Prince Harry Gets Substantial Damages and Excuses for Photos of Private Residences

Prince Harry, Duke of Susbad of Great Britain, accepted considerable damages and excuses from a news agency that had photographed Buckingham Palace said Thursday that his home was in the United States. airs

Harry's lawyer said that the Splash News and Picture Agency chartered a helicopter in January to take pictures and film the private house of Harry and his wife Meghan, a former American actress, in Oxfordshire, Central England.

The couple chose the property because of its high degree of confidentiality and was forced to move after taking the photos, said his lawyer.

"The syndication and publication of the photographs very seriously harmed the safety of the duke and the home to the extent that they are no longer able to live on the ground," said the lawyer in a statement. court notice.

"The property had been chosen by the Duke for him and his wife given the high level of confidentiality that he offered, given his position in a secluded area surrounded by private farmland, at the same time. away from areas accessible to photographers. "

Harry, Queen Elizabeth's grandson and Meghan attract huge media interest and are treated as Hollywood superstars. But they have tense relations with the press and have asked in the past that their right to privacy be respected.

The photos taken by Splash, one of the world's largest celebrity-focused photo agencies, showed the inside of the couple's home. They were later published by The Times newspaper and online by other publications.

Splash stated that the decision to take the photographs was an "error of judgment" and that steps had been taken.

Harry and his older brother William never hid their media aversion after their mother, Princess Diana, was killed in an accident in 1997 as her car drove off to chase away the photographers. .

Earlier this month, Harry and Meghan avoided posing for the traditional photo in front of the hospital after the birth of their first child.

It was not very positive for some British media, which complained. this decision departs from more than 40 years of tradition.

Last year, Harry and Meghan only allowed one journalist to get married inside St. George's Chapel at Windsor Castle.

William and his wife Kate, the Duchess of Cambridge successfully sued a French magazine after publishing photos without a speaker of her in 2012.

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