lauded the “overwhelmingly successful” trial.

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Angela Levin said Harry is trying to 'slap down' British newspapers

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Speaking on GB News America, Levin said Harry is looking to revisit the case in a bid to win “a load of money”.

“He’s going to court to try and slap the newspaper world”, she told Nana Akua.

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“He can’t stand us. It’s ridiculous really. Why doesn’t he move forward instead of looking back?

“Theres are things that happened a long time ago.”

The 39-year-old Duke spoke out on his partially successful case against Mirror Group, describing it as “a great day for truth, as well as accountability”.

He became the first royal in 130 years to appear in a witness box over the course of the seven-week trial.

Angela Levin and Nana Akua

Angela Levin joined Nana Akua on GB News America

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Prince Harry is pressing on with legal battles

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It was found that unlawful information gathering was widespread at all three Mirror Group titles from 1996 onwards, with phone hacking becoming habitual from 1998.

The articles found to have involved unlawful information gathering cover the Duke’s relationship with his family and ex-girlfriend Chelsy Davy, his military service and allegations of drug use.

In his 386-page ruling, Justice Fancourt said Mirror Group Newspapers’s argument that it did not target the Duke of Sussex was “improbable”.

He said: “It is, in my judgment, implausible that serial phone hackers at MGN’s newspapers, who were using these techniques on a widespread and habitual basis, would have considered members of the royal family off-limits.

“All three newspapers, and other tabloids, were obsessed with stories about the royal family and about Prince Harry in particular, which doubtless reflected the apparent public appetite for information about his successes and failures, his career, and in particular his love life.”

The judge continued: “Journalists and editors at MGN papers would not have sat back, and did not sit back, and suffer being outperformed by their fierce rivals.

“Prince Harry in particular, because of the tragic life of his mother and the impact on him of her death, was of primary interest to the tabloid press, all the more so, seemingly, as it became apparent that there were further problems in his life.

“MGN’s argument that the duke was not the subject of any voicemail interception at a time when he was so frequently a lead story in its newspapers, and when its journalists were clearly using private investigators to a great extent to obtain information for stories about him, is improbable.”

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