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- Prince Harry won a lawsuit against Splash News, a paparazzi agency that took and broadcast intimate photos of the Cotswolds' house he shared with Meghan Markle.
- Prince Harry's lawyers said Thursday that the images were so intrusive that the couple felt compelled to move.
- On January 9, the agency used a helicopter to take pictures and videos of the couple's house and capture pictures of their living room, their dining room and even their room.
- Splash News agreed to "pay a substantial sum in damages and court costs" and also apologized to the duke.
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The Duke of Susbad won a lawsuit against a paparazzi agency that apologized and agreed to pay "a substantial sum" of damages after publishing intimate photos of Prince Harry, his home in Oxfordshire lived with Meghan Markle to the media.
Photos and images Splash News from the Cotswolds' former home – including their living room, dining room and bedroom – were taken by helicopter on January 9 and immediately sold to several press, including The Times.
Prince Harry's representative appeared in court on Thursday. According to an open statement issued by Prince Harry's lawyers, the images were so intrusive that Prince Harry and Markle felt compelled to leave their Cotswolds property, in which they had settled. May 2018, according to Country Living, before their wedding.
"The property had been chosen by the Duke for himself and his wife, because of the high standard of privacy that it offered because of its location in an isolated area surrounded by private farmland all areas to which photographers have access ", reads in the statement of Harbottle & Lewis.
"The helicopter flew over the house at low altitude, allowing Splash to take pictures of and in the living room and dining room of the house and directly into the bedroom.
" The Syndication and the publication of photographs very seriously undermined the safety of the Duke and the house to the extent that they no longer have to live on the property. "
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According to the statement, Harbottle & Lewis wrote to Splash as soon as Prince Harry was informed of the publication of the photographs, published in the national media on January 11. [19659007] The lawyers managed to prove the misuse of confidential information, the violations of the privacy rights of Prince Harry and violations of the Data Protection General Regulations and the Data Protection Act 2018 (DPA), according to the release.
"Splash has now agreed to pledge to stop and to refrain from selling, publishing, publishing or otherwise making available to the public the same or similar photographs or photographs, and second, not to repeat his or her conduct by using n. any m Airborne to take photographs or film footage of the private house of the Duke who violate the rights to privacy or data, or otherwise constitute an illegal activity, "said the statement.
"Splash agreed to pay a large sum in damages and court costs, and apologized to the duke."
A spokesperson for Splash News told INSIDER: "Splash has always acknowledged that this is a misjudgment and we have taken steps to prevent it from happening again." We apologize to the Duke and the Duchess for the distress we have caused. "
Buckingham Palace also issued a statement on behalf of the Prince.
"The Duke of Susbad recognizes and welcomes the official apology presented by Splash News and Picture Agency, as mentioned in the statement in open court today," he said.
It is understood that the couple originally planned to stay in the house until they could move into their current home in Frogmore Cottage in Windsor. Prince Harry and Markle moved to Frogmore Cottage in April, before the birth of their son.
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