Why is Harry talking?

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www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8234071/Row-Prince-Harry-claims-UKs-coronavirus-crisis-better-led-believe.html

Is there something seriously wrong with him?

It was an attack on the tabloid media and the way they are reporting him. Given how the DM have reported his, perhaps he has a point in the way they misreport things for a click baity headline. Surely nobody can deny they have a tendency to whip up a froth with an over hyped headline.

When they use the word DEATHS in capitals across many headlines, does anyone really think they are just trying to report an accurate picture of what is going on?

Had anyone seen this thread? It's a summary of the court proceedings today:

twitter.com/joshuarozenberg/status/1253615099220197376?s=21

Thank you Nikhedonia

The BBC has an excellent summary of what was put forward by Associated Newspapers in Court today.

Haven't read that yet. Will it go her way. I think it might.

I read somewhere that she might win on a technicality, but that the collateral damage (character assassination) she will likely sustain on the way, may not be worth it to her.

A pyrrhic victory ? I have just read on the BBC that she is blaming the tabloids for stirring up trouble between her and her father. If this was the case surely it would have been easily resolved between them ? It certainly was not down to the press that Harry had never met her father.

I thought this was particularly interesting.

The way "she wants to run her case"

Yes I did too @Nikedonia. It's specific and slightly unusual wording, isn't it?

Well, I just wondered whether there was a link between this and the refusal to take on the advice given by the RF.

It could just be standard lawyer speak and I just don't know!

It almost as if the QC is saying "it's not a point of law, but the client is insisting we make this argument"

So not only does she ignore the expensive PR advisors, she ignores the expensive lawyers too. At least she's consistent.

How can you blame the press for the breakdown of the relationship between you and your father, when you haven't spoken to him for 18 months?

I think M is the kind of woman who is unable to take responsibility for anything that backfires or goes wrong due to her own poor judgment. She is a blame shifter and I suspect doesn’t spend much time in self reflection.

Instead of looking at where she might have gone wrong in the lead up to the wedding, she is now shifting blame to the media. It’s gobsmacking.

The media didn't turn on MM until after the wedding, IIRC. So what's their excuse for not having met TM before the engagement and certainly before the wedding? I doubt that had anything to do with the press.

Her legal team won’t care about the outcome. They just want their fee.

If she loses, the costs will be astronomical. I hope the UK taxpayer won’t be subsiding this.

I'm confused by the bit about "the way she wants to run her case". Though no lawyer even I realise counsel are instructed by their clients, but having done that, surely you'd leave the guys who understand the process to get on with it?

It just seems such an odd thing to say, but perhaps - having been in Suits - Meghan fancies herself as a real life lawyer now?

The trouble is she thinks she knows better than anyone. She was going to reform the Royals. It didn't work out so she left. She didn't take advice from palace aides so she probably won't take it from lawyers or for that matter PR advisors.

Her legal team won’t care about the outcome. They just want their fee.

If she loses, the costs will be astronomical

The Susseex's firm Schillings was scolded by the same Judge who heard the case today for running up astronomical charges in a case for Philip Green against the Telegraph

www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2019/01/25/sir-philip-greens-lawyers-ordered-reduce-hourly-rate-almost/

Philip Green wound up paying £3million in costs when he dropped his case www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2019/02/08/sir-philip-green-backs-inside-story-court-case-never/

I do think they've got a good case for copyright infringement, the rest of it though is nonsense

To be pedantic it was “the claimant” rather than “she”. And that’s the reporter’s words so the lawyer probably said “my client”.

But anyway it’s interesting.

"Overmanning' lol. Publish the work narratives, I say.

perhaps - having been in Suits - Meghan fancies herself as a real life lawyer now?

To be pedantic it was “the claimant” rather than “she”. And that’s the reporter’s words so the lawyer probably said “my client”.

Cheers for that. It could have been really confusing who or what I was referring to.

I have a thing about the use of ‘she’.

This case is a bit of a trap for Meghan really - if she wins her case it will make it almost impossible for her to do her "tell all" Oprah/Ellen interview without looking like a total hypocrite for breaching the privacy of other members of the RF

I rather think that the Court case was a high stakes gamble for H&M that may backfire on them. I'm not sure that M envisaged ever going to court or having her friends (and enemies possibly) called as witnesses. I bet she gambled the the DM would back down against a member of the RF and that she would get a settlement of several £million to start their new life. Problem is she is now outside the RF so I don't hink the mail will blink first - if they win they get compensation and if they lose they get weeks of valuable clickbait articles to run - so a no real lose position for MoS. If M backs down she will have to pay hefty legal fees to pay from her limited income!

Most legal opinion said she would win the copyright case. However I believe both sides have to agree to an out of court settlement. Associated newspapers might decide they don’t want to do that. They have indicated they wish to see it through and defend it. As the hearing today was brought about by them to strike out some of her case, it will be interesting what the judge says regarding what will go forward. Today wasn’t really about win/lose it was more about what associated newspapers will be defending in the future.