Britain's Prince Harry and his wife Meghan Markle have taken action against the tabloid press, suing a newspaper for what they have called a "ruthless campaign," the Duke of Sussex said in a statement late Tuesday.
The emotional statement released on the Duke and Duchess of Sussex's official website said that the pair is suing a newspaper for publishing a private letter Meghan had written to her father - a decision that he said comes after months of media exploitation.
Prince Harry said that his wife has been vilified "almost daily for the past nine months" by a specific press pack that have created "lie after lie at her expense simply because she has not been visible while on maternity leave."
"It is, for this reason, we are taking legal action, a process that has been many months in the making," the statement said.
The duke made reference to his late mother Diana, the Princess of Wales, who was killed in a car crash in Paris in 1997 after being pursued by paparazzi.
"I've seen what happens when someone I love is commoditised to the point that they are no longer treated or seen as a real person. I lost my mother and now I watch my wife falling victim to the same powerful forces," he said.
The statement did not name the publication, but Britain's Press Association cited Schillings, the law firm representing the duchess, as saying that legal action has been launched against the Mail on Sunday newspaper and its parent company Associated Newspapers.
The agency said the claim is over the alleged misuse of private information, infringement of copyright and breach of the Data Protection Act 2018.
The Royal couple meanwhile wrap up their first family visit to Africa in Johannesburg on Wednesday, ending a stay in a country they both described as their "second home".
DPA (Additional reporting Algoa FM News. Pic: ANA)
