The British media can’t decide how to talk about Prince Harry’s lawsuit against the Sun. This week, the judge ruled that Harry’s case can go to trial, but the judge also boxed in Harry’s case by throwing out the part about the palace’s “secret agreement” with News Group Newspapers and the phone-hacking part of the case too. Still, Harry gets to put the Sun on trial and anything can happen. Which is bad news for the Windsors, because they still have all kinds of secret deals and arrangements with NGN and the rest of the British tabloids. So, the Daily Beast’s Royalist column reports that the Windsors are massively irritated by all of it.
King Charles and Prince William and their spouses will be “massively irritated” by the implications of a court judgment Thursday that Prince Harry will return to the High Court witness box, potentially spilling more embarrassing details about his family, a friend of the family told The Daily Beast. However, the friend added that the royals would do their best to avoid being “distracted” by Harry’s legal battles as they launch into a busy two years of global travel to try and shore up the royal brand overseas.
The family friend told The Daily Beast: “Everyone in the family completely accepts that Harry is a private citizen and can do what he likes without reference to the family. That doesn’t mean they have to like it. Of course they are massively irritated by the prospect of more blockbuster Harry trials but they have been expecting it; there is also the defamation case against the Mail don’t forget. Their goal is just to keep plugging away and not get distracted by any of it.”
Another source said that Harry or Meghan making court appearances, publishing further books or making films was now widely considered inevitable, and that the policy of not commenting or reacting had been judged a success by the family and there would be “no change” to the overall strategy.
The royals are thought to be keen to make maximum use of Charles and Camilla’s good health to get them to make frequent overseas trips, especially to farther flung destinations which have not been visited by a reigning monarch since the queen gave up long haul travel in 2013.
A friend of the king’s told The Daily Beast that the king would “not give a second’s thought” to Harry’s litigation timetable when making his plans for overseas travel for the next two years. The trouble is, of course, that the rest of the world, not to mention the global news cycle, might not be quite so blasé.
So… they’re massively irritated while also acknowledging that Harry has every right to sue the media while also insisting that Harry has no right to bring up all of the Windsors’ secret arrangements with the media. AND they’re just going to ignore Harry, because that’s gone so well for them for the past four years. This is hilariously worded: “The royals are thought to be keen to make maximum use of Charles and Camilla’s good health” – sending two septuagenarians out on two years of royal tours to distract from the fact that they choked on the terms of the Sussexit and left a rogue prince out in the world, calling them out on all of their bullsh-t. What could go wrong.
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- Royal Courts of Justice, London, UK. 6th June 2023. Prince Harry arriving at the Royal Courts of Justice, ahead of his lawsuit against The Mirror Group. The Duke of Sussex is suing Mirror Group Newspapers (MGN) for damages over alleged unlawful information gathering, including phone hacking and will be the first senior British royal to give evidence in court for 130 years.,Image: 781717892, License: Rights-managed, Restrictions: Supplied by AVALON – Fee Payable Upon Reproduction – For queries contact Avalon – sales@avalon.red London: +44 (0) 20 7421 6000 Los Angeles: +1 (310) 822 0419 Madrid: +34 91 533 4289, Model Release: no, Credit line: Photo by Amanda Rose / Avalon
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- Royal Courts of Justice, London, UK. 7th June 2023. Prince Harry leaving the Royal Courts of Justice, with his lawyer, David Sherborne, following his second day giving testimony in the witness stand. The Duke of Sussex is suing Mirror Group Newspapers (MGN) for damages over alleged unlawful information gathering, including phone hacking and is the first senior British royal to give evidence in court for 130 years.,Image: 782000910, License: Rights-managed, Restrictions: Supplied by AVALON – Fee Payable Upon Reproduction – For queries contact Avalon – sales@avalon.red London: +44 (0) 20 7421 6000 Los Angeles: +1 (310) 822 0419 Madrid: +34 91 533 4289, Model Release: no, Credit line: Photo by Amanda Rose / Avalon
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- The Royal Family receive the crowds and look on at the flypast from the balcony of Buckingham Palace after the Trooping the Colour, the King’s Birthday Parade, London, UK on June 17 2023. Present (L-R) Sir Timothy Laurence, the Princess Royal, (Princess Anne), Prince George, Prince Louis, Princess Charlotte, Princess of Wales, HRH Prince of Wales (Prince William), HM King Charles III, HM Queen Camilla, Duke of Edinburgh (Prince Edward), Duchess of Edinburgh (Sophie), Duke of Kent, Duchess of Gloucester, Duke of Gloucester.,Image: 783948598, License: Rights-managed, Restrictions: , Model Release: no, Credit line: Lee Floyd / Avalon
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- The Prince and Princess of Wales during the Out-Sourcing Inc Royal Charity Polo Cup 2023 at Guards Polo Club, Windsor, which raises funds and awareness for eleven charities supported by the Prince and Princess of Wales. Featuring: Catherine, Princess of Wales and Prince William Where: Windsor, United Kingdom When: 06 Jul 2023 Credit: PA Images/INSTARimages **NORTH AMERICA RIGHTS ONLY**
The “family friend” tells a good tale, but the RF doesn’t keep “plugging away.”
I love this for them. Be obsessed by this; you should be.
So they’re mad more attention will be paid to Harry and his impending lawsuit before, during, and after trial, than any of them could manage to drum up in a whole year. Got it.
I love that their response is to get the hell out of the country….For the next 2 years! Yeah, that’s diplomacy from these losers.
And apparently they’re p*ssed that Harry’s going to be getting some press these next two years. This is just astounding arrogance! The king is on tour! Nobody gets to do anything that gets reported on! Media silence on all but the king!! Just too funny!
They’re fearful about what could come out in the trial about their collusion with the press.
I like this strategy for The Windsors because it will fail spectacularly. Charles is going to be forced to answer for this soon. I think that’s why Pegs is giving up on flop tours. He knows he can’t control the media outside of England and he’ll have to answer about Harry, how much of a bribe he took from Murdoch, and what rose bushes he’s tending to.
What rose bushes he’s tending to!! Too funny.
I want Wootton hung round his neck everywhere W goes in New York. If the UK media won’t touch the story with a barge pole I want the international media to need to have to ask why all these “cranks” keep yelling and heckling W about “what does Dan Wootton know? What does Dan Wootton have on you? Were you blackmailed by Dan Wootton?” during his NYC UN o rama. I want that sex pest’s name ringing in W ears the whole time long in America.
And what massively irritates them the most is there’s not a damn thing they can do about it except gnash their crooked yellow teeth.
Wow the royal cult soap opera continues. Of course they are irritated but they should really be worried about what could come out. Sending Chuckles and Horsilla out on trips isn’t the fix they think it is because they get very little press when they do. I hope all the dirt comes out then we will see who or what gets the coverage.
It’s all code for massively scared, not massively irritated!! The entire House of Windsor is seeing that the combination of Wootton and Harry’s successful result in a trial is creating fear amongst ALL of them, especially KFCII as he is now king. Then of course we have Pegs exposed for his role in playing ball with the Murdoch Henchmen.
No matter where C&C try to escape to during their massive tour they will be asked again and again!! The Windsors are all in for a nasty surprise as their current MO hasn’t worked and will still be dead in the water.
I suppose they believe that these trips will strengthen the British Empire, except there really is no British Empire any more. Most of their past trips have just irritated the “natives” and caused more calls within their countries to dump their relationships with the their old conquerors.
I wonder how the Dan wooton case dovetails into this, so far every one of the major media out let’s have been quiet, but Dan intersects with Harry’s story in many ways
I’m wondering about this too. Wootton is a friend and admirer of William. Given what is now being revealed and alleged about Wootton there must be some murmurings about what could be revealed about William.
@lili. Agree. Wootton’s got to be tied into Harry’s case. The collusion of the press and the RF is stark and startling. Wootton has the dirt on William.
” … the policy of not commenting or reacting had been judged a success by the family and there would be “no change” to the overall strategy.”
Strange definition of success.
I’d have thought their failure to comment on the whole NGN/Wootton/Mirror/DMGT complex shows the RF are in over their heads, and that the BM will continue to keep them all on a short leash that the media is occasionally yanking when things get rough.
It’s going to be massive fun watching this, especially when the Derangers’ screams will get louder, and that includes people like Liemily Andrews, #CamillaTomineyisaliar, Richard “Maureen” Eden, Palmolive, the vile Angela, Apartheid Barbie, Tom Bowel, the Moron, Sarah “Westminster WAG” and “Lady” C
I don’t know most of those codenames. Normally I would investigate but the ones I do know is so desperate and over the top, I don’t want to know the rest. Lady Colin just likes a crowd. Colin says whatever for views and money. I saw it in her eyes.
“the policy of not commenting or reacting had been judged a success by the family and there would be “no change” to the overall strategy.”
Sorry they comment, not officially but unofficially they whine and whine and the world has begun to take note.
“Massively irritated” is likely an understatement😂
Probably, but Willie owns incandescent so what can they do?
“the policy of not commenting or reacting had been judged a success by the family and there would be “no change” to the overall strategy.”
Sorry they comment, not officially but unofficially they whine and whine and the world has begun to take note.
So no..it is not a success they reveal who they are every single time…and they are not pretty.
The trial will involve the PIs who brought receipts of payments from tabloids . The tabloids will rat out KP and BP if it looks like they are for the dock.
I hope so.
“… as they launch into a busy two years of global travel to try and shore up the royal brand overseas”.
ROTFL. That’s like trying to shore up ‘trump’s brand’, cigarette companies, epstein’s. There is no fixing them. And worse they think sending out two profoundly unattractive (physical and moral) old people (no disrespect meant to senior citizens, the Q could rock a tour just based on her dignity and clothes). And if they live in constant fear of H&M, good; now they get only a minor taste of the stress these two lived through. All they had to do was leave his wife alone. Oh well.
“… no disrespect meant to senior citizens, the Q could rock a tour just based on her dignity and clothes.”
SO TRUE. Toward the ends of their lives, QEII and Prince Philip were both increasingly frail, yet always presented a show of dignified serenity. The Queen in particular was adept at being coolly regal, no matter what the occasion, the cut/color of her clothes, or her age.
Chucky Boy and Seabiscuit almost always look hunched over, as if anticipating a blow. Chucky in particular has always looked hangdog — like, all his life — but after his clowning, seems to be particularly bent over. No compassion or pity for those two. They’re finding out that the thing you want most is often the thing you should never get, for your own good. Or, in other words: “F around and find out.”
Well, we just had an article about how BP’s plans for a 2-year global tour are being stymied by the UK government. C&C aren’t going anywhere unless the government wants them to.
Harry and Meghan getting evicted from Frogmore Cottage was a response to Harry’s book being published. So the Royals have not been silent or reacting to what Harry or Meghan says. Heck Charles leaked knowledge of a letter he wrote to Meghan because she refused to go to the coronation. Kate went on a hugging spree because Meghan said she was very cold and formal when they met.
This is what I don’t understand about them. How many times will it take for Harry and Meghan to react in the way different than what they anticipated for them to get the point? In the beginning I can understand them listening to the courtiers and their own delusions of grandeur making them think that Harry and Meghan would be begging to come back, or begging to mention them all the time, or basically trying to stay inside the sphere. But that’s clearly not the case now and regardless of how many yes people you have around you if you think someone’s going to do a and they do b 70 times, when do you get the point?
Amy Bee, the letter he wrote to her, and she responded to it in a return letter, I think, was supposed to get a different response than what they got. Meghan only mentioned letters written two years ago related to discussions that happened four years ago. There wasn’t any way that more could be said about the letters, because Meghan didn’t say anything about them–not even to confirm what the topic of the letters were about. I thought it was a master stroke by her, and it must have really angered the bm and brf that they couldn’t use them in some way.
Dee(2), I don’t think they know what else to do. They just keep hoping that something ANYTHING will get a response. Deluded jerks.
These people are so funny. I’m pretty sure Charles and Camilla were in Canada last year and no one cared. Really going to be interesting to see how these busy two years of global travel are going to turn out.
No one went to see them when they visited Canada, but many people were offended by Camilla laughing at a pair of Inuit throat singers. The goal of throat singing is to make your partner laugh and break concentration, and so laughing along with throat singing is fine, but it was clear that she was making fun of them (like a classist and racist bully) not playing along. Many Canadians noticed the disrespect, and were not impressed.
LOL, there wouldn’t be embarrassing details if they hadn’t done embarrassing things. And a major point of these law suits is that they were leaking embarrassing details about Harry to the tabloids.
CRex has wanted a streamlined monarchy for years. He’s been king since September of last year, so this statement, “The royals are thought to be keen to make maximum use of Charles and Camilla’s good health,” makes little sense. Usually we go after WanK for this, but seriously, if C&C really wanted to make maximum use of their good health, they would have and could have been out their doing much more. Especially Camzilla! This is what KC3 wanted. Fine. Now prove that you are capable of doing the job, don’t babble about what you want. Show us.
“Everyone in the family completely accepts that Harry is a private citizen and can do what he likes without reference to the family. ”
Do they though? Because their “complete acceptance” seems laced with resentment.
QuiteContrary, I think they also fear him to a certain extent because he knows a lot that he hasn’t disclosed. Yet. That’s got to worry them. I can’t help but feel there might be jealousy, too. Of course, there’s Won’t who (I think) wants the life that Harry has. Well, as long as he got to keep all of the money and prestige. I wonder how many of the rest of the family feel that way? Harry is making his own money and isn’t having to grovel for every cent he gets.
Bye Charlie, bye cam, bye bullyam, bye botox, and don’t let the door hit you on the ass on your way out
Your all running scared. IF Harry’s court case didn’t bother you and IF you weren’t such a bunch of shallow two faced hypocrites you wouldn’t have needed to run would you? YES you are worried, the fact that you evicted Harry and Megan from their PAID FOR home, the FACT that you keep briefing the press about how “your not bothered and are maintaining your silence” shows, yes you are. You are worried sick. We all know how the judge has tried to knee cap Harry with his case, by saying he couldn’t go forward with the phone hacking part because it’s to late! To late?, so why did wank get a pay out 3 years ago ORRRR is that tied into Wooton, because if it wasn’t, then the judge has hedged your bets for you. Then you blithering idiots, you let the judge say there is no secret contract and then THIS statement is given out by who? Today. The LAW MUST CHANGE. it cannot be allowed to stand that people are allowed to speak on the Royal family’s behalf but names are not given. So Harry, go to court with your head held high. Your British family members are cowards, and are showing themselves to be. Just PLEASE stay safe
Mary Pester, so if he can’t use the phone hacking, it’ll be interesting to discover how the bm got the information that they did. I assume the PI invoices will be part of the evidence, which is be beneficial to Harry. It’s going to be interesting to discover how they explain the details they got. Will they need to throw members of the brf under the bus? It’s going to be an interesting trial.
@saucy&sassy, exactly, but I still worry about this judge, he knows William took a payout only 3 years ago! Not only that, the sun admitted it had used phone hacking in the past, and said sorry and that they had changed, so that’s admission on their part. Some things this judge has said, just don’t sit right for a supposed impartial judge
Good, I love this for them. And Kate? Burn those dollar-store earrings.
What part is a lie and what part is true. The press said Camilla isn’t going on overseas trips. Just a few months back.
Did they say that to get her to respond. Are they now lying about her doing foreign trips. I feel that Camilla wants to travel and be acknowledged, but they don’t know how she will be received as queen consort. They can’t blame h&m because a lot of the commonwealth didn’t want her as princess consort. I think these press bits are to gauge the public response.
Camilla would cut the tours short and leave them earlier.
In her small defense, Camilla suffers from flight-induced severe vertigo. She often travels a day ahead, rests up, then is moved a short distance for an ‘arrival’ event to make it look like they flew together.
What really irritates the Windsors… is that they don’t try very hard and they are not all that beloved internationally. Invictus is going to blow any event any Windsor does out of the water — no matter what they schedule – its going to look sad and pathetic because they have created nothing on the scale that Harry has with Invictus. They are jealous that Harry did something the world gets excited about and mad that their tawdry showing up doesn’t made the masses scream with adoration. Somehow this is all Harry and Megan’s fault. Right.
I fully expect the Firm to try to sabotage the Invictus Games. They will at least meddle with the UK participants. Remember their bus ride to the last IG? Between now and Harry’s court appearance next year, brace for the meanest, lowest, nastiest mud slinging against the Sussexes that you have ever seen. It’s going to be ugly.
What really irritates the Windsor’s is that Harry is successful and not begging to come back.
Windsors are “massively irritated” that Harry is fighting against an outfit accused of hiring private investigators to dig up dirt about him and others? What kind of human beings are the royal family? They sound like pathetic cowards. Who wouldn’t be outraged at an institution that runs roughshod over people’s rights to privacy, all in the pursuit of the almighty coin? Unless the royals have something to gain as well.
If they had done nothing to be embarrassed about Charles Camilla Kate and will would have nothing to worry about.
If Charles and the queen beginning in 2016 had made a statement to the media telling them to stop slamming harry and Meghan he and protected them this never would have happened.
That would be awkward since it was them leaking to the press in the first place. From the late Queen’s right-hand woman to both Charles and Will’s offices.
I think in addition to being irritated, the Windsors are completely befuddled — they truly don’t understand why Prince Harry would take a risk for the benefit of others and for the greater good.
They’re so accustomed to looking after their own interests, even when it means pandering to the rota. Harry’s courage must be a complete mystery to them.
@QuiteContrary, I agree 💯. Everything about Harry confounds the Windsors – his work ethic, his charisma & integrity, his love for a woman they consider racially inferior, and his staunch devotion to his children (whom the royals wish were never born). But nothing baffles them more than Harry’s rejection of palace life and his refusal to play the game with the rota.
Good. Let them squirm and scream and have endless sleepless nights!
Good. Stay salty.
When will Harry stop suing William and Co. friends?? LOL…
The two royal wives’ friends??
Now to arrange to be out of the country as soon as the court date is announced….
What destination is this comment talking about? Harry did a lot of visits to countries after 2013 and once he married Meghan they both went on tours.
“The royals are thought to be keen to make maximum use of Charles and Camilla’s good health to get them to make frequent overseas trips, especially to farther flung destinations which have not been visited by a reigning monarch since the queen gave up long haul travel in 2013.”
Tell me that WanK are not going to be going on tours. That would be an unmitigated disaster. They know that, right?
This judge’s ruling is called the fox guarding the henhouse. they are trying to guard the Uk Windsors from any negative fallout.
Exactly
Yet by allowing the charge of illegal information gathering to go forward, the judge has opened the door to sworn testimony from the media spies. How will they explain their information about the Sussexes? It could be only from the RF or hacking and spying. The field is still wide open. What will the “sources” say under oath?
William and Kate are massively irritated by Harry’s lawsuit because they know they could be implicated if Wootton’s criminal activities are found to be somehow connected with them. Byline just has to dig deeper into Wootton’s criminal shenanigans.
“Seek revenge and you should dig two graves, one for yourself”.
This is an interesting way of responding to a family member finally getting the chance for justice he has wanted and fought for. A loving family would normally be happy in such a situation, but the RF is instead “massively irritated”? Then for them to be concerned about what embarrassing things might come out about them in a case about unlawful information gathering by the media, is yet another sign that they have wronged Harry and Meghan and are afraid some of their coordination with the media will be revealed. Those who have done no wrong normally aren’t concerned or afraid of what could be revealed in a court of law which should be about finding the truth.
All. Of. This.
And the RF certainly has never considered that their never comment and their secret deals, as well as their treatment of Harry and Meghan was the major cause of Harry writing his book and having to sue the media!
So, they are going to continue to collude with the media and cause the same results with the next generation, right? No sense in evaluating or changing their methods if they have worked so well in the past.
Poor George, Charlotte, and Louis.