HARRY'S FIGHT FOR HIS FAMILY GOES ON

After settling his press intrusion case, the Duke of Sussex is focusing on his next mission – another legal battle that could decide whether he brings his children to visit the UK

- EMILY NASH

For the Duke of Sussex, this was personal. He had vowed to make his crusade against the newspapers that harmed him and those closest to him his “life’s work”.

Last week, in a move that would have made his mother “proud” according to his uncle, Prince Harry elicited an “unequivocal apology” from News Group Newspapers, plus an eight-figure payout for “serious intrusion” into his private life and that of Diana, Princess of Wales.

“It’s wonderful that Harry fought for – and gained – an apology to his mother,” his uncle Earl Spencer said afterwards, adding: “She would be incredibly touched at that, and rightly proud.”

The unexpected outcome means that Harry, who had been due to take the witness stand in mid-February- straight after the 2025 Vancouver-Whistler edition of his adaptive sports tournament, the Invictus Games – can instead head home to be with his wife the Duchess and their children, Prince Archie, five, and Princess Lilibet, three.

LONG AND WINDING ROAD

But although the victory will have brought some closure, his legal battles are far from over.

The Duke will now focus on another fight for his family, this time a court battle over his security, which if resolved could see him bring his children back to the UK for the first time since 2022. And the case, which begins in April, may prove decisive in his relationship with his father the King.

Harry’s lawyers will appeal against a High Court judgment upholding a Home Office decision to downgrade his security provision in the UK when he stepped back as a senior working royal in 2020.