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In the case against publisher Associated Newspapers, his legal team argued that a report about his legal claim against the U.K. government caused “serious damage to his reputation and substantial hurt, embarrassment and distress."

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00:00A high court judge in London has ruled that part of an article in the Mail on Sunday

00:03about Prince Harry's legal claim against the British government's home office was defamatory.

00:09The Duke of Sussex had filed a claim against the newspaper's publisher,

00:12Associated Newspapers Limited, in February.

00:14After an article was published that his team claimed caused, quote,

00:17serious damage to his reputation and substantial hurt, embarrassment, and distress, which is continuing.

00:23A judge on Friday ruled that parts of the article were indeed defamatory.

00:27According to ITV, the judge said,

00:30It may be possible to spin facts in a way that does not mislead,

00:33but the allegation being made in the article was very much that the object was to mislead the public.

00:37In his case against the government, Prince Harry is seeking a judicial review

00:41to force them to provide official security for him and his family.

00:44Prince Harry and his wife, Meghan Markle, had signaled they would pay for the security,

00:48but they want it to be provided via the home office.

00:50Markle previously successfully sued Associated Newspapers over the publication of a handwritten

00:55letter to her father, Thomas Markle, about the breakdown of their relationship

00:58around the time of the royal wedding.

01:00For that, she was awarded just one pound in damages,

01:03while also getting an undisclosed sum that she donated to charity.

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