Statement by Paul Dacre, Editor-in-Chief of Associated Newspapers Limited, following Harry's loss in court today:
"Prince Harry wrote a sad book which boasted about his killing of 25 Taliban, his drug-taking and, in cringe-making detail, how he lost his virginity. There isn't a laundry in the cosmos big enough to wash all the dirty linen he has aired about his own family. For him, to complain about HIS privacy being invaded takes, not just the biscuit, but the whole tin. Poor Harry. I feel sorry for the way a confused and angry young man has been drawn into this case. The bitter irony is that his mother, Diana, liked the Mail. We were her paper. We took her side in her acrimonious break up with Charles. She and I would speak and meet. The Mail's superb royal reporter was her friend and confidante. The truth is that this trumped-up action - which has cost well over £50 million and wasted a huge amount of valuable court time - should never have been brought to trial. That it did, raises profoundly disturbing questions about the conduct of elements of the legal profession. Today's verdict is not just a victory for Associated's magnificent journalists - several of whom have had a terrible toll imposed on their health and lives - but a free press generally. Make no mistake. This was a conspiracy, supported by Hacked Off, to destroy a paper. Financed by the orgy-loving, racist Max Mosley and involving the actor Hugh Grant, it was also a sinister bid to resuscitate Leveson Two and impose statutory regulation on the press which, even now, is rearing its ugly head in Labour's Media Green Paper."
If Farage had a majority of only 500 and Reform were performing poorly in the national opinion polls, would the major parties have boycotted the byelection? Of course not. They would have gone all-in to win the seat. Everyone knows it.
Dale Vince donated £5 million to the Labour Party.
His energy companies then received £123 million in subsidies.
Funny that isn’t it!?
I don’t remember Sky News camping outside his or his family’s house.
Grateful if Harry would take his unpaid legal bills, his conceit, his hatred of the UK and his heartlessness to his sick father and f++k off back to Montecito.
Several media organisations have been hounding my daughter.
When I approached the boss of Sky News and complained, they denied any contact — and so did their news report.
Sky News are liars. I demand an apology from them and a promise not to repeat it.