Lawyers for Prince Harry requested a judge rule in favor of the Duke of Sussex in a defamation case brought against the publisher of Mail on Sunday.
Prince Harry has accused Associated Newspapers Ltd. of libeling him with an article about his legal battle for security in the United Kingdom.
During a hearing at the High Court in London, Harry’s lead attorney asked Judge Matthew Nickin to either strike out the publisher’s defense or to deliver a summary judgment, which would be a ruling in the prince’s favor without going to trial.
Lawyer Justin Rushbrooke said the facts did not support the publisher’s "substantive pleaded defense" that the article expressed an "honest opinion." The article was titled "Exclusive: How Prince Harry tried to keep his legal fight with the government over police bodyguards a secret… then – just minutes after the story broke – his PR machine tried to put a positive spin on the dispute." Prince Harry claimed Mail on Sunday's implication that the Duke of Sussex lied in his initial statements regarding the security lawsuit libeled him.
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