Royal Family Wishes Prince Harry Happy 40th Birthday on Social Media

THE GUARDIAN: Family sends first such public birthday greeting to prince since 2021, with relations between them strained

Screenshot from today's Guardian: The royal family’s post on X to wish the Duke of Sussex a happy birthday. Photograph: @RoyalFamily/PA Media
The royal family has delivered a small peace offering in its rift with the Duke of Sussex by wishing Prince Harry happy birthday for the first time in three years.

In a post on X, the royal family shared a photograph of a smiling Harry, to mark his 40th birthday, complete with a cake emoji. The message said: “Wishing The Duke of Sussex a very happy 40th birthday today!”

It is the first time the royal family has shared such a public birthday greeting to Harry since 2021, the year the Sussexes accused unnamed royals of animosity and racism in an interview with Oprah Winfrey.

Harry is celebrating his birthday on Sunday at his California home with Meghan and their two children, Prince Archie and Princess Lilibet, before reportedly heading away for a gathering with close friends. » | Matthew Weaver | Sunday, September 15, 2024

Prince Harry at 40: the difference a decade has made to the duke’s life: Living among film stars and estranged from his father and brother, Harry’s milestone birthday may bring moment of reflection »

Why Fixing Family Rift Isn’t Prince Harry’s Priority | Royal Insight

Jul 25, 2024 | This is Prince Harry’s self-professed dragon slayer moment. In the latest instalment in the ongoing saga, he has appeared in a new ITV documentary, Tabloids on Trial, to say that his fight against the British press has contributed to the rift between him and his family.

He calls his various media lawsuits a “central piece” to the collapse in his relationship with the rest of the royal family and says that it would have been nice if they could have done it together, as unlikely as that may now sound.

It marks Harry’s first interview about phone hacking since his claim against Mirror Group Newspapers concluded in December, when he was awarded more than £140,000 in compensation after 15 of 33 articles were found to have been the product of unlawful information gathering.

Prince Harry Interview: Duke of Sussex Set to Speak about King's Health

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BBC: The Duke of Sussex is set to discuss his father the King's health in a television interview in the US.

Prince Harry has been interviewed for the first time since Charles postponed all public-facing duties because of his cancer diagnosis.

The interview is due to be broadcast on Good Morning America on Friday. It will air at noon GMT.

During the broadcast, Harry is also due to talk about his life with the Duchess of Sussex and the Invictus Games. » | Thomas Mackintosh, BBC News | Friday, February 16, 2024

Prince Harry to Return to England to Be with King Charles after Cancer Diagnosis

Feb 5, 2024 | “Family matters, above all.” Good relations may be restored in the royal family after King Charles’s cancer diagnosis, says Suzannah Lipscomb, historian.

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Feb 5, 2024 | Prince Harry has spoken to the King about his cancer diagnosis and will travel from California to the UK to see him in the coming days, the BBC has been told. The King has been diagnosed with cancer and began treatment on Monday, Buckingham Palace said. Charles, 75, has been advised to postpone public duties, but will "undertake state duties" and paperwork. The Palace has not said what type of cancer the King has been diagnosed with.

Neo-Nazi Podcasters Who Called for Prince Harry’s Death Receive Prison Sentences

THE NEW YORK TIMES: The men, who were described by the police as “homophobic, racist, antisemitic, Islamophobic and misogynistic,” received eight- and seven-year sentences.

Two neo-Nazi podcasters who called for the execution of Prince Harry were sentenced to prison in London on Thursday.

The podcast hosts, Christopher Gibbons, 40, and Tyrone Patten-Walsh, 36, both from London, had been convicted in July on all charges against them.

Mr. Gibbons, who was convicted of encouraging acts of terrorism and dissemination of terrorist publications, was sentenced to eight years in prison. Mr. Patten-Walsh received seven years for encouraging acts of terrorism.

A statement from the police described the men’s views as “homophobic, racist, antisemitic, Islamophobic and misogynistic.” » | Victor Mather | Friday, January 5, 2024

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Prince Harry Was Victim of Phone Hacking by Mirror Group Newspapers, Judge Rules - BBC News

Dec 15, 2023 | The High Court has ruled that Prince Harry was the victim of mobile phone hacking by Mirror Group Newspapers and has awarded him £140,600 in damages. Mr Justice Fancourt said that his personal phone was targeted between 2003 and 2009. He said 15 of 33 sample articles were “the product of phone hacking … or the product of other unlawful information gathering". He ruled there was "extensive" phone hacking by Mirror Group Newspapers from 2006 to 2011 The publisher said in a statement that they “apologise unreservedly” for “historical wrongdoing”.

Prince Harry Loses Legal Bid to Throw Out Mail on Sunday Publisher’s Libel Defence

THE GUARDIAN: Duke of Sussex suing Associated Newspapers Limited and lawyers say story ‘an attack on his honesty and integrity’

The Duke of Sussex at the high court earlier this year. Photograph: Alberto Pezzali/AP
The Duke of Sussex has lost a bid to have the Mail on Sunday publisher’s defence to his high court libel claim thrown out by a judge.

Harry, 39, is suing Associated Newspapers Limited (ANL) over a February 2022 article about his legal challenge against the Home Office after a decision to change his publicly funded security arrangements when visiting the UK.

The duke’s lawyers have said the story, which claimed Harry “tried to keep details of his legal battle to reinstate his police protection secret from the public”, was “an attack on his honesty and integrity” and would undermine his charity work and efforts to tackle misinformation online.

ANL is contesting the claim, arguing the article expressed an “honest opinion” and did not cause “serious harm” to his reputation. » | PA Media | Friday, November 8, 2023

Prince Harry Claims He Was ‘Forced’ to Step Back from Royal Duties

THE TELEGRAPH: Duke of Sussex disputes suggestion that it was his choice to stop being ‘full time working member of Royal family’, High Court hears

The Duke of Sussex leaves the Royal Courts of Justice in central London during a hearing in March CREDIT: AFP
The Duke of Sussex was “forced” to step back from royal duties and leave the UK, he has told the High Court.

Prince Harry disputed a suggestion, made during his legal challenge against the Government decision to deny him automatic police protection in the UK, that he had chosen to stop being “a full-time working member of the Royal family”.

His barrister, Shaheed Fatima KC, said she wanted to make it “quite clear” that this was not the case.

She read an excerpt from the Duke’s witness statement in which he said: “It was with great sadness for the both of us that my wife and I felt forced to step back from this role and leave the country in 2020. » | Victoria Ward, Deputy Royal Editor | THursday, December 7, 2023

Prince Harry Title 'His Royal Highness' Finally Removed from Royal Family Website

THE TELEGRAPH: Errors on official royal website fixed as part of revisions

Prince Harry has been stripped of the title “His Royal Highness” on the royal website three years after stepping back from official duties.

The term HRH has been removed from references to the Duke three years after he and his wife Meghan decided to “step back as ‘senior’ members” of the British royal family in January 2020.

The couple stopped using the official titles of His and Her Royal Highness upon their exit, though some web pages on the official site including the bio for the Duke continued to refer to the Prince as HRH. » | Alex Barton | Wednesday, August 9, 2023

Prince Harry’s Lawsuit against Sun Publisher Can Go to Trial, Judge Rules

THE GUARDIAN: High court rules prince’s claims of illegal information gathering can proceed but phone-hacking allegations cannot

The judge ruled that Harry could not bring his claim against News Group Newspapers in relation to phone hacking. Photograph: Hannah McKay/Reuters
The Duke of Sussex’s damages claim over allegations of unlawful information gathering against the publisher of the Sun will go to trial, a high court judge has ruled.

Prince Harry, 38, alleges he was targeted by journalists and private investigators working for News Group Newspapers (NGN), publisher of the Sun and the now defunct News of the World.

At a hearing in April, NGN asked Mr Justice Fancourt to throw out the duke’s case, arguing it was brought too late because he should have known sooner he had a potential claim.

In a ruling on Thursday, the judge concluded that Harry could not bring his claim relating to phone hacking, but that his claim over other allegations – including use of private investigators – should go ahead to a trial, due to take place in January next year. » | Caroline Davies | Thursday, July 27, 2023

Piers Morgan Slams Prince Harry and Meghan Markle

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Jun 11, 2023 | Spare a thought for the spare. Prince Harry has endured a hell of a week explaining his hell of a life to a judge in a London court. He claims that for years the English tabloids harassed and hounded him into misery by hiring private eyes to constantly follow him, as well as hacking his phone to get the scoop on his secrets. Harry says he’s now had enough, and it must stop.

But as Sarah Abo reports, for a man who has recently released a money-making autobiography and given multiple television interviews spilling the dirt on his famous family’s squabbles, Harry’s demand to hold the newspapers to account could just as easily be seen as a case of breathtaking hypocrisy.

Prince Harry Takes the Stand in His Lawsuit against British Tabloids

Jun 6, 2023 | Prince Harry is accusing the tabloids of hacking his phone and sending private investigators after him, but the defense says he has no proof.

Prince Harry in Court: UK Royal Testifies against Newspaper Group

Jun 7, 2023 | Prince Harry has begun to give evidence at London’s High Court in his lawsuit against a tabloid publisher whose titles he accuses of phone-hacking and other unlawful activities. “I have experienced hostility from the press since I was born,” he said in his witness testimony on Tuesday.

Prince Harry Gives Evidence in UK Court against Tabloid Publisher

Jun 7, 2023 | The fifth-in-line to the British throne is suing Mirror Group Newspapers for phone-hacking and other unlawful activities. Al Jazeera’s Harry Fawcett has more.

Britain’s Government and Press at Rock Bottom, Prince Harry Tells Court

THE GUARDIAN: Royal breaks with protocol and criticises Sunak administration, suggesting papers work with ministers to defend vested interests

Prince Harry arriving at the high court on Tuesday. Photograph: Anadolu Agency/Getty Images
Prince Harry has said Rishi Sunak’s government is at “rock bottom” and avoids scrutiny by getting “in bed” with friendly newspapers.

The prince once again broke with royal protocol by using his appearance in the phone-hacking trial to criticise a serving government. He said democracy in the UK was threatened because British media outlets were working with the government to maintain the “status quo”.

Harry told the high court that “our country is judged globally by the state of our press and our government, both of which I believe are at rock bottom”. » | Jim Waterson and Kiran Stacey | Tuesday, June 6, 2023

As the Australians would say: Good on ya, Sir! These people need a damn good shake up. One is in bed with the other. That's one reason why we have no real democracy in this country. Our democracy is but a mere sham. – © Mark Alexander

Testimony Is Another Chapter in What Has Become a Life of Litigation: Prince Harry is getting his day in court as he takes on the tabloids that scrutinized his every move for years, even hacking his phone. »

"Harry's a Hostage!" Panel Debate Prince Harry's Fight to Stay in the US

May 31, 2023 | |Piers Morgan Uncensored presented by Rosanna Lockwood is joined by foreign policy analyst Nile Gardiner, author and cultural commentator Bonnie Greer and former Head of Royal Protection Dai Davies to discuss Prince Harry's claims of a US Visa being challenged in court after admitting to taking illegal drugs in his book 'Spare'.

Bonnie believes that Harry is becoming a hostage in the middle of this dispute and thinks Homeland Security are right to seal the private documents, despite demands for the records to be public.

Dai also adds that he believes that the Duke of Sussex would be 'foolish' to admit on the witness stand that he has taken a variety of drugs on a regular basis.

Prince Harry Loses Legal Challenge over Security - BBC News

May 23, 2023 | Prince Harry has lost a legal challenge over his bid to be allowed to make private payments for police protection. His lawyers wanted a judicial review of the rejection of his offer to pay for protection in the UK, after his security arrangements changed when the prince stopped being a "working royal”. But a judge has ruled not to give the go ahead for such a hearing. Home Office lawyers had opposed the idea of allowing wealthy people to "buy" security from the police.