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To be a bit gleeful about Harry's court case

422 replies

Viviennemary · 21/08/2026 15:34

Serves him right. He's made millions from Netflix, book deals and accusing them of being racist. Bit odd he's now coming back.

Will the King pay his debts.I hope not. Now the long suffering public will be fleeced for his security costs which will be around £5m a yea r. And they wonder why they are unpopular.

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Benjithedog · 21/08/2026 21:59

SerafinasGoose · 21/08/2026 21:48

It is, or was, a trending thread.

It's also not been posted on the correct board.

Who made you board police? 👮

Benjithedog · 21/08/2026 22:03

B1anche · 21/08/2026 21:46

😂 Very good!

It was wasn’t it 😆

Viviennemary · 21/08/2026 23:03

Tv show on Netflix. We want privacy. It's Groundhog day.

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TooBigForMyBoots · 22/08/2026 00:16

Viviennemary · 21/08/2026 23:03

Tv show on Netflix. We want privacy. It's Groundhog day.

Have they a new Netflix thing on the go? According to other posters they've been dropped by them.

Have you ever considered not paying them any attention?

That's what I do. Yeah they crop up every few years in the media and main MNET boards, but mostly they're easy to ignore and of little consequence to your or anyone else's life.🤷‍♀️

JaneJeffer · 22/08/2026 00:22

I wonder why they aren’t cross about their friend writing about them in the DM

TooBigForMyBoots · 22/08/2026 01:07

JaneJeffer · 22/08/2026 00:22

I wonder why they aren’t cross about their friend writing about them in the DM

Are they not?
How do you know?
What does it matter to you?

JaneJeffer · 22/08/2026 01:20

TooBigForMyBoots · 22/08/2026 01:07

Are they not?
How do you know?
What does it matter to you?

No need to be so rude to me. I just thought it was strange. Chill out.

TooBigForMyBoots · 22/08/2026 02:00

JaneJeffer · 22/08/2026 01:20

No need to be so rude to me. I just thought it was strange. Chill out.

Rude? I wasn't rude. I was asking you about what you said and how you know that stuff. I just though it was strange.🤷‍♀️ Do you know them?

Chill out. Its not personal.

swimsong · 22/08/2026 02:03

How puerile & pathetic.
Grow up, OP.

JaneJeffer · 22/08/2026 02:06

TooBigForMyBoots · 22/08/2026 02:00

Rude? I wasn't rude. I was asking you about what you said and how you know that stuff. I just though it was strange.🤷‍♀️ Do you know them?

Chill out. Its not personal.

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You need to improve your conversation skills

Filoparcels017 · 22/08/2026 02:31

Flamingojune · 21/08/2026 15:57

If this is what brings you glee you have a sad life

This a thousand times over!

Giraffehaver · 22/08/2026 03:10

@Any1ForTennisYou've summed up my thoughts on this matter beautifully

metellaestinatrio · 22/08/2026 05:02

emuloc · 21/08/2026 15:48

How low to say something like that. He cannot help going bald. That is just so nasty.

It’s exactly what Harry said about his own brother in his bestselling book. Gratuitously nasty, I agree.

CarrieOakie · 22/08/2026 05:40

Bollihobs · 21/08/2026 16:54

Well tbf so did the Judge.

A UK High Court judge ordered Prince Harry and six other high-profile claimants to pay an initial £9.5 million ($13 million) in legal costs by August 28, 2026, after they completely lost their privacy and unlawful information-gathering lawsuit against Associated Newspapers Limited (ANL). Judge Mr Justice Matthew Nicklin dismissed all 97 allegations brought across the various claims on July 7, 2026. Core Reason: The judge ruled that the claimants failed to prove their pleaded allegations.

And Harry's reaction was basically that ANL should have had to prove their innocence rather than the accepted "innocent until proven guilty" which is a shockingly basic misunderstanding of the UK legal system.

The judge didn’t “side” with the daily mail

the judge wanted evidence/proof

Zuve · 22/08/2026 05:51

Sorry Harry but you had it coming. Always look before you leap. I bet meg's not pleased. Still good drama

ThePM · 22/08/2026 05:56

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FudgeFudy · 22/08/2026 07:26

NeedAnyHelpWithThatPaperBag · 21/08/2026 19:31

Can you sue lawyers for telling you you have a case, when it turns out you don't?

This is my only real interest in the thing as a lawyer myself; it's unlikely we'll find out but I'd love to know what the claimants were advised as to the merits of the case. Being awarded costs against you on an indemnity basis is rare but it must have been a risk that the claimants were made aware of here as any decent lawyer (and the claimants did have decent lawyers), is going to highlight the risk to cover their own arse.

I had it myself early on in my career - a client wanted to plough on with litigation 'on principle' despite us saying in no uncertain terms that the case was weak and they were playing with fire re costs. Lo and behold when they lost they didn't fancy paying our costs and tried to say we'd given them misleading advice as to the likelihood of success. Complete rubbish that we were easily able to disprove as we'd seen the risk of that happening a mile off.

gingeristhenewblack43 · 22/08/2026 08:32

Ablondiebutagoody · 21/08/2026 15:44

If he doesn't want publicity, why get his publicist to place the stories about their return in the papers? Surely not to generate a bit of a frenzy to justify us picking up his multi million pound annual security bill.

Fucking balding, grifting, morally superior, bell end.

😂😂😂 couldn’t have put it better.

user1492757084 · 22/08/2026 08:37

Why be gleeful that some people had their phones tapped etc and it was okay.

Backtoschooloncemore · 22/08/2026 08:44

Can you sue lawyers for telling you you have a case, when it turns out you don't?

I remember a case that an individual was suing for something like £100 million. He lost but went after all the lawyers in turn. He lost all of those cases too. Must have cost him millions to sue them.

Lawyers are generally very careful to cover their backs.

EasternStandard · 22/08/2026 08:44

user1492757084 · 22/08/2026 08:37

Why be gleeful that some people had their phones tapped etc and it was okay.

The evidence wasn’t there. I didn’t follow the very long case but the judge was pretty scathing in summary.

Benjithedog · 22/08/2026 08:46

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Who are you to call someone names and to attempt to diagnose someone with with a mental illness because you don’t agree with what they said. How utterly childish and pathetic,

Backtoschooloncemore · 22/08/2026 08:48

user1492757084 · 22/08/2026 08:37

Why be gleeful that some people had their phones tapped etc and it was okay.

Because you don’t get to use your wealth and privilege to demand someone pays you millions of pounds just because someone else who had nothing to do with them was nasty to you.

ThePM · 22/08/2026 12:04

Benjithedog · 22/08/2026 08:46

Who are you to call someone names and to attempt to diagnose someone with with a mental illness because you don’t agree with what they said. How utterly childish and pathetic,

What is there for me to agree or disagree with in what they said? They stated their own feelings.

I fully accept that’s how they feel and, in the wider context of this being a frequent theme, suggested that their passion has tipped over into obsession in a way that may be unhealthy.

It wasn’t done in support of H+M, who are truly but a tiny speck in the Atlas of my life, but to suggest that poster make like to take a tiny step back to evaluate where her interest is rather disproportionate.

Benjithedog · 22/08/2026 12:05

emuloc · 21/08/2026 16:56

I had a feeling that they would lose the case. The behemoth, that is the press, has been allowed to employ disgusting tactics, to get a story for decades. They lie to the public, constantly, and push whatever agenda, they want to, manipulating the public constantly.

But they didn’t lie in this case as clearly outlined by the judge’s verdict.