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Harry in the High Court.

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Calendargirl Mon 27-Mar-23 13:52:28

Prince Harry has appeared at the High Court along with other celebrities re their court case against Associated Newspapers in a privacy case.

I wonder where he’s staying?

At least he didn’t have to slip in by the back door in an attempt to go unnoticed.

Anniebach Tue 28-Mar-23 20:04:29

He has started, his family are not supporting him in this

Daisymae Tue 28-Mar-23 20:15:06

I think that he's here to keep his face in the news. That and he's negotiating his place on the balcony for the coronation.

Glorianny Tue 28-Mar-23 20:22:35

Anniebach

He has started, his family are not supporting him in this

Well they wouldn't would they. The RF relationship with the press is about as Machiavellian as you can get. Play their game and they will feed you stories, cross them and they will cut you out. The RF publicity machine and the establishment have always ensured that any unpalatable facts are carefully covered up and reputations ruined or restored as the RF decides.

Mollygo Wed 29-Mar-23 02:19:40

How can they support him Anniebach? He’s already shown that there is no guarantee what he will say about anything they do. There’s no guarantee what twist the machiavellianpress and social media posters will put on anything they say or do.
In their place I’d say nothing.

DiamondLily Wed 29-Mar-23 04:49:49

The Royals are like actors, starring in their very own soap opera - each of them only shows the side that they want the public to see.

What goes on, behind closed doors, is anyone's guess.

Sycophantic media, such as the DM, assist with all this fawning Palace PR.

If any public figure, other than Charles, or a favoured royal, had recieved £3 million, in notes, given by a dubious source, stuffed in carrier bags, the DM would have been all over it like a rash - but, because it was the RF, they said remarkably little.

Charles gave an interview, many years ago, to one of the Dimbleby's, saying that his mother was hopeless, as a mother, and that his father was an out and out bully.

Not sure who's recollections might have varied there though..😗

Sparklefizz Wed 29-Mar-23 10:47:51

I note Harry is already slagging off his family claiming they kept information from him and calling them "The Institution".

I really do hope Charles stays strong and keeps him off the balcony. Harry can't say that he wants to be there "because it's family" and then treating his family so badly.

Daisymae Wed 29-Mar-23 11:07:09

I think that Charles is weak and while he would obviously want Harry to attend, I wonder if William will stand for it. At the end of the day the Sussexs only want to monetise their royal connection. At the moment their brand is at a low and they will want to boost their image. What better stage?

Glorianny Wed 29-Mar-23 11:14:01

I think some people fail to understand the difference between the "Institution"which comprises the RF and all their advisers, PR people and press offices, and the "family" which is of course Harry's relations. He was conditioned to accept the "Institution" and its ways from birth. As an adult he is quite entitled to question and criticise those ways. The fact that the rest of his relations choose to follow those establishment restrictions is nothing to do with him, it is their problem.

Maria59 Wed 29-Mar-23 11:18:01

It was interesting all the plaintifs used a discrete side door except Harry who chose to enter by the main entrance. I understood he doesn't feel safe in the UK and wants privicy confused

eazybee Wed 29-Mar-23 11:40:18

We are perfectly capable of understanding the difference between the Institution of royalty and the family, as is Harry.

Many families have disagreements; some are foolish enough to share them with the public, whilst a very few attempt to use them to make money.

Equally, the public is entitled to criticize anyone who chooses to air their grievances in public deliberately to cause distress to their relations.

Dillonsgranma Wed 29-Mar-23 11:54:46

If I never hear his name again or his poisonous wife’s, It will be too soon! Ghastly disrespectful pair 🤬

Keffie12 Wed 29-Mar-23 12:21:08

@pascalgold @easybee You only read the trash media I gather! The RF through their sources (staff etc) have been reporting on H and then H, and M for years even when he was a child.

It's the other way round.. They have the proof..

As for why Harry got back into the country on the quiet. His family weren't informed he was coming so they couldn’t leak it.

Everyone whose looked into this properly knows its Camilla, her staff and William in the last few years doing the leaks of lies and various as a trade off for covering the lies and gossip of the R.F

Example William affair becoming public. The media buried it in exchange for gossip true or otherwise.

I'm out of here now as I know this will turn into a slagging off of H & M.

FannyCornforth Wed 29-Mar-23 12:25:47

Before you go Keffie, where do you get your information from please?

lemsip Wed 29-Mar-23 12:28:55

Keffie12

it was one of camilla's assistant who leaked info and was dismissed.

goodbye!

Nicolenet Wed 29-Mar-23 12:34:02

It is in Daily Mail ...?

wicklowwinnie Wed 29-Mar-23 12:43:19

Well, I bet Prince Andrew is delighted about Harry.
It's all helping to keep the limelight off him and his goings on.
Royalty seemed to have died with the Queen's death.

Anniebach Wed 29-Mar-23 12:46:29

What is Andrew doing now that are ‘goings on’

NanaDana Wed 29-Mar-23 12:58:04

Well, you certainly get a better class of hypocrisy with this sad, self-obsessed creature. He's actually going to court about his private life being breached, and the details then being used inappropriately in order to make money. Sound familiar? You bet it does...

FannyCornforth Wed 29-Mar-23 13:01:50

wicklowwinnie

Well, I bet Prince Andrew is delighted about Harry.
It's all helping to keep the limelight off him and his goings on.
Royalty seemed to have died with the Queen's death.

It was inevitable really, that’s what I thought anyway.
The Queen and those in her orbit were of their time.
I just can’t envisage a future for the RF at all

Anniebach Wed 29-Mar-23 13:50:45

Harry has spoken often of the click of press photographers cause him distress, why enter the court this week by the main entrance , why not a side entrance ?

Glorianny Wed 29-Mar-23 13:54:04

Maria59

It was interesting all the plaintifs used a discrete side door except Harry who chose to enter by the main entrance. I understood he doesn't feel safe in the UK and wants privicy confused

Did they? I saw film of Elton John and David Furness arriving and Sadie Frost., so it wasn't all that "discrete"

Glorianny Wed 29-Mar-23 13:56:18

Sorry David Furnish.
Just thinking how much would have been posted about Harry using a side entrance grin

Anniebach Wed 29-Mar-23 14:52:57

It would have been most sensible, not putting himself through trauma every day.

rowyn Wed 29-Mar-23 15:15:31

Glorianny

He wrote about what happened to him. It isn't illegal nor should it be. It might have been good manners to contact the people he was mentioning but no one who writes their autobiography usually does this.
It isn't a question of privacy it is a question of the legality of obtaining information by illegal, underhand and unacceptable methods.
Honestly I've never seen prejudice so obviously applied to a case. Really you should be ashamed of yourselves.
What you are in fact saying is that no one is entitled to publish their own story and if they do so they must expect other organisations to use any methods they choose to investigate and intrude on their lives.
Doreen Lawrence wrote her story- And Still I Rise, so I suppose she deserves press intrusion as well?

\I think you are making some assumptions which you cannot prove and are ,most probably untrue. I would guess that quite a number of would -be autobiography writers will consult with family and friends regarding what they wish to reveal if they have any decency.

I get the impression that some people are champing at the bit to destroy the Daily Mail because it has a different view on many issues from theirs.
The very clear point which I would have thought anyone can see is that Harry has not behaved in the way that he claims everyone else should have.
You are twisting what has been said by alleging that people are saying that no one has the right to write their personal story. That is so untrue.
They are saying that Harry has loudly and repetitively complained about people breaching his privacy but has no qualms at all about doing the same thing himself.

Nanatoone Wed 29-Mar-23 15:19:15

I find it hard to feel sorry for the multi millionaire "prince' Harry (he is not my prince). I do not accept press actions if these are found to be true but neither can I have anyhting other than loathing for such a disrespectful, entitled individual. I do feel the RF's time is coming to an end, I ahve nejoyed the spectacle along the way but even I (as someone who preferred the pomp and ceremony and history to an elected person) thinks it is time for it to end. Harry has done his Judas job in my opinion.