Why Meghan And Harry Are Headed Back To Court With A Tabloid

Clive Mason/Getty Images By Amanda Lynne/Nov. 9, 2021 12:05 pm EST

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle are no strangers to lawsuits. The Duke and Duchess of Sussex have reportedly sued more than one photography agency over unauthorized photos of their children, per The Daily Beast. When Meghan and Harry do opt to share photos of their oldest child, son Archie, they usually do so without showing his face. Either way, it’s on their own terms. Currently, no photos of their youngest, daughter Lilibet Diana, have been released or leaked, and that’s likely due to the couple’s hard-fought battles to keep their children’s privacy.

Previously, the agency X17 was sued by the royals after they used a drone to take photos of Archie with Meghan’s mother, Doria Ragland, at the couple’s home in Canada during Christmas 2019. The suit was settled, and X17 agreed to never obtain any photos of the Sussex children taken by drone, zoom, or telephoto lenses “in any private residence or the surrounding private grounds.” A second agency, Splash, claims they were bankrupted after Meghan and Harry sued them for taking pictures of Meghan walking in a park with Archie in a papoose. “A lot of people have decided that it is kind of not worth the hassle. It is not worth the fall-out that comes from it. If you get the pictures of them, they are gonna try and sue you no matter what happens,” veteran photographer Giles Harrison told the outlet. Currently, Meghan is dealing with another lawsuit that invaded her privacy.

Why Meghan And Harry Are Headed Back To Court With A Tabloid

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By Amanda Lynne/Nov. 9, 2021 12:05 pm EST

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle are no strangers to lawsuits. The Duke and Duchess of Sussex have reportedly sued more than one photography agency over unauthorized photos of their children, per The Daily Beast. When Meghan and Harry do opt to share photos of their oldest child, son Archie, they usually do so without showing his face. Either way, it’s on their own terms. Currently, no photos of their youngest, daughter Lilibet Diana, have been released or leaked, and that’s likely due to the couple’s hard-fought battles to keep their children’s privacy.

Previously, the agency X17 was sued by the royals after they used a drone to take photos of Archie with Meghan’s mother, Doria Ragland, at the couple’s home in Canada during Christmas 2019. The suit was settled, and X17 agreed to never obtain any photos of the Sussex children taken by drone, zoom, or telephoto lenses “in any private residence or the surrounding private grounds.” A second agency, Splash, claims they were bankrupted after Meghan and Harry sued them for taking pictures of Meghan walking in a park with Archie in a papoose. “A lot of people have decided that it is kind of not worth the hassle. It is not worth the fall-out that comes from it. If you get the pictures of them, they are gonna try and sue you no matter what happens,” veteran photographer Giles Harrison told the outlet. Currently, Meghan is dealing with another lawsuit that invaded her privacy.

Previously, the agency X17 was sued by the royals after they used a drone to take photos of Archie with Meghan’s mother, Doria Ragland, at the couple’s home in Canada during Christmas 2019. The suit was settled, and X17 agreed to never obtain any photos of the Sussex children taken by drone, zoom, or telephoto lenses “in any private residence or the surrounding private grounds.” A second agency, Splash, claims they were bankrupted after Meghan and Harry sued them for taking pictures of Meghan walking in a park with Archie in a papoose.

“A lot of people have decided that it is kind of not worth the hassle. It is not worth the fall-out that comes from it. If you get the pictures of them, they are gonna try and sue you no matter what happens,” veteran photographer Giles Harrison told the outlet. Currently, Meghan is dealing with another lawsuit that invaded her privacy.

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