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Dalam kenyataan yang dikeluarkan di laman web rasmi Sussex, Putera Harry memberitahu beliau akan menghantar saman kepada penerbit Daily Mail kerana menyalahguna maklumat peribadi, hak cipta dan melanggar hak peribadi di bawah Data Protection Act 2018.

Dalam pernyataannya juga,  Harry menggariskan mengapa dia memilih untuk mengambil tindakan undang-undang sekarang dan mengatakan bahawa media British telah mengkritik dan menghina Meghan dengan cara yang sangat mirip dengan ibunya, Princess Diana. Menurut Harry, Meghan pula dipilih menjadi mangsa kepada pasukan yang sama, dan terpaksa mengambil tindakan sebagai cara untuk melindunginya.

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Putera Harry dalam kenyataannya:

“Unfortunately, my wife has become one of the latest victims of a British tabloid press that wages campaigns against individuals with no thought to the consequences – a ruthless campaign that has escalated over the past year, throughout her pregnancy and while raising our newborn son.

“There is a human cost to this relentless propaganda, specifically when it is knowingly false and malicious, and though we have continued to put on a brave face – as so many of you can relate to – I cannot begin to describe how painful it has been.

“It is for this reason we are taking legal action, a process that has been many months in the making. The positive coverage of the past week from these same publications exposes the double standards of this specific press pack that has vilified her almost daily for the past nine months; they have been able to create lie after lie at her expense simply because she has not been visible while on maternity leave.”

“There comes a point when the only thing to do is to stand up to this behaviour, because it destroys people and destroys lives. Put simply, it is bullying, which scares and silences people. We all know this isn’t acceptable, at any level. We won’t and can’t believe in a world where there is no accountability for this.

“Though this action may not be the safe one, it is the right one. Because my deepest fear is history repeating itself. I’ve seen what happens when someone I love is commoditised to the point that they are no longer treated or seen as a real person. I lost my mother and now I watch my wife falling victim to the same powerful forces.”

Harry menyimpulkan suratnya dengan berterima kasih kepada rakyat kerana menyokong beliau dan isteri dalam masa-masa sukar ini.

SUMBER: cosmopolitan.com