- Meghan Markle and Prince Harry on Friday filed a lawsuit over photos taken by paparazzi group Splash UK that showed Markle with their son, Archie, in Canada.
- As part of the settlement, Splash UK agreed to stop taking pictures of Markle, Harry, or their future son, according to The Guardian.
- A statement received by Insider from a spokesman for Schillings’ legal representation, Markle and Harry, states: “The Duke and Duchess of Sussex have successfully filed a lawsuit filed earlier this year against the paparazzi group. Splash UK. “
- “This arrangement is a clear signal that illegal, aggressive and abusive behavior by paparazzi is unacceptable, and that the couple are paying attention to these issues – just as any family would,” Schillings’ statement continued.
- The couple continues to move on with other legal battles, including a separate lawsuit against Splash US, and Markle’s ongoing privacy lawsuit against the publishers of the Mail on Sunday.
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Meghan Markle and Prince Harry on Friday filed a lawsuit over photos taken by British paparazzi group Splash UK that showed Markle with their son, Archie, in Canada.
Markle denied Splash UK, saying the photos were an invasion of Archie’s privacy, according to the Evening Standard. Markle also said the images violated data protection laws after they were sold to the Daily Mail and The Sun, according to Mail Online.
The Guardian reported on Friday that Splash UK had “illegally invaded the privacy of Sussexes when it was executed by the photographers” a full reinvestment investigation into the duke and duchess’s private home, walking around looking to mark entry and exit points and place his camera over the fence. to take photographs. “
As part of the legal settlement with the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, Splash UK has agreed not to photograph Markle, Harry, or Archie again, the Guardian reports.
Photograph taken in memory of the Baptism of Markle and Harry’s son Archie.
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“The administrators of Splash UK have accepted that, should the entity come out of administration, Splash UK will not provide any photographs of the duke and duchess or son in the future,” a statement read read. to the court, according to The Guardian.
A statement received by Insider from a spokesman for Schillings’ legal representation, Markle and Harry, confirmed that the duke and duchess have filed their legal claim against Splash UK.
“As explained in today’s hearing, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex have settled a lawsuit earlier this year against the paparazzi group Splash UK. This settlement is a clear signal that the behavior of paparazzi will be unlawful, aggressive and harassing, and the couple is paying attention to these issues – just as any family would, “Schillings’ statement continued.
The Schillings statement said Markle and Harry have an ongoing, separate legal claim against Splash US, which “continues to move forward in the British courts system.”
Representatives for the Duke and Duchess of Sussex declined to comment further. Splash UK did not immediately respond to Insider’s request for comment.
Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex, Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, and baby son Archie Mountbatten-Windsor on the family royal tour on September 25, 2019, in Cape Town, South Africa.
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The couple’s latest legal gain is separate from Markle’s ongoing lawsuit with the publisher of the Mail on Sunday
While Markle and Harry’s settlement with Splash UK marks one advantage in seeking privacy, they continue to move forward with other legal battles.
Markle is embroiled in an ongoing legal battle with the publisher of the Mail on Sunday, the Associated Newspapers. She is suing the newspaper’s publisher for misuse of private information, copyright infringement, and violation of the Data Protection Act 2018 after the Mail on Sunday published a private letter she wrote to her father, Thomas Markle.
In October 2019, Harry released a rare statement to name Markle’s lawsuit against the Associated Newspapers, claiming that the Mail on Sunday left parts of his wife’s letter to her father.
“In addition to the illegal publication of this private document, they have deliberately misled you [the reader] by strategically omitting selected paragraphs, specific sentences, and even single words to hide the lies they had been in for over a year, “Harry said in the statement.
Meghan Markle and Prince Harry in December 2017.
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Harry also commented on the media attention of his mother, Princess Diana, when announcing Markle’s privacy lawsuit against the publisher Mail on Sunday: “I saw what happens when someone called bring my love to the point of not being treated or seen as a real person. I lost my mother and now I watch my wife suffer the same powerful forces. “
In October, nearly a year after Harry filed his wife’s lawsuit against the newspaper’s publisher, the London High Court agreed to set Markle’s court date off at least nine months. According to Hello! Danielle Stacey, royal online journalist Magazine, had the original trial date to January 11, 2021.
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