Prince Harry ‘declined to respond’ to royal reporting debate invite
ok.co.ukPrince Harry declined to respond to an invite to take part in a debate about the future of royal reporting at a media freedom conference, the panel’s moderator has claimed.
Associate editor at The Telegraph Camilla Tominey opened a discussion at the Society of Editors’ Media Freedom Conference in London on Wednesday 15 March, by telling the audience that the Duke of Sussex did not respond to a request for participation.The panel, which also included royal editors from the Daily Mirror and The Sunday Times, discussed a number of criticisms Harry made about the media in his tell-all book, Spare. “We did invite Prince Harry, the Duke of Sussex, to take part in this panel but he declined to respond,” Camilla said as she opened the panel discussion.
Before the beginning of the debate, the panel moderator read out a number of quotes from Harry about the media, including that the press had “gone to bed with the devil” and claims of “the leaking and planting of stories”. “So we know where one member of the royal family stands,” Camilla told the conference.
Harry hasn't shied away from publicly sharing his views on the British media, and is taking legal action against a number of publishers for libel and alleged unlawful information-gathering.
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