Show me someone pretending that Prince Harry hasn't kicked Rupert Murdoch's arse from here to eternity & I'll show you a Murdoch lackey/Trump apologist/bare-faced liar. Some people may even fit all three categories!
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Harry didn’t make himself a public figure. He was born a public figure. Somehow, it seems since he is a Royal and the spare, it opens him up for malicious attacks through the media. Murdoch, Piers Morgan overlook that Harry and his family are people.
Are you talking about the famous anti-Semite #piersmorgan who is in a desperate downwards spiral of damage control to preserve his joke of a reputation and career 😂
Never forget that the evil Aussie who has just been instrumental via his Fox network in putting the US under the rule of a fascist autocracy spun this case out for as long as possible, knowing full well there was no real defence. Their rags used illegal spying to generate stories. #Leveson2Now
Listening to Tom Watson what a statement !! This victory would not have been possible for anyone else on the planet, thankful for Prince Harry’s decency and integrity.
One question will anyone person be sacked fired or in any be disciplined?
As usual, James, you are exactly right! Thank you for always being a voice of reason in the British media. Outside of you and the Byline Times, I have pretty much given up hope of getting fair and accurate reporting when it comes to Prince Harry & Meghan!
Can’t be arsed going on that other vile place but anyone know what Piers Morgan’s response is? He’s been foaming at the mouth with Megan since she blanked him.
What did he do? Just an apology? Words are meaningless. I wanna know what changes he has brought about? Murdoch and his media empire is still gonna produce bile. I wish Harry had kicked his arse from here to eternity. Sadly, that is not the case.
You obviously don’t understand how UK civil courts work. And he got what he wanted, an admission of guilt and an apology. It’s now time for the Met and Parliament to do their jobs.
He said repeatedly that he would never accept an out of court settlement on principle. I can understand English well enough, but thanks for being patronising
I’m English btw. So not sure where you’re going with this. Perhaps you could recognise the Prince has changed his long stated strategy. Then you could allow the speculation that the change is related to money
Even as an English women I don’t always understand how the British justice system works compared to the US. But I’m sure the judge will. It was never about the money for Harry. He wanted confirmation the media lied about gaining stories on him and his mother.
There’s a difference between getting an apology and a settlement and getting a settlement that bars you from ever speaking of it again (see everyone else).
They admitted their guilt, that’s what he wanted and got. It’s semantics that are messing you up. He won
Prince Harry has done enough to highlight News UK practices need questioned. If he could have gone further journalism in UK would have been forced into major changes.
Hope this allows him to rebuild relationships with his family. If he returns to service, a new consenting relationship with royals.
As this media group would claim they were meeting demand for the product they put out; will some blame at least be put on their readership? Perhaps a basic one month community service order for anyone who bought a copy of the News Of The W.. between 2000-2004. That’s fair surely ?
Harry capitulated. He should have seen it through because Murdoch needs to be held accountable. But it's understandable because UK laws are so lob-sided and favor corporations.
I disagree. The public will never learn exactly all that happened and Murdoch will move onto other victims in other ways. Not Harry's fault at all but I can't call an apology accountability. An apology is only the beginning of accountability not the whole of it. But here it seems to be the end.
His mother and the late Queen would have been so proud. He proved his dad wrong that you don’t take on the media. He’s more of a king than Charlie will ever be
Prince Harry deserves your commendation for the courage and perseverance he has shown. Those who continue to harass him need to be directly challenged. The same old practices cannot continue.
Yes! Harry WON by any definition of winning. He was ridiculed, threatened and mocked for years over this lawsuit. His own family has forsaken him. Diana would be so proud as am I ❤️
#princeharry
Murdoch is never going to be on the hook. Oligarch’s don’t pay consequences, thinking that there will ever be consequences, except financial, for Murdoch is naive.
I don't think so. The judge would not let it go to trial with the confession and apology. Would love to see Murdoch on trial. He would probably dig out his wheelchair again.
You’ll still get the idiots stating that Harry and Meghan did a Netflix documentary, and why did he write his book ? Even when you say that he has a right to defend himself, it falls on deaf ears, mention what they did to his mum, they change the subject. It’s because Meghan is not white, simple!
I just tell them that writing and book and making a documentary about your own experiences is a world away from breaking the law to get private information about strangers!
If someone says to Charles , this person is going to receive an honour, he can’t say no. So the Netflix ‘link’ is a red herring. He didn’t award it because of Harry’s series on there, he did it because Netflix created a lot of money in the UK
Oh, Charles is definitely a pawn under the influence of others.There’s no way he’d risk losing his government funding. I should’ve put quotation marks around “he chooses them himself”. And Ted Sarandos is the CEO of Netflix. Someone insisted Ted gets a badge and he got it, despite the goons.
Yea I’m sure he doesn’t chose the recipients himself. He’s advised and then hands them out. Netflix CEO got it for extraordinary services to creative industry in the uk.
Ah yes, the complete moral equivalence that exists between “writing an autobiography” and “hiring an army of criminals to illegally intercept people’s private communications for decades”. What a fucking tool.
It works some of the time, though not as often as it should where the rich and powerful are concerned. I’m very thankful that none of our judges are political appointees. That in itself has dealt a critical blow to the US system of checks and balances, I fear.
I’m in Australia, but our system is derived from the Westminster system, so similar. We’ve never actually separated ourselves from Britain, lol - Charles is the King of Australia as well as Britain. It’s quite ludicrous really - most Aussies don’t give a rats about the monarchy 🤷♀️
Morgan must think he's in line for a gong for being a snivelling arse kisser. No doubt the weirdos that are the Royal family, despise him as much as everyone else.
I don't believe this. Has he read the statement with a full apology and confession from the Murdoch press? Morgan committed perjury. Harry is the hero here when the other royals let the press get away with it.
Piers & his bottom feeding friends hate Megan Markle so much they will twist themselves N 2 pretzels trying to prove she's a gold digger & he the evil spawn. They've refused 2 look at the damage done 2 them. The rest of that family is fine, raking N billions off the taxpayers.
What took you so long Mr Morgan. Rupert Murdoch and his goons have admitted to everything Prince Harry "the moral crusader" your words, not mine, has accused them of. They have done so without equivocation, prevarication and obfuscation also paying him big bucks for their malfeasance.
It is still a shame we don't have a system where we get to hear all of this under oath in a court. But a settlement like that is a cast iron admission of guilt
As long as it gets well publicised by *all* the uk media, followed up by a real investigation, and people involved properly punished, that will be fine.
I don't disagree, but they have sort of just paid him off, so we don't get to see the evidence and their isn't really an admission of criminal activity
it reads to me as an admission of guilt - unlikely the benefit of prosecuting at this late stage would be worthwhile but the gvmt could use it to justify bringing in Leveson 2.
Not enough. For what they have done to individuals, to the state of the press, to the HATE they spread, there is no punishment in this world that would be enough.
Could we get full disclosure on Harry's Plea bargain?
Yeah- it would've been nice if he'd taken a stand for moms. We risked lives for Meghan & babies.
A little reciprocity from spineless leaders would be appreciated!
Remind them baes! Xo @elonmuskquotes.bsky.social #IKR #4BillionMothersStrong #USA
The libel laws need reviewing it's not right that you could possibly lose everything to an immoral Goliath on a technicality or interpretation no wonder so many people have to settle.
Sorry, but it does nothing to hold them to account or public scrutiny, no witnesses called no evidence submitted he settled for coin at the expense of justice
The best way to understand it is that a case can't continue when the defendant has pleaded guilty. It's not a perfect analogy because of differences between civil & criminal claims, and the distinction between major and minor accusations, but your analysis of why it ended is completely wrong, Steve.
My other half agrees with you btw, but the "without any admission of illegality" clause & the placing of all evidence in camera as terms of settlement means no criminal investigation/no accountability and no public disclosure of evidence. They are already saying it wasn't us guv just private eyes.
The British media are a disgrace. They target Harry and his wife relentlessly - and then claim to be the victim. The UK Mail in particular, is disgusting.
His family threw him & his wife under the buses so they could hide Andrew's pedophilia. They didn't pay Megan back after she paid over 3 million dollars for the "Cottage."
I firmly believe that the "firm" were complicit in the awful treatment Harry and Megan received at the hands of the press. As you say, a case of "Leave Andrew alone, and we'll give you H and M".
No doubt he's give them a spanking, but he's taken the money and run rather than potentially destroy their institutions. I'd have a lot more respect if he hadn't settled.
Actually I retract that statement - I've just had a listen to the statement and I think, given the lack of cooperation from the accused , the intimidation and general unlawful actions, if the whole affair is investigated properly and the law is applied he will have done enough.
Anybody who still reads the Sun must be seriously Thick! We can only hope that the Police do what they are supposed to do and investigate thoroughly and prosecute the scum who have steered the newspaper into this morass.
All the flack that Harry got for airing all his dirty laundry when it actually freed him to pursue this case because it took away any threat that those involved had over him. Wonder if other members of his family wish they could/had the courage to do the same.
They're also likely to be:
- anti-woke
- anti-vaccine
- believe Covid was fake
- against climate change action / anti-net-Zero
- believers in 'free speach'
- anti-immigrant
- believers in the great replacement or other conspiracies
etc etc
Mr. Obrien deserves an international audience. I have listened to him from Canada for years now. Sometimes, his rational perspective leaves me with hope that everyone isn't an eager to hate fool.
I do when visiting my mother in Arizona. I'm glad to hear because she's in Maricopa, the heart of MAGA madness, and I thought no one listened to JOB in Arizona.
Piers clearly hasn't read the MGN apology properly or listened to Harry's legal rep statement, just leapt straight to attack mode. All because Meghan Markle wouldn't date him. What a prick!
Also, he may see in his response to the outcome and general behaviour (if he had some self awareness) the reason why beautiful women refuse to date him.
Maybe Charles will give Harry his inheritance. Yeah, he refuses to give Harry the money left to him by his great-grandmother. What a bunch of assholes.
When a billionaire loses millions of dollars it doesn’t affect the billionaire adversely. It’s like one of us paying a parking ticket.
If billionaires lose 90% of their wealth they are still rich and will still live better than 99% of the people. Billionaire should lose their ability to procreate.
Yes and like all criminal cowards they go after his wife with lies to make more money and sic racist whites on her and their children. These cestpool of people make money off of hating her. YouTube needs to be next for everyone. It’s simply a place for hate and vendettas.
Unfortunately, political punditry is filled with lackeys and apologists that thrive on being contrarians. They're likely drafting their "Yeah, but" excuses, fresh insults to aim at Prince Harry, or a bigoted offramp to criticize Meghan somehow.
I would not be surprised at all if GB "News" has abandoned its scheduled programming for the rest of the day and will instead focus entirely on detailed "analysis" of today's events by Patrick Christys, Charles Rae, Nana Akua, Angela Levin, Tom Bower and Lady Colin Campbell 😱😱
I think the odds of being all three will be quite high. Nowadays it appears that if you know someone’s opinion on one topic you can safely assume their take on the majority of things.
That'll be Piers Morgen, who's now calling for Harry to apologise for intruding into the lives of the Royal Family to make his case, and that he was only ever in it for the cash.
Of course Piers Morgan deflects. He was the editor at News of The World when the illegal activity took place. Either he is stupid and a terrible editor or he’s a liar.
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I still wish he'd gone to trial.
Delicate position isn’t it?
One question will anyone person be sacked fired or in any be disciplined?
I see the phone hacker is still bitter that Meghan wouldn't date him I see.
Speaking of "full and unequivocal apologies"......still waiting....
https://www.theguardian.com/media/2012/nov/30/piers-morgan-phone-hacking-leveson-inquiry
They admitted their guilt, that’s what he wanted and got. It’s semantics that are messing you up. He won
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https://aiwillybillhuman.substack.com/p/news-group-newspapers-the-empire
Hope this allows him to rebuild relationships with his family. If he returns to service, a new consenting relationship with royals.
Can you imagine Daily Fail having to have two weeks of six pages a day explaining that Starmer did nothing wrong by having a curry and a beer.
#Moron
#Perjury?
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#princeharry
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We’ve been expecting you
How dare Harry be Diana's son? And how inconvenient, annoying and intrusive of him to have had the trauma of her very public death and its aftermath?
Harry won. He was in the right. Piers can never admit he’s wrong.
He’s wrong.
#princeharry
Something about a mote and a beam.
It took an immensely wealthy royal with a grudge to hold Murdoch to even minimal account.
Will the PM or police now act?
Unlikely. Not to a meaningful extent.
The can will be kicked.
Without any admission of illegality
And blame private investigators
Saying they were finding guilty is also untrue as no trial took place
on the $1.00 today that's good
enough for now in my book.
my friends call me Dan as do
oddly my enemies, but I digress.
A pleasure meeting you. 😊
Do I know you? 😊
Yeah- it would've been nice if he'd taken a stand for moms. We risked lives for Meghan & babies.
A little reciprocity from spineless leaders would be appreciated!
Remind them baes! Xo @elonmuskquotes.bsky.social #IKR #4BillionMothersStrong #USA
https://youtu.be/MSfL_y_snAU?si=cceBOtY0kb7L_B0k #SongOfTheNight #SOTN #Caution #TheKillers #LindseyBuckingham
Reach is far and wide.
I suspect this will be swept under the carpet in the coming weeks and months.
Leveson 2 really needs to be enacted.
Awful individual
In the “paid to” category, yes.
- anti-woke
- anti-vaccine
- believe Covid was fake
- against climate change action / anti-net-Zero
- believers in 'free speach'
- anti-immigrant
- believers in the great replacement or other conspiracies
etc etc
Now let's Leveson 1 and 2 the hell out of everything.
Let's legislate and make SM stick to the same rules as MSM
Let's get the Met Pol to start arresting the liars who purged themselves and committed criminal activity.
If billionaires lose 90% of their wealth they are still rich and will still live better than 99% of the people. Billionaire should lose their ability to procreate.