The couple allege drones and helicopters have been deployed by paparazzi to take unlawful photos of them and their 14-month-old son in the privacy of their residence.
00:00It looks like Meghan Markle and Prince Harry have yet to escape the paparazzi since leaving the UK.
00:06According to a complaint filed in LA County Superior Court, the former royals are now suing for invasion of privacy over illegal images they say were taken of their young son in their own backyard.
00:17After stepping back from their position as senior royals in part to escape UK tabloids, the couple and their son moved to a small town in Canada.
00:24Then, according to the suit, the Daily Mail published their exact location and the paparazzi descended.
00:28So they moved again, this time to a gated community in the Los Angeles area.
00:33Again, the Daily Mail put out the address of their residence and again the paparazzi flocked to their home.
00:38And this time they're using drones and helicopters.
00:41Michael Kump of Kinsella Weitzman, who filed the complaint, writes,
00:44Some paparazzi and media outlets have flown drones a mere 20 feet above the house as often as three times a day to obtain photographs of the couple and their young son in their private residence.
00:53Others have flown helicopters above the backyard of the residence as early as 5.30 a.m. and as late as 7 p.m., waking neighbors and their son day after day.
01:03And still, others have even cut holes in the security fence itself to peer through it.
01:07The couple ignored it until they learned that photos of their son Archie purportedly taken in public were being shopped.
01:13Kump says Archie hasn't been in public, let alone in Malibu, where the photos were supposedly taken.
01:17He argues that the images are intentionally mislabeled because unsolicited photos of a young child in their own home are illegal.
01:24The Duke and Duchess of Sussex don't know who took the photos or who is trying to sell them.
01:29So they're suing John Doe defendants, both in hopes of finding out their identities and also to put potential buyers on notice that the photos were taken illegally.
01:37Kump reiterated in a statement to THR,
01:39For more on this story, head to THR.com.
01:53For The Hollywood Reporter News, I'm Neha Joy.
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