Prince Harry v The Mirror in phone hacking case

This is a perfectly normal tactic in civil proceedings. If the defendant makes an offer to settle which is higher than the amount of damages the court awards, the claimant may be liable to pay the defendant’s costs despite having won his case. This is because parties are encouraged to settle and not to waste the court’s time by pursuing a claim out of sheer vindictiveness.
It’s not a disgusting system. It has been in place for a very long time, for good reason.

Spotify have dropped Meghan.

That programme was shocking. I didn't realise exactly how it works, Steve Coogan explained it exactly. The newspaper offers you an amount and you refuse it, they will then up the amount, and continue to do this until they reach an amount that you agree on, Because if you go to court and you are granted less than this amount you will have to pay the newspapers legal costs as well as your own. It isn't justice, it is bargaining and gambling.
Well done Harry, Elton and Baroness Lawrence, for challenging this disgusting system.

Anniebach

Can we assumed he lied else they wouldn’t have a problem releasing them ?

That was my first thought.

I’m currently watching the BBC2 programme about phone hacking. I did miss some of it (nodded off earlier) but some of the people interviewed said they needed someone with enough money to take the newspapers to court and risk losing a lot of money. Sounds like Harry is that person.

We don’t want him back!!!

If they release them, they may feel obliged to deport him.

Makes you wonder doesn’t it?

Can we assumed he lied else they wouldn’t have a problem releasing them ?

Thanks Gossamer
I see today that US officials have blocked the release of Harry’s visa files.
One rule for the rich……

I agree with everything you have said maddyone

I entirely agree Joseanne. His behaviour towards his family has been reprehensible. William must be so angry at him but remains dignified and silent on the matter

Don't forget his dead mother, she's proved to be a great source for raising cash. But it's true, the only way he has to raise the sort of money to furnish his millionaire life style is by cashing in on his so called miserable privileged life and those people who loved him especially the late Queen. The more salacious mistruths the better. All that expensive education fitted Harry for nothing in civilian life. He's deeply unpleasant.

Aveline

Yes. Cashing on on his life and 'miserable' times. It's all he's got.

And that's fine Aveline providing he doesn't do this at the expense of others like his father, step mum, brother, sister in law, nieces, nephews, even old flames, old teachers, old army colleagues etc.
Even his fans on here must agree that it isn't healthy to hurt others for your own benefit.

Yes. Cashing on on his life and 'miserable' times. It's all he's got.

He is making money

But how brave of him to become involved I think.

His media profile is all over the place.He is loved, he’s made a fool of, he’s hated in certain quarters and yet, he’s put his neck on the line again. Put himself up for a fall…again. And as the op says not an experience to be enjoyed.

The fullnes of time and the verdict might shed some light on
his reason.

Thomas Markle and King Charles are as different as chalk and cheese, but the pain they will have both felt will be just as hard to bear. Prince or pauper, the pain feels the same.

Joseann. Thank you for kind words. I noticed that I spelt your name totally incorrectly, apologies! I simply didn't check before posting and my iPlayer tends to put what it perceives to be the correct word!! I think perhaps Meghan was playing to the camera when she said she asked if Harry was kind! Just an act to make her sound a bit fragile. We'll never know of course, but for Thomas and Charles it's very sad.

A lot of families have a moving story to tell about estrangement and reconciliation. I'm glad you found peace too Jaberwok.
My guess is, like someone said earlier, that Meghan was maybe embarrassed about her family and thought it might spoil her chances with Harry. But that doesn't make sense, because her first question before she even dated Harry was, "Is he kind?" In which case, assuming she found him so, why wasn't he kind enough to persevere with the Thomas situation and not shout at him down the phone?

Roseanne, yours is a sad story, but you absolutely did the right thing, you reached out to your father. What he chose to do was for him to decide, but you will always feel glad that you gave him that opportunity. Mine is a different tale. Although my mother married again and we were happy, my father was always a very slight shadow by my side. My mother hardly ever spoke of him,so growing up I knew very little about him and spent quite a bit of my time speculating how he died,over Holland, but where exactly, how old was he,who were his parents,where did they come from and on it went. I felt that I just had to run him to earth. So after my mother and much loved stepfather died, and with the advent of the internet I started searching, got in touch with a Dutch archivist who helped enormously, and finally after about 2 years found myself and my hubby standing by this headstone that was him. We also visited the crash site and put up a plaque. I felt as if I'd come a full circle, and that after all those years of wondering and searching there he finally was. We had been ok, he was ok, all was ok, chapter closed. Like you I can't begin to understand H &M's attitude.

Not quite the same, but from the day I was born my father separated himself from us and chose to work and live in America. 22 years later my husband wrote to him to ask for my hand in marriage, and we invited him to our wedding. Why? Possibly a sense of propriety was involved, possibly sorrow over years of lost love, BUT mainly because he was my father.
After the event, nothing changed, we became no closer and he died 2 years later. I do not for one second regret that he was there, and I think my mum was silently pleased too. That's why I find Meghan and Harry's behaviour difficult to understand, and now they have children, even more so. Second chances don't always happen unless you make them.

Annie, I hadn't thought of it like that, but you are almost certainly right. One things for sure, neither family deserves them!

They deserve each other and probably saving two other people from much hurt

If Harry had met Thomas Markle and the family he might well have thought twice about marrying Meghan and she couldn’t have allowed that. They might also have told him all about her upbringing and the fact that Thomas was her main carer.. He doted on her, spoilt her and the results we see today are of a selfish spoilt woman who thinks she must always be number one. In that regard, she and Harry are very alike.