Prince Harry will continue to wage legal war against a newspaper that alleged that he had “snubbed” his military links since leaving the Royal Family. Despite receiving an apology from the Mail on Sunday over the offending article, the Duke of Sussex’s legal team are proposing that a statement still be read out in open court. ITV Royal Rota podcast hosts Chris Ship and Lizzie Robinson discussed why the former working royal is taking the claims so seriously.
Mr Ship told listeners: “Prince Harry’s legal action appears to be coming to a conclusion.
“However, his team wish for some of the evidence or documents to be read out in open court.
“We got hold of some of those documents recently in which Prince Harry actually claimed that some members of the military or the veteran community would have been at a greater risk following the Mail on Sunday’s claim that Harry had turned his back on the military since he left the Royal Family.
“This story claimed that he hadn’t been in touch with the Royal Marines, that he had ignored a letter from Lord Dannatt.”
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Ms Robinson added: “The legal documents that we’ve seen basically say that this diminished his credibility within that kind of arena.
“Therefore it risked people being less likely to see help being offered to them, and to take him less seriously in that role.
“Given that his role in the military is about supporting mental health particularly, that was one of his great concerns.
“The Mail on Sunday says that it’s apologised.”
Harry’s lawyers argue that his “sincere ambition is to continue to help current and former military personnel by using his reputation and the platform he has as a result of his military service”.
They claim the story would “seriously hamper his ability” to do so.
The Duke’s team added: “The Claimant reasonably fears that this will, in turn, have devastating effects upon such individuals, including leaving them more susceptible to suicide.”
After a 10-year career in the Army, including two deployments in Afghanistan, Harry has become a major public figure in the military community.
Due to his and Meghan Markle’s exit from the Royal Family, he was forced to give up some of those military links.
