Though unusual, legal action like that undertaken by the Duchess of Sussex is not unprecedented. Previous cases of royals suing the press include:• The Prince of Wales sued The Mail on Sunday in 2005 after the newspaper published an extract from his private journals in which he called Chinese leaders “appalling old waxworks”. Prince Charles claimed that his copyright and confidentiality were breached. The risky legal strategy was successful; a High Court judge dismissed the paper’s public interest defence in a ruling subsequently upheld by the Court of Appeal. • Lawyers acting for Diana, Princess of Wales sued the Sunday Mirror and Daily Mirror in 1993 for publishing secretly-taken pictures of her exercising in a gym.

Source: The Times October 02, 2019 23:06 UTC