UK Royal, Prince Harry has won a legal dispute with top UK tabloid, Daily Mail, saying that he has gotten "significant damages" over an article alleging he had turned his back on the UK Royal Marines.
'The Mail on Sunday' published the article "Top General accuses Harry of
Turning his Back on the Marines" on October 25, 2020, and the
MailOnline published an almost identical piece.
Both stories alleged that the prince had "snubbed" the Royal Marines and
the British military and ignored correspondence from Lord Dannatt, a
former Chief of the General Staff.
"All these allegations are false as the Mail on Sunday and the
MailOnline have now accepted, albeit after considerable damage was
already done," Afia said on Monday.
Jenny Afia, a lawyer for the The Duke of Sussex, said in a statement to
open court on Monday, February 1, that "the baseless, false and
defamatory stories published constituted not only a personal attack on
the Duke's character, but also wrongly brought into question his service
to this country."
The Duke, after getting financial settlement which was undisclosed to
the press, has requested the damages received go to his foundation- the
Invictus Games Foundation, "so he could feel something good had come out
of the situation," his lawyer said.
Prince Harry served in the British military, and flew combat missions in
Afghanistan. He then opened the Invictus Games to support wounded
members of the armed forces.
The Mail on Sunday offered to settle the dispute, saying it would
publish apologies, pay substantial damages and not repeat the same
allegations.
Back in December, the newspaper ran an apology to the prince detailing the shortcomings in the article.
"The Mail on Sunday and MailOnline publicly admitted in open court that
they pushed a completely false and defamatory story. And they've
apologized for questioning The Duke of Sussex's commitment to the Royal
Marines and British Armed Forces," a spokesperson for The Duke of Sussex
said.
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